Burton & Taylor

Celebrating the life and legacy of Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @burtonandtaylor

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“I never mind being in the wrong with Richard because I learn from him and he never treats me like an idiot.” - Elizabeth Taylor

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Richard Burton’s iconic opening monologue for Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. 👽🛸🎶

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“Elizabeth is a very funny girl and thought it may be hard for an outsider to believe this, she has a roaring sense of humor that tends towards the ironic and satirical. This comic side also attracted me, especially her impersonations of people which she presents in a series of lightning sketches - sort of puns in movement.”

- Richard Burton

📸 by Douglas Kirkland

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Elizabeth Taylor photographed by Terry O’Neill on the set of ‘A Little Night Music’ in Austria, 1977.

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“There is an emptiness in my life that only Elizabeth can make less empty. For 13 years we were together constantly, compulsively. How can you end such a wild and perfect relationship? You can’t. A love affair like ours is never ended - only temporarily abandoned.”

- Richard Burton

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Elizabeth Taylor with her three Oscars 🏆

📸 by Firooz Zahedi, 1996

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Richard Burton and his daughter Kate Burton photographed for Woman’s Mirror magazine, 1966

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Makeup test for Raintree County (1957) 💋

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Elizabeth Taylor and Roddy McDowall photographed at a Hollywood ball in 1946.

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Richard Burton received a special Tony Award for his performance in Equus, 1976. Photograph by Lynn Karlin.

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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton photographed by Roger Viollet, Paris, 1967.

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Richard Burton in the opening scene of Jack Howell’s Oscar-winning short documentary “A Tribute to Dylan Thomas”, 1963.

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Elizabeth Taylor with her daughter Maria and son Christopher, Gstaad, Switzerland, 1962.

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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Saint-Raphaël, France, 1967.

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Richard Burton circa 1953.

📸 Silver Screen Collection.

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“I think the only kind of interesting parts to play are defeated man”

- Richard Burton

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“Throughout everything, my children have been the one consistently bright spot in my life.”

- Elizabeth Taylor