The specific facts surrounding the citizenship of Elizabeth Taylor may  never become public knowledge.  She was not born in the U.S. and hence did not receive U.S. citizenship via the 14th Amendment.  She was born in London, England in 1932 to U.S. citizen parents and hence obtained derivative U.S. citizenship via her parents.

Ms. Taylor apparently tried to renounce in Paris at one point, unsuccessfully when married to Richard Burton around the time she won the Oscar for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

There were various newspaper reports published in the 1960s about how she first attempted to renounce (unsuccessfully) and then later successfully renounced while married to Richard Burton.

Elizabeth Taylor reportedly reacquired her U.S. citizenship later in 1977 when then married to John Warner who served six terms in the U.S. Senate and was the Secretary of Navy and now practices law.

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Josephine Baker, born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1906, was a world famous entertainer who became a U.S. citizen under the 14th  Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as a result of her birth, which provides in relevant part:  “All persons born . . . in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States . . .“

She became a highly successful entertainer in France, where she moved to Paris to live.  She became a sensation in Paris after performing at the La Revue Nègre at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in the 1920s.

In “. . . 1937 she had renounced her American citizenship, thoroughly disgusted by the blatant and official racism against blacks, and became a citizen of France”.

Josephine Baker’s story was truly revolutionary as she assisted the French in the resistance efforts in World War II.  She also became involved in the U.S. civil rights efforts in the 1950s through her fame and refusal to perform for racially segregated audiences.

“She adopted 12 children, partly because she couldn’t have any of her own and partly because she believed in equality for all, no matter what nationality, religion or race they were of. They were called “the Rainbow Children” and their names were: Aiko (Korea), Luis (Colombia), Janot (Japan), Jari (Finland), Jean-Claude (Canada), Moses (French), Marianne (France), Noel (France), Brahim (Arab), Mara (Venezuela), Koffi (the Ivory-Coast), Stellina (Morocco).”

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