about the quoted person:welsh actor. The 12th of 13 children of a Welsh miner, Richard Burton left his humble environs by winning a scholarship to Oxford. Blessed with a theatrical voice, Burton took to the stage, and, by 1949, had been tagged as one of Britain's most promising newcomers. By 1949, Burton was starring on stage opposite such luminaries as John Gielgud in The Lady's Not For Burning, already making a name for himself on the London theater circuit. In 1961, following a well-received Broadway run in the musical Camelot, Burton was signed on to the grossly over budgeted film Cleopatra, (1963). Burton's ensuing affair with Elizabeth Taylor made international headlines and Burton a household name. Suddenly a hot property, Burton was paired with Taylor in any number of quick buck projects, among them The V.

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S, (1963), The Sandpiper, (1965), and Boom! (1968). The one exception was Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), which did garner Burton one of the seven Oscar nominations scattered over the course of his film career, and Taylor a Best Actress Oscar. The marriage, breakup and remarriage between Burton and Taylor, coupled with a series of schlock pictures Burton signed on for at the height of his notoriety, quickly eroded his credibility as an actor. There were redeeming performances along the way, most notably Equus, (1977) and a final gem of a performance in 1984, (1984), see i hate purity, i hate goodness - i don't want virt....

Richard Burton passed away that same year from a brain hemorrhage.