Elizabeth Taylor

The actress in 1956.

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Lou Ferrigno and Billy Crystal

Lou Ferrigno hoisted Billy Crystal in 1978's Battle of the Network Stars V.

Joan Didion and familiy

The late Quintana Roo Dunne (left), about whom mother Joan Didion wrote in her 2011 memoir Blue Nights, relaxed with her father, John Gregory Dunne, and Didion on their Malibu deck in 1976. That same year, Cat Stevens nearly drowned while visiting Didion's neighbor, A&M Records' Jerry Moss, and converted to Islam when God spared him.

Bette Davis and Jacqueline Susann

Author Jacqueline Susann (right) splashed in the surf with Bette Davis. The actress wanted the part Susan Hayward got in the movie version of Susann's best-selling 1966 novel Valley of the Dolls.

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone grabbed the paper in front of his Malibu home in 1979.

Kevin O’Neal and Anjelica Huston

Actor Kevin O'Neal and Anjelica Huston jogged in the surf in 1978.

Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset did a 1968 photo shoot.

Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner

Natalie Wood and then-husband Robert Wagner at home.

Lee Majors and Heather Thomas

Actor Lee Majors and co-star Heather Thomas of The Fall Guy during rehearsal at the Paramount Studios Ranch in Malibu in 1981.

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern ran sand through his fingers in 1976.

Sherman Hemsley

Sherman Hemsley outside his home in 1975.

Kenneth and Kay Francis MacKenna

In 1932, stars Kenneth and Kay Francis MacKenna shot scenes on a Rolleiflex.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Crawford

In 1932, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. hung out with his wife, Joan Crawford. "Her temper is alarming," wrote Fairbanks, "but actually it is harmless."

‘M*A*S*H’

Malibu resident Robert Altman (left) filmed 1970's M*A*S*H movie with Elliott Gould (center) and Donald Sutherland at Malibu Creek State Park. The TV series also shot there.

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones took in Malibu during the mid-'60s. "The boys had some hamburgers and were happy to be by the sea," says a photographer. Soon after that, The Who's Keith Moon bought a beach house next door to Steve McQueen, whose dog bit him. Moon bit the dog back, and McQueen shot out Moon's bathroom light.

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda around the time of her epic July 4 party attended by Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, George Cukor, Andy Warhol and Gene Kelly, who, with Sidney Poitier's help, taught Roger Vadim's daughter how to tap dance that night.

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe stretched in Malibu in 1952.

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers, on her tennis court, could "dish up as wicked a serve as she [could] a dance step," claimed the RKO studio in a 1930s press bio.

Steve McQueen and Lee Majors

Lee Majors (right) with Steve McQueen around 1980 at nearby Santa Paula Airport. "We'd hop in his truck, go antiquing and try to outbid each other," says Majors.

Sally Field

Sally Field waved in 1965 while starring on the ABC sitcom Gidget, based on Malibu's most famous teen surfer. In 2011, she sold her Malibu house for $5.65 million.