Elizabeth Taylor stars in the film Butterfield 8 iwhich s a 1960 film about a promiscuous model (Elizabeth Taylor) who fears that she is on the verge of crossing the line from slutitude to prostitution, until she and one of her paramours (Laurence Harvey) fall in love. Dame Elizabeth Taylor, DBE, (born February 27, 1932) is an Academy Award winning actress. She has long resided in the United States (and was once a dual American citizen), but she has always been a British subject.