Montgomery Clift
Acting
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 debuts. Starting at age 14, he was a breakout talent on Broadway throughout 1935-1945. He finally accepted one of many Hollywood offers: starring in the Western “Red River” which was filmed in 1946 but delayed release for 2 years. Fred Zinnemann’s “The Search” preceded “Red River” as his first film in 1948 and first Academy Award nomination. Clift’s next major films were “The Heiress” (1949) and “A Place in the Sun” (1951), cementing his romantic lead status. At the time, audiences had rarely seen a type of masculinity softened with Clift’s vulnerability. Hollywood had also never seen a young actor control his career and instant stardom the way Clift did in the late 1940’s: notoriously selective, refusing the standard seven-year studio contracts and rewriting scripts to preserve his artistic freedom. In 1953, Zinnemann again directed Clift to an Academy Award nomination in war drama “From Here to Eternity.” After suffering a near-fatal car accident during “Raintree County” (1957) he starred in acclaimed 1960’s films "Wild River,” "The Misfits” and “Judgment at Nuremberg” for which he earned a fourth and final Academy Award nomination for his 12-minute scene. Despite a 4-year hiatus and mounting health problems, Clift was eager to make a comeback in "Reflections in a Golden Eye,” secured by the insurance and insistence of co-star Elizabeth Taylor, but he tragically died of a heart attack at the age of 45 just weeks before shooting began.
From Here to Eternity
as Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt
Age 32 (now 45)
Indiscretion of an American Wife
as Giovanni Doria
Age 32 (now 45)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
Age 103 (now 45)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Age 93 (now 45)
Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess
as Self (archive footage)
Age 83 (now 45)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
Age 82 (now 45)
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
as Self (archive footage)
Age 80 (now 45)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
Age 79 (now 45)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
Age 77 (now 45)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Dr. Cukrowicz (archive footage)
Age 74 (now 45)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
Age 69 (now 45)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 67 (now 45)
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
as Self (archive footage)
Age 66 (now 45)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Self (archive footage)
Age 52 (now 45)
William Faulkner's Mississippi
as Self - Narrator
Age 44 (now 45)
From Here to Eternity
as Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt
Age 32 (now 45) Indiscretion of an American Wife
as Giovanni Doria
Age 32 (now 45)
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Also Known As
Edward Montgomery Clift, Monty Clift, Монтгомери Клифт
IMDB
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