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Liz Taylor is one of the most beloved actresses of our time. She was well known for her hot scenes both on screen and off. Elizabeth had a long career, longer than most and made a lot of money doing it. Even though some of the figures in the chart below are less than what actors of her caliber earn today, It was another time and a million in 1965, when you could still buy a car for under 1k and a nice house for 10k was huge.

Elizabeth Taylor Salary
The Flintstones (1994) $2,500,000
Poker Alice (1987) (TV) $500,000
“North and South” (1985) (mini) $200,000
The Mirror Crack’d (1980) $250,000
Winter Kills (1979) $100,000
The Only Game in Town (1970) $1,250,000
Secret Ceremony (1968) $1,000,000
Boom (1968) $1,250,000
The Comedians (1967) $500,000
The Taming of the Shrew (1967) 50% of the net profits (Co-producer)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) $1,100,000 + 10% of the gross
The Sandpiper (1965) $1,000,000
Elizabeth Taylor in London (1963) (TV) £ 250,000
Cleopatra (1963) $1,000,000 + 10% of the gross
BUtterfield 8 (1960) $150,000
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) $500,000
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) $4,750 per week
Giant (1956) $175,000
Ivanhoe (1952) $5,500/week
A Place in the Sun (1951) $1,500/week
Courage of Lassie (1946) $750/week
Lassie Come Home (1943) $100 a week
There’s One Born Every Minute (1942)