Other reports claim her father was a millionaire Conservative Member of Parliament, Victor Cazalet, who became her godfather.
Question for students and subscribers : Who is your favorite woman from this list? Taylor was then signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and had her breakthrough role in National Velvet 1944 , becoming one of the studio's most popular teenage stars.
The American Film Institute named her the seventh greatest female screen legend in 1999.