Elizabeth Talyor interview | Mavis on 4 | Thames Television |1988
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- A frank and at times poignant interview with Hollywood Legend Dame Elizabeth Taylor DBE and Mavis Nicholson. Interviewed in the plush surroundings of London's Dorchester Hotel, Elizabeth speaks about her drink addiction and her love of Wales. Transmitted on Channel 4 10/02/1988
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I take my hat off to Elizabeth for doing these interviews. She was wealthy and famous and did NOT have to say anything to anyone ever about herself. Many of these interviewers were quite rude and very intrusive. They kept bringing up the fact that she had been overweight and they kept using the word "alcoholic" trying to bait her or shame her. Elizabeth never lost her cool and handled them all well. I think Elizabeth simply wanted to help people with addictions and was brave enough to speak out. She also decided to use her celebrity to bring attention to the AIDS crisis. No celebrity would speak up and defend gay young men dying of that disease. Nobody cared. Elizabeth helped to change that and raise funds for AIDS research and charities. Again, this was a gutsy thing to do at that time. Elizabeth did NOT have to say or do anything, if she chose, for the rest of her life. However, she did act out of a kind and generous heart and wanted to help.
The interviews was because she wrote a book about her obesity and alcohol so she did want to talk about it.
What made her so special was her honesty and fearless ownership of herself....there will never be another like her!
Wow Elizabeth Taylor is the perfect woman. She has a good heart, she is strong, talented and beautiful.
Supervillain DID NOT GO OUT WITH BLACK MEN THOUGH
Yep, Elizabeth is greatly missed in this world. Seems so much more shitty now that she is gone.
@@freddiestranger9783 but she's friends with a black performer.
How Do You know That?
she lost so many of her close friends jimmy dean, Monty Clift, rock Hudson that must be hard to deal
I absolutely loved Elizabeth Taylor, she had a fantastic personality and the most gorgeous eyes. I will really miss her.
Her eyes seems to change colors from gray to lavenderish They are truly special
her eyes are very expressive ,
One of a kind...classic , beautiful and sincere.
The interviewer is not even close to Elizabeth Taylors league. Yet she talks down to Elizabeth. Elizabeth Taylor is a woman who we will never see in any other woman again during our lifetime.
We are all human and we are all equal.
@@tcsl7764no we are not. Work/education/character makes us different. What a ignorant condescending woman not fit to be in taylor's presence
She was not talking down to her . She was direct and honest and that elicited an honest response
@@wesleyashworth5061 she WAS talking down to her, as if she even fit to wipe Elizabeth Taylor's shoes. Arrogant disgusting condescending woman. Was same with melania trump
isn't elizabeth taylor simply astounding....?....no other actress, before her, or, after, can compete with her on any level, especially, on the 'human' level...she had such dignity, i think...gone, liz, but never forgotten :)
I just love her! She's a true gorgeous masterpiece!
Omg think to look like that at the age of 56! Well Elizabeth Taylor was the most beautiful, classy, kind woman until she died.
i, personally, think she was at her physical peak, here. simply stunning and unique.
wilhub Also, she knew a lot about clothing, designers, and diamonds!
I concur. She got WELL here from the booze and maybe some help and looked fabulous. Loved her
Correct cause she stops drinking, prescription drugs here after Betty Ford rehab.
I am a 33 yr. old male and sincerely believe that Elizabeth was the most beautiful celebrity to exist-EVER!!
This beautiful lady has such guts. I admire her so. To get up there until all these personal things. I love her
She was. You are super wise. I am 53 and always followed her life but just now realizing what a beautiful feminine beauty she really is
Nah she looks like a turkey.
Yes indeed❤️
Crikey! You need to get out more😏
Thank you for sharing this great interview with us all. I admire her honesty. :)
She looks absolutely stunning.
I love her.
I wonder what the interviewer wants her to say? Elizabeth is magical.
The interviewer asks her very personal questions. I don't really care for the interviewer, but Elizabeth has guts. And she steps up to the plate. And gives it her all. I really admire her
Don’t know how she kept her cool with that interviewer really ! I mean this is an absolute superstar!!!
Hahaha I agree the interviewer was starkly.
@@kimsherlock8969 Truly awful interviewer, inside and out!
its called an interview and all the interviewer did was discuss things from Her book, why sugar her alcohol issues
@@cubs6583 Common sense! Thank you! The trouble with a great many people is that they have a rather unhealthy obsession for celebrities and celebrity culture. One only has to read some of the diatribe uploaded here. Yes, Elizabeth Taylor was a great actress and a beauty but she was also a human being with flaws like the rest of us. Why people feel the need to worship at the altar of celebrity is quite bizarre.
Elizabeth is wonderful, the interviewer is so rude, an absolute creep
Rest in peace. Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor.
No one can match her charm and her class....
Joan collins my dear . x
To me there are other actress really charming. My list is : Taylor,Mirren and Thompson ♡ all differently beautiful and amazing
It doesn't matter if she's fat, old, or letting go, she was still beautiful inside and out no matter what. Her makeup in that interview was on point though.
We all have known her forever it seems. We lived in LA, And in the Thirties and Forties, if you were a local, there was a good chance you would see one of these people. Many decades later, she was at the hospital I worked at. There was a crowd below, as the news blared she was there. We have a strict law now about patient privacy. Anyone who called the media would be fired. Our floor nurses were grilled, I knew them, and believed they had not called the news crews. It looked like the only one left was Miss Taylor herself. She felt she needed the publicity! God bless her.
Emily Veronica Apparently, she was taught at MGM to do her own. Don’t
Know when exactly, but Elizabeth volunteered her services on a extras call on Cleopatra back then...
@@marjoriemargel1567 St.Johns every time it made the news...
As of a child of alcoholic parents, this interview is very important to those who don't understand
This eyes is magical beautiful !
Ales Jamsek I love those diamond earrings!
*Her eyes are magical and beautiful
I agree! she is so beautiful here! I just love her!
The nuts interviewer interrupts and has no comprehension of addiction. Elizabeth looks so beautiful. She's so dignified, elegant, real. Her voice is so soft. She was so undefensive in her intervention. Elizabeth is wonderful.
The nuts interviewer? How is she nuts? She’s well known here in the UK for how interested and how deep her questions were during interviews. The research she did was quite evident compared to nowadays where you can clearly see these presenters/interviewers not giving two s**** about their celebs. She was very good.
Oooooo she is the most natural beautiful lady ever .....Liz for ever
So natural! Even the mole! Number 1 ! Elizabeth Taylor! RIP! You will be remembered!
She was as beautiful on the iside as she was on the outside. And that is a lot of beauty. RIP Elizabeth.
Beautiful ,beautiful, beautiful.Love she so much.
Gorgeous woman...true legend...
Starting at 2:40 you can tell that Elizabeth is getting angry with that crazy woman.
You know I don't even know how old she was here but man is this woman beautiful...I I don't even want to use words we use now to describe beauty it's like her beauty is an absolute level that I believe new words should have been invented to describe this woman aesthetically.... When I first seen the movie last scene I was like 11 years old and first thing I did was fall in love with the girl and as I grew up in my twenties I realized it was Elizabeth Taylor and to this day I have not met or seen any other woman that is remotely as beautiful as this woman was...
Hard to disagree
She was so stunning here and honest. She adored Richard you couldvsee it in her eyes and hear it in her voice. But remember Richard has been gone 27 years and her great sense of loss over the sudden death of MJ was the beginning of the end for Elizabeth. She is buried in a place fitting for the most beautiful women of the 20th century. Rest in the arms of your loves & all the angels. This video is special TY for posting this tribute.
She was absolutely stunning a truly beautiful woman.
Way beyond her times! Far from perfect which makes her relatable on so many levels! One of many people I find inspired by. She clearly wasnt one to sugarcoat her addiction. Rather, she would correct you if you call it a hospital.. she'll call it a rehab! There's so much beauty and strength in owning our truth!!
A ti si jos mnogo tako nesavršeno dosadan
her eyes are stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She was so beautiful. I remember in the sixties at the Oscars she was so beautiful it was hard to take your eyes off her! She truely was the most beautiful woman eyes ever have seen!
A once in a lifetime goddess
Elizabeth Taylor saved my life I love her forever
Really pls tell how
summerholliday44 yes please tell!
Gene Kelly once said after seeing a bevy of gorgeous women at the studio that Elizabeth topped them all because she had natural beauty!
i was a fan of elezabeth taylor when iwas still youngi even had a scrapbook forher she was such a wonderfull woman with a big hearti itwas richard burton as her greates love bisde mike tod
MY GOD....SHE WAS INDEED BEAUTIFUL...
Is it me, or is Mavis sort of 'rude' to Elizabeth?
Castaway i thought she was rude too glad someone else notice
Taylor was know for being flighty and quick tempered. Mavis was not rude, she is just pretenseless and Taylor would have been accustomed to people kissing her but so she wasn't used to it. I think they were both able to understand each other though.
+Joshua Taylor also Mavis is Welsh so that must have given Liz a comfort level since she was married to a Welshman.
After her whole life in the public, she was on to that TV journalist right away. Elizabeth was very very Media savvy
@@joshuataylor6087 Rude is rude. You can sugar coat it anyway you want but I doubt she liked people kissing up to her. You presume way to much! She understood this woman, don't think for one minute she didn't.
MN, as always, does a great job here. ET knows what she was in for.
They are two intelligent women having an open and intelligent conversation. Interesting how many viewers find this concept difficult to deal with.
Being Welsh, I also love her comments about Wales.
She was crap.
That second rate interviewer just poked and poked but Liz didn't take the bait. What a class act. And what an absolute stunner. Elizabeth Taylor was the most beautiful woman in the world. Maybe I'm partial!
you don't know what you are talking about such rubbish
Ms Taylor has the most beautiful lipstick and it looks perfect for her.
Gorgeous & Smart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!T
Elizabeth, your spirit will always shine to the brightest star in Heaven. Your beauty will never disappear.! So proud of you for ,making making the decision for going to the Betty Ford Center to quit drinking and pills 💊!
You no longer , having to worry about losing weight or being sick with congested heart failure, because you are pain free, being with Jesus, and the men you loved.
You will always be a shining star with those beautiful violet 💜 eyes of your!!
May you rest in peace 🙏.
I don't know the interviewers name, but you could tell she was wowed by Elizabeth Taylor's affinity for Wales.
read the text --Mavis Nicholson
Well worth a watch.....
@Hi8380 She was British, but had dual citizenship.although she regarded herself as halve and half!
Liz Taylor is greatly missed.
I saw Elizabeth Taylor many years ago in person. I have never seen a more beautiful woman in my life.
quite a "vigorous",inquisition. I like Liz she was honest, and extremely good at her job, and all woman.( the shock on the interviewers face when she says she will be buried in Wales, haha touché)
Mimi lovehealth Agree! I wonder if that woman interviewing her was going to fall off her chair in shock..
@@marjoriemargel1567 excuse me" that woman" is Mavis Nicholson who is from where she said she wanted to be buried-that never happened by the way
Elizabeth was buried in America at Forest Lawn in Los Angeles, not to be near Michael Jackson but because all of her four children live in the US and they wanted her near them.
knowzmyname With both Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor buried there, Forest Lawn has had to close The Great Mausoleum to only family members. It is now kept locked unless you can be verified through their records
She looks so beautiful.
One more time I see that programs that were created many years ago are still in place. This program that Elizabeth Taylor was referring to: Tough love, sounds very similar to the one use on: Intervention (close family members and friends gather around expressing their love for the person with the addiction problem, but drawing the line in what they will do or won't do for the person with the addiction problem) I love the fact that Elizabeth Taylor asked her kids for a couple of hours to make her own decision. As I read once last year; this kind of intervention might not be so effective if the person with the addiction problem does not go under his or her own will, but pressed by loved ones. Love the fact that it looks that she went to treatment under her own decision after all.
beautiful woman
This women interviewing Liz does not do a good job.....Lacks empathy.....
what interview did you watch?
Liz was a big girl. She handled it well. A lack of empathy is needed sometimes in cases of interventions. Think before you drink 😉
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111
From a mad keen 76yo Aussie fan.
Mavis is only doing her job & finding the truths.
Mavis Nicholson was brilliant - she didn't grovel to the persons ego - perhaps these stars needed more of that in their lives; compassion but assertiveness.
Mavis Nicholson is also very easy on the eyes in this clip and an incredibly sexy woman as well.
Liz could be rude. She had relapsed privately and would soon be back in rehab.
I am reading the comments below, and I do agree that the woman interviewing Elizabeth is not warm or doesn't seem empathetic, but I do think it ends well, with Ms. Nicholson wishing her "a very happy new life, as the new Elizabeth Taylor". I am also a fan of Elizabeth's, she is an amazing actress, but she IS human and people seem to put her on a pedestal. By the way, my father was from Swansea in Wales. I'd been there as a child, and it is the most beautiful and breathtaking country!
nonsense
Nobody else has ever been that candid about their experience with rehab.
Stunningly beautiful inside out ❤️
She really is so beautiful 🤩 beautiful 👀 doesn’t need makeup she is a very lucky girl 👧 born beautiful 🤩 I think she looks like her father I saw her father in a picture and she does look like him
Realmente ni hubo ni habrá una mujer con tan extraordinaria belleza
I wonder why Richard bought two plots, yet he was buried in Switzerland? This is confusing.
He didn't,Sally bought the adjacent plot,to prevent Taylor from carrying out her threat.
Andrew Palframan She was always jealous of Elizabeth. Would not even allow her to visit his grave after she flew to Switzerland.it May been their Villa in Gstad
all I know
Yes Mavis Nichholson has stunning eyes
The beautiful Mavis Nicholson was also a total hottie in her own right. I REALLY love the way she gently rubs her shapely stockinged thighs at the beginning of the clip. That's VERY, VERY sexy!!!!
honesty is fabulous. the "then and there" reaction at 2:56 is priceless!
John A You got it John!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+John A ..I agree, you can see Elizabeth's patience being tested, but E managed to keep her cool. I loved that moment in the video.
I don't think it phased the interviewer, but if I had been opposite Elizabeth, and she gave me that reaction I would have sunk deep in the chair. I don't think the interviewer was at all star struck, but it was nice that they bonded over their similar affinity for Wales.
I think it's her tan and the film that makes her look yellow, not sever liver damage.
Anyway, it's interesting she said she wanted to be buried in Wales, but this was over 20 years before she died. She is now buried in a tomb near her dear friend Michael Jackson.
The interview per se was professional It was kind of like she was a therapist talk to a client Rather interesting and neither woman in awe of one another
If you think Elizabeth Taylor was only famous for her pretty face you know nothing about acting.
I waited on her for a month in Chicago when she was doing "Private lives" in the early 80's and she was a mess but she was also fabulous so don't get me wrong but I saw it for my own eyes. Room service would bring up a huge silver tray with food and she said "put it on the floor for the bird" and the bird ate this expensive meal. I was amazed because I was hungry! Her last day she left for the Theater I organized a goodbye for her and all the doormen and bell boys gave her a rose and it was wonderful! On the street 30 fans clapped and shouted love to her. It was a moment.
+Michael Lia You are an idiot
+Erik Exner you make no sense I am telling a true story oh well
Greco Grant
She was a mess bc she fed her bird room service?
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Elizabeth Still The Finest Ever!!You Are Missed Dearly!!
Richard's widow Sally chose to have him buried there I believe, this was noted in a biography of Elizabeth that is an excellent read. Perhaps due to jealously? We might never know. I think it's a shame when such wishes aren't honoured by family when a person dies, especially if there is any malice behind it that isn't thought about in hindsight.
Kate S That’s What I think. Jealousy!
well first of all most European interviewers are not impressed with American /Hollywood types as a rule..and secondly Elizabeth was not always as kind referring to Richard before his death..in interviews..so perhaps that was noted by someone who was also Welsh
I don't like the interviewer. She seems very cold and asked the same questions. Elizabeth Taylor was a magnificent and beautiful woman/humanitarian and actress. She was the most beautiful actress I have ever seen.
Mavis Nicholson is great you are wrong
Her skin is so beautiful
Decent interview love Mavis, she is talking about what Elisabeth wrote in her book, she’s deep & probing gets people to really talk about themselves, Elizabeth is wonderful here as you catch a sense of her vulnerability and humanity, you don’t get interviews such as this today look at some of her other interviews you will see she’s not a dragon she has a fabulous interview with Kenny Everett.
After Reading some of the other comments, I see their are lots of people who feel the interviewer is rude and some that don’t; we all perceive things in different ways; so as in many of the other comments, I’m sure there will be plenty of people who disagree with me and some that won’t, but that’s wonderful, as wouldn’t life be awfully dull if there where no difference of opinion.
I miss her each day…..
Class Darling, class...
love Liz!
What is all the smacking and clicking on the audio track of this video? It's so aggravating.
Peter Simon ASMR...heavenly tingles :)
I cannot watch for this very reason… seems like a good interview so it’s frustrating 😂
Apparently: She was NOT buried in Wales (as she had mention that she requested in the interview), she was laid to rest by her family in Southern California.
What a beautiful woman.
That's not an interview, but an interrogation or questioning.
I know it all. I know it all. You know it all.
@I know it all. I know it all. Elizabeth would likely have come to the interview knowing she would be asked about her addictions and her stay at the Betty Ford Center. She was used to people tip toeing around her for years but I think she wanted to be a more authentic person at this point in her life. It was new territory for her and she still struggled to open up comfortably. Mavis was just doing her job and dared to persevere a little longer than Ms.Taylor was used too, but in the end it was an honest and fair interview.
A very strong and calm interviewer with intelligent questions about alcoholism. And needed to handle Elizabeth who was also strong and quite dramatic and a bit maudlin in her emotions as those with addictions tend to be.
*Elizabeth Taylor is buried in Forest Lawn in Glendale CA so I don’t know what made her change her mind.*
*It’s also where her good friend Michael Jackson is buried.*
Well done ladies.
She is so beautiful in this video. Does anyone know how old she is here?
We have the same birthday!
Me too!!! February 27th. I LOVE Elizabeth Taylor!!! Saw her in person in 1987 in San Francisco launching her Passion perfume.
WAS SHE BURIED WARE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HERE? MISS YOU Elizabeth Taylor!
wonderwoman49264 No, Elizabeth is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles.
I'm struggeling with alcoholism as well and I have been to rehab.
I wonder why she wasn't buried in Wales in the end
Muy bonita su rostro fue y será un SOL 🌄🌳🌄 muy linda y caritativa con los hospitales y su amor por buscar la cura del SIDA.dobde estés ELIZABETH TAYLOR.descansa Paz 🌄🌳🌄
I wonder when she changed her mind about being bored in Whales since she ended up in Glendale California.
The interviewer strikes me as a bit rude and almost.... A tad jealous of Liz. She's not very courteous.
❤Riposa in pace 🌹❤
Requiescat In Pace...
Yes!
Божественно красива' даже через тысячу лет не будет такой абсолютной красавицы
Love Mavis Nicholson, ever since I was a Teenager , great interviewer, underrated