How many men did Elizabeth Taylor marry?

Elizabeth Taylor was, with no doubt, a woman of abundance. She was endowed with outsized beauty, outsized fame and outsized appetites. Though Elizabeth was a brilliant actress, business-minded and intelligent woman, her genius was frequently outshone by her antics. Over the years, she would become as famous (if not more) for her love life as for her acting.

Here's a look back at her many marriages:

1. Conrad "Nicky" Hilton: May 1950 - Feb. 1951
2. Michael Wilding: February 1952 - January 1957 (they had two sons)
3. Michael Todd: February 1957 - March 1958 (they had one daughter, Liza)
4. Eddie Fisher: May 1959 - March 1964
5. Richard Burton: March 1964 - June 1974
and 6. Richard Burton: Oct 1975 - Aug 1976 (they adopted Maria Burton, a German orphan. Richard adopted Liza as well)
7. John Warner: December 1976 - November 1982
8. Larry Fortensky: Oct. 1991 - Oct. 1996

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Martin Retzolk

Diane Johnson Sorry Diane, but the question read "How many men did Elizabeth Taylor marry?" How does the word different make it any clearer. How many men, not how many times did she marry...

Diane Johnson

You read it correctly. The question should have been asked how many different men did she marry

Fred Zeb Fudpucker

I said 8, eight times married. Gotta read the question closer. :)

danny powell

The question was, How many men did she Marty? 7 is the correct answer. Marrying Richard twice doesn't make him 2 men.

Albeck1994

Steven Ernest Scott no because he is still only 1 man jeez

Susan Claire Dean McConnell

She married SEVEN men. She married one of them twice -- he's still ONE man. Geez people, how can you be so confused?

Albeck1994

Karen Graham Bass how much clearer do you want it. Maybe you think they should put the answer in the question would that help you

Steven Ernest Scott

She married him twice, so the answer given is wrong!

Alice Johnson

I hate tricky question since she married Burton twice that is only 1 man and question was how many men did she marry 1 man married to her twice is still 1 man

Kenneth Kurtz

The question does not ask how many times she married, it asks how many men did she marry.

jillbert

How many "men" not times.

Sue Gembrini-Spataro

My first thought 8 - times, but it was men, caught it, I don’t always.

Caroline Cannon

I missed Michael Wilding.

Priscilla DeSpain

I got it wrong. I thought it was 8 marriages to 7 men. The question ask how many men not marriages. Eight marriages equals out to a lot of issues. I wonder why she couldn’t get it right. I celebrate my 51st anniversary this February.

Suzy Whoo

So the answer is 7 but the explanation has 8 items Burton should be number 5 and 5 as he is only one man regardless of the number of weddings

aaustin

I read it to be how many marriages did she have. I knew the answer was 8. But you got tricky in the wording. I don't think that meets with the purpose of the quiz. But I will read more carefully now.

robert karel

I wonder if she is worn through?

James Clausen

Elizabeth Taylor was as famous for her love life as her acting. There were no fewer than eight marriages - though only seven husbands, as she married Richard Burton twice. Her first marriage, to one of the heirs of the hotelier Conrad Hilton, ended in divorce after less than a year. The answer is eight.