Elizabeth Taylor’s kids: Who are they, and where are they now?

Elizabeth Taylor may have had seven husbands, but there were four loves of her life: her children. When it came to Michael Wilding Jr., Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd and Maria Burton Carson, Taylor was “a mother above all else,” once saying that her children make her “the proudest of anything” she’s ever done, according the Elizabeth Taylor website .

William J. Mann, author of “How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood,” said that Christopher once told him , “My mother protected us from the circus.” He added, “That didn’t mean they didn’t see paparazzi.

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She was very protective of them.” Each of Taylor’s children grew up with a unique perspective on Hollywood life — some of which is shared in “ Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes ,” a documentary now streaming on Max . Before you hit play, get to know the people who made the starlet light up.

Michael Wilding Jr. (b. 1953) Born in Santa Monica, California, Michael Wilding Jr.

was Taylor’s first child. His father was Michael Wilding, Taylor’s second husband. Both the junior Michael and his younger brother, Christopher, followed their mother into show business, starting with cameos in her 1967 film “The Taming of the Shrew,” which also starred her then-husband Richard Burton, per IMDb .

Best known for appearances on soaps “Guiding Light” (1985-88) and “Dallas” (1989), Michael shares another credit with his mother, the TV movie “Sweet Bird of Youth” (1989), per IM.