Director Nanette Burstein is known for bringing bold, intimate portraits of iconic figures to life, and her latest work, Elizabeth Taylor ... gay men including Roddy McDowall and Rock Hudson.

Eliza Carson tells PEOPLE how her grandmother's signature scents have comforted her during life's biggest moments Elizabeth Taylor Archive; Susan Stripling Elizabeth Taylor's granddaughter is ...

Playing actor Robert Taylor’s wife in the film Conspirator at 16, Elizabeth Taylor had to kiss her costar ... All of Taylor’s closest friends were closeted male actors: Clift, Roddy McDowall, Rock ...

John Kobal Foundation/Hulton Archive/Getty One of the more significant relationships the book addresses is the one Dean had with Elizabeth Taylor ... closeted actors Roddy McDowall, Montgomery ...

Elizabeth Taylor was notorious for receiving extravagant gifts from her seven husbands, but the Hollywood icon didn’t hesitate to spoil her pals. The screen legend and AIDS activist, one of the ...

Vespa/WireImage; Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage Elizabeth Taylor's granddaughter has special memories of the late icon during the holidays. Speaking with PEOPLE while sharing a preview of the House of ...

Elizabeth Taylor’s life was plagued with problems in 1982. At that time, her marriage to Sen. John Warner was coming to an end. The once screen siren was also faced with a crippling addiction to ...

Roddy McDowall, who played Octavian and was close ... I’m all dried up.” For Elizabeth Taylor, near-death wasn’t the end—it was just another act in her larger-than-life story.

Elizabeth Taylor became known for many things: those violet-colored eyes, a successful transition from child star to movie icon, multiple Academy Awards, her devotion to AIDS-related causes.