Montgomery Clift's biography

Edward Montgomery Clift is 46 years old stage actor born at Omaha. Edward was born on Sunday 17th of October 1920. He is often nicknamed as Monty, Montgomery Clift, Monty Clift. According to year of birth 1920 Edward belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 17th of October means Edward is Libra. Libra sign depicts that it is all about “Balance”. It seems that their life is very balanced, however, things are way opposite as they always face unstable situations in order to balance it further.

Edward is white american. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be stage actor. Edward is recently known as film actor.

Montgomery Clift's dad

Montgomery Clift's father's name is William Brooks Clift.

Montgomery Clift's mom

Montgomery Clift's mother's name is Amanda.

Montgomery Clift's schools

We found 1 school He attended. Name of the school: Actors Studio.

Montgomery Clift's career

His main focus is to be stage actor. Edward is famous thanks to A Place In The Sun (1951) & From Here To Eternity (1953)..

Is Montgomery Clift gay ?

He is known to be bisexual.

How did Montgomery Clift die

Edward died on on Saturday 23rd of July 1966 when he was 46 years old. Montgomery Clifts death was caused by heart attack (brought on by "occlusive coronary artery disease"). It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Montgomery Clift's Awards

One of only six actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his first screen appearance. The other five actors are: Orson Welles, Lawrence Tibbett, Alan Arkin, Paul Muni and James Dean.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

Montgomery Clift's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for work Judgment at Nuremberg in 1961
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor for work The Search in 1949
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor for work A Place in the Sun in 1952
Edward was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor for work From Here to Eternity in 1954

What else you don't know about Montgomery Clift ?

Edward´s middle name is Montgomery.

What Montgomery Clift has done for a first time

One of only six actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his first screen appearance. The other five actors are: Orson Welles, Lawrence Tibbett, Alan Arkin, Paul Muni and James Dean.
His first professional acting assignment was in the play Fly Away Home in 1934 a the Berkshire Playhouse in Stockbridge, Massachusetts where he co-starred with Mary Wickes.

Montgomery Clift's quotes

[his reported last words, upon being asked if he wanted to see one of his movies on television] Absolutely not!
What do I have to do to prove I can act?
I love the stage, but after a few months you can get tired. I would rather do three movies than play in one stage hit. I played in four flops in a row when I was about 17 and I was delighted. I was being paid to be trained.
I keep my family out of my public life because it can be an awful nuisance to them. What's my mother going to tell strangers anyway? That I was a cute baby and that she's terribly proud of me? Nuts. Who cares?
[on his arrival in Hollywood] I told them I wanted to choose my scripts and my directors myself. "But sweetheart," they said, "you're going to make a lot of mistakes." And I told them, "You don't understand; I want to be free to do so.".
Good dialogue simply isn't enough to explain all the infinite gradations of a character. It's behavior -- it's what's going on behind the lines.
I don't want to be labeled as either a pansy or a heterosexual. Labeling is so self-limiting. We are what we do, not what we say we are.
I feel my real talent lies in directing for my later years.
[on Marilyn Monroe] Marilyn was an incredible person to act with, the most marvelous I ever worked with and I have been working for 29 years.
[on Elizabeth Taylor] Liz is the only woman I have ever met who turns me on. She feels like the other half of me.
[on being born the younger twin] I was always the gentleman. I let my sister see the moon before I did!
Noah, from The Young Lions (1958), was the best performance of my life. I couldn't have given more of myself. I'll never be able to do it again. Never.
There are parts of me all over the hospital. They can't find my colon. I know they must have been looking for it for days, but they haven't mentioned it to me because they will think I'll get upset. I don't care. To hell with it.
My childhood was hobgoblin - my parents traveled a lot. That's all I can remember.
I watched myself in Red River (1948) and I knew I was going to be famous, so I decided I would get drunk anonymously one last time.
Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.
If I'm not interested in the movie, the audience is not going to be. How can you interest the audience if you're not interested yourself?

Montgomery Clift's height, weight, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Montgomery Clift looks. We will focus on Edward´s height, weight, body shape, eye color and hair color. Edward is tall as 6' 1" (185 cm). Edward weights 155lbs (70 kg). Body build is slim. His eyes are tinted blue. His hair is shade of brown - dark.

Montgomery Clift