Montgomery Clift

Also known as Monty Clift, Edward Montgomery Clift

American actor (1920–1966)

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Montgomery Clift was an American stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, on October 17, 1920, he began his work period in 1935. He was educated at the Actors Studio, where he studied under Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan. Clift was a male who spoke English and had a sibling named Eleanor Clift.

He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and another for Best Actor. In recognition of his career, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His archives are held at the New York Public Library Main Branch. Clift died in New York City on July 23, 1966, due to a myocardial infarction, which is classified as natural causes.

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Film & TV

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Edward Montgomery “Monty” Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American actor of the Golden Age, known for often playing sensitive or conflicted outcast characters with realistic emotional depth and anxieties. Clift, Marlon Brando and James Dean are the trio typically associated with the new wave of film acting, with Clift being the oldest and first to make his stage and screen…

Known for

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes — Self (archive footage)2024
Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)2022
Making Montgomery Clift — Self (archive footage)2018
The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive)2017
Listen to Me Marlon — Self (archive footage)2015
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire — Self - Actor (archive footage)2014
Starring Sigmund Freud — (archive footage)2012
Marilyn at the Movies — Self (archive footage)2011
Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess — Self (archive footage)2004
Edith Head: The Paramount Years — (archive footage)2002

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Omaha
Place of death: New York City
Sibling: Eleanor Clift
Occupation: screenwriter
Educated at: Actors Studio
Languages spoken: English language
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Student of: Elia Kazan
Image: Montgomery Clift in I Confess.JPG
Height: 177

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Commons category: Montgomery Clift
date of birth: 1920-10-17
date of death: 1966-07-23
cause of death: myocardial infarction
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor
manner of death: natural causes
start of work period: 1935-00-00
name in native language: Montgomery Clift
sexual orientation: homosexuality
archives at: New York Public Library Main Branch

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Encyclopedic overview

Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American actor. A four-time Academy Award nominee, he was known for his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men", according to The New York Times.

He is best remembered for his roles in Howard Hawks's Red River (1948), George Stevens's A Place in the Sun (1951), Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953), Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and John Huston's The Misfits (1961).

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