Many celebrities will bring their own private clothes as costumes when filming modern dramas, but very few who bring their own jewelry to shoot scenes, "Jade Mother" Elizabeth Taylor will, more than once.
From Bulgari's jewelry hair accessories, to Cartier's emerald suits, to legendary diamonds, Elizabeth Taylor was an avid jewelry lover who spent her life collecting the best jewelry. In many of Taylor's films, we can catch a glimpse of her lavish personal jewelry.
1. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", wearing a diamond heart-shaped pendant necklace given by her third husband, Mike Todd.
While playing Maggie in the 1958 film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Elizabeth wore a beautiful diamond heart pendant given to her by her third husband, Mike Todd, shortly before her tragic death in a plane crash in March 1958.
Stills from Taylor's "Suddenly, Last Summer."
In addition to the film, she wore the necklace again in the 1959 film Suddenly, Last Summer. This diamond necklace is simple and stylish, quite a good match for clothes, and can be worn with a dress or with everyday wear. Although small, it has a strong presence around the neck.
2. "A Generation of Lovers", wearing emerald jewelry sent by the fourth husband.
In 1963, when Taylor played Frances Andros, the star of the trapped movie "A Generation of Couples," she wore a stunning set of emerald jewelry. The jewelry was given to her fourth husband, Eddie Fisher.
The emerald and diamond brooch taylor wears comes from a pendant with a necklace.
This piece has 16 rectangular and square cut emeralds. Each gemstone is surrounded by round, marquise and pear-shaped diamonds. Quite dazzling, Taylor loves this set of jewelry.
3. "Spring Dawn in the Sea", wearing Krupp diamonds sent by the fifth and sixth husbands Richard Burton and emerald jewelry sent by the fourth husband.
In 1968's "Spring Dawn in the Sea", the oversized diamond ring given by the fifth and sixth husbands of the Taylor Show, the diamond on this diamond ring was originally called the Krupp diamond, Burton bought it for $307,000, and then gave it to Taylor as a surprise.
This Ascher-cut diamond is now renamed the Elizabeth Taylor Diamond. In 2011, diamonds sold at auction for $8.8 million.
In addition to this huge diamond, Taylor also wears emerald jewelry that he once wore in the 1963 film "A Generation of Lovers". Only this time she pinned emeralds and diamond Bulgari brooches to her outfit, not on her head as she did last time, and the emerald jewelry sparkled with her diamond ring.
4. "Anne's Thousand Days", wearing La Peregrina pearls given by her fifth and sixth husband, Richard Burton.
Taylor made a brief cameo appearance in a film starring Richard Burton as Henry VIII, wearing La Peregrina pearls. This pearl was discovered in the 1500s and is considered to be the largest pearl ever found at the time. In 1969, Burton was auctioned at Sotheby's for $37,000 and given to Taylor as a Valentine's Day gift.
5. "Vigil", wearing a Van Cleef & Arpels ruby and diamond ring given by her fifth and sixth husband, Richard Burton.
Wearing Van Cleef & Arpels oval-cut rubies and diamond rings, Taylor starred in the thriller The Vigil, which her then-husband, Richard Burton, gave her on Christmas Day 1968. The ring sold at Christie's auction for $4.2 million after Taylor's death.
6. "Ash Wednesday", wearing pearl earrings given by Bulgari and ruby rings from her husband Burton.
In 1973, Taylor wore her own detachable teardrop-shaped natural pearl earrings while starring in Ash Wednesday. The earrings, consisting of two pearls and a round marquise-shaped diamond, were a gift Bvlgari had given to the actor the year before through lawyer Aaron Frosch.
The ruby diamond ring that appeared in the movie "The Night's Watch" appeared again. Paired with a pearl necklace and a pearl bracelet.
7. Serenade, wearing a Cartier necklace inlaid with la Peregrina pearls.
Burton's pearls appear again in the Taylor films, and Taylor wears a Cartier necklace encrusted with La Peregrina pearls when he played Desiree Armfeldt in 1977's Serenade.
8. "Murder in the Broken Mirror", wearing the Van Cleef & Arpels brooch given by her fifth and sixth husband, Richard Burton.
Elizabeth played movie star Marina Greg Luther in the 1980 film Murder in broken mirrors, wearing a massive brooch made of coral, amethyst and round-cut diamonds on her left shoulder.
The brooch was designed by Van Cleef & Arpels, and this piece can also be worn as a long necklace, a gift from her fifth and sixth husband, Burton, to Taylor during their marriage.
I can't imagine that the jewelry worn by Taylor in these 8 movies is actually her private collection. This saves the crew a lot of money. These jewels are just a small part of Taylor's vast jewelry collection.
My biggest exclamation is that jewelry is willful, and taylor's husbands, especially Richard Burton, are really generous.
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