she made what was a fortune at the time, $1 million to taunt julius caesar. >> play conqueror all you want, mighty caesar. >> reporter: as an actress, there was far more to her than beauty. she won the oscar for best actress, twice. for "butterfield 8," in 1960. and for possibly the role of her life in "who's afraid of virginia woolf" in 1966. the passion on screen barely kept pace with her real life. she married seven meant. conrad hilton. michael wilding. mike todd, killed in a plane crash, and eddie fisher. her stormy romance with richard burton, whom she met on the set of "cleopatra" was a drama all by itself. they married and divorced twice. she worried u.s. senator, john warner and larry fortensky, a construction worker she met in rehab at the betty ford clinic. her own story from story book beginning, to tragedy. poor health. later, using her fame to sell perfume. she also used her influence to raise millions of dollars to fight against aids. >> i call on the u.s. government to lead the charge, with the sole intent of finding an hiv vaccine. >> reporter: she was given the oscar