About Francis Lenn Taylor
Lived 1897 – 1968 (aged 70). Francis Lenn Taylor was an American art dealer.
Francis Lenn Taylor (December 28, 1897 – November 20, 1968) was an American art dealer and the father of actress Elizabeth Taylor.
Life and career Taylor was born in Springfield, Illinois, as the fourth child and son of the seven children of Elizabeth Mary (née Rosemond) and Francis Marion Taylor. His brothers were David, John A., Francis M., Willie, and Edward Taylor. His lone sister was Mary Ellen Taylor. later, a friend of Dwight Eisenhower after World War II.
Taylor married stage actress Sara Sothern (whose real name was Sara Viola Warmbrodt and who was also from Arkansas City) in 1926 in New York.
He died at age 70 in Los Angeles, California. He is interred beside his widow in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles.
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Who was Francis Lenn Taylor?
American art dealer (1897-1968)
When was Francis Lenn Taylor born?
Francis Lenn Taylor was born on 28 December 1897 in Springfield.
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Francis Lenn Taylor died on 20 November 1968 in Los Angeles.
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Francis Lenn Taylor was an art dealer.
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Francis Lenn Taylor was American.
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