# Elaine Taylor (actress)
**Elaine Taylor** (full name Elaine Regina Taylor; born 1943) is a retired English actress whose screen career peaked in the late 1960s and early 1970s with roles in *Casino Royale* (1967), *The Anniversary* (1968), *Half a Sixpence* (1968), and *Lock Up Your Daughters!* (1969). She was married to the Canadian actor [Christopher Plummer](https://www.edgepedia.org/christopher-plummer) from 1970 until his death in 2021.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852327/bio/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852327/bio/) |
| Best-known films | *Casino Royale* (1967, as Peg), *The Anniversary* (1968, as Shirley Blair), *Lock Up Your Daughters!* (1969, as Cloris)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852327/) |
| Other film roles | *Half a Sixpence* (1968, Victoria), *Diamonds for Breakfast* (1968, Victoria), *The Games* (1970, Christine), *All the Way Up* (1970, Eileen Midway)[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/elaine-taylor) |
| Marriage | Christopher Plummer, October 2, 1970 to February 5, 2021 (his death)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852327/bio/) |
| Training | Dance and ballet; Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts; London Festival Ballet[4](https://elcinema.com/en/person/2289933/) |
| Later television | *Adam: His Song Continues* (NBC, 1986–87), *The George McKenna Story* (CBS, 1986–87), *Till Death Us Do Part* (NBC, 1991–92)[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/elaine-taylor) |
## Early life and training
Taylor was born in 1943 in [Hemel Hempstead](https://www.edgepedia.org/hemel-hempstead), Hertfordshire, England.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852327/bio/) She trained in dance and ballet as a child, graduated from the [Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts](https://www.edgepedia.org/italia-conti-academy-of-theatre-arts), and joined the London Festival Ballet.[4](https://elcinema.com/en/person/2289933/)
## Screen career
**Film.** Taylor's film work began with the 1967 spy spoof *Casino Royale*, in which she played Peg as one of the film's many "Bondian" girls.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852327/bio/) In 1968 she appeared in two films released that year: the musical *Half a Sixpence*, opposite [Tommy Steele](https://www.edgepedia.org/tommy-steele), and the dramatic adaptation *The Anniversary*, with [Bette Davis](https://www.edgepedia.org/bette-davis), in which she played Shirley Blair.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/elaine-taylor) On Rotten Tomatoes, *The Anniversary* holds a critics' score of 72% and is listed as her highest-rated film, while *Half a Sixpence* sits at 29% among critics and 76% among audiences.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/elaine-taylor)
Her 1969 role as Cloris in *Lock Up Your Daughters!* brought her together with Christopher Plummer, whom she met on the set.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852327/bio/) She followed it with two 1970 releases: [Michael Winner](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-winner)'s dramatic sports film *The Games*, with [Michael Crawford](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-crawford), in the role of Christine, and the comedy *All the Way Up*, with [Warren Mitchell](https://www.edgepedia.org/warren-mitchell), as Eileen Midway.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/elaine-taylor) Her last listed feature credit is *Dr Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery* (1974), in which she played Emily.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/elaine-taylor)
**Television.** British Comedy Guide also credits her with an ensemble appearance on *The Morecambe & Wise Show* (1966) and a role as the Hon Antonia Woodnorton in a 1968 episode of *The Old Campaigner*.[5](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/elaine-taylor-2/) Her later American television work included the TV movies *Adam: His Song Continues* (NBC, 1986–87), *The George McKenna Story* (CBS, 1986–87), and *Till Death Us Do Part* (NBC, 1991–92), in which she played a bank officer.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/elaine-taylor)
## Marriage to Christopher Plummer
Taylor married Christopher Plummer on October 2, 1970, and the marriage lasted until his death on February 5, 2021.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852327/bio/) Through the marriage she became the stepmother of the actress [Amanda Plummer](https://www.edgepedia.org/amanda-plummer), Plummer's daughter from his first marriage.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852327/bio/) Plummer, in a 2011 CBS interview, said that meeting Taylor in the late 1960s and their more than 40 years together was, in his line of work, "a record-breaker".[6](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christopher-plummer-busier-than-ever-at-82/) The couple shared a passion for renovating homes, she as an interior decorator and he as an architect, and lived from the late 1970s in an English Manor-styled home in New England.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852327/bio/) Plummer died at that [Connecticut](https://www.edgepedia.org/connecticut) home, where he lived with Taylor.[7](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-02-05/christopher-plummer-dead)
## References
1. [Elaine Taylor – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852327/bio/)
2. [Elaine Taylor (I), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852327/)
3. [Elaine Taylor Movies List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/elaine-taylor)
4. [Elaine Taylor – Actor, El Cinema](https://elcinema.com/en/person/2289933/)
5. [Elaine Taylor (II), British Comedy Guide](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/elaine-taylor-2/)
6. [Christopher Plummer: Busier than ever at 82, CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christopher-plummer-busier-than-ever-at-82/)
7. [Christopher Plummer, 'Sound of Music' star and beloved Oscar winner, dies at 91, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-02-05/christopher-plummer-dead)
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