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Montgomery Clift (1920–1966)

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Monty was born just after his twin sister Roberta and eighteen months after his brother Brooks Clift. Their father William made a lot of money in banking but was quite poor during the depression. Their mother Ethel "Sunny" was born out of wedlock and spent much of her life and the family fortune finding her illustrious southern lineage and raising her children as aristocrats... See full bio »

Born:

Edward Montgomery Clift
in Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Died:

(age 45) in New York City, New York, USA
Still of Anne Baxter and Montgomery Clift in I Confess Montgomery Clift, c. 1955. Montgomery Clift, 1953. Still of John Wayne and Montgomery Clift in Red River
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1966 The Defector
Prof. James Bower
 
1962 Freud
Sigmund Freud
 
1961 Judgment at Nuremberg
Rudolph Petersen
 
1961 The Misfits
Perce Howland
 
1960 Wild River
Chuck Glover
 
1959 Suddenly, Last Summer
Dr. Cukrowicz
 
1958 The Young Lions
Noah Ackerman
 
1958 Lonelyhearts
Adam White
 
1957 Raintree County
John Wickliff Shawnessy
 
1953 From Here to Eternity
Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt
 
1953 Indiscretion of an American Wife
Giovanni Doria
 
1953 I Confess
Father Michael Logan
 
1951 A Place in the Sun
George Eastman
 
1950 The Big Lift
Sgt. 1st Class Danny MacCullough
 
1949 The Heiress
Morris Townsend
 
1948 Red River
Matt Garth
 
1948 The Search
Ralph Stevenson
 
1939 Hay Fever (TV movie)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1966 The Defector (uncredited)
 
1961 Judgment at Nuremberg (uncredited)
 
1948 The Search (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1949 The Heiress (performer: "Plaisir d'amour The Joys of Love" 1780 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2009 The New Bike (short) (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
1965 William Faulkner's Mississippi (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1964 The David Susskind Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 March 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1963 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.86 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 20 January 1963 (1963) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1962 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 January 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
1957 Operation Raintree (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.27 (1954) … Himself
 
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2008 Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (TV series)
 
2008 How the West Was Lost (TV documentary)
Perce Howland (uncredited)
 
2007 Brando (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Fragiles et sublimes... Stars en clair obscur (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Ciclo Alfred Hitchcock (TV series)
 
2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (documentary)
 
1998-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2000 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (TV documentary)
Himself / John Wickliff Shawnessy
 
2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Rat Pack (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (TV documentary short)
 
1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Montgomery Clift (documentary)
Himself (film clips and documentary footage)
 
1981 Sixty Years of Seduction (TV documentary)
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
'Matt' Garth/George Eastman
 
1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Himself
 
1955-1961 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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The Big Lift -- Experiences of two Air Force sergeants during the 1948 Berlin Airlift. Judgment at Nuremberg -- Trailer for this wartime drama I Confess -- Refusing to give into police investigators' questions of suspicion, due to the seal of confession, a priest becomes the prime suspect in a murder.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Jubilee (1935). Musical-comedy. Based on material by Moss Hart. Music by Cole Porter. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Hassard Short. Imperial Theatre: 12 Oct 1935-7 Mar 1936 (169 performances). Cast: Mary Boland, Margaret Adams, Betty Allen, Virginia Allen, Albert Amato, Dorothy Atkins... See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 10 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | 36 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

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. See more »

Trivia:

Son of William Brooks Clift and wife Ethel Anderson Fogg, an illegitimate daughter of Woodbury Blair by Maria Latham Anderson, both of whom had Dutch American ancestry. Woodbury Blair was the son of Montgomery Blair, after whom his great-grandson received his middle name, and wife Mary Elizabeth Woodbury, daughter of Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), US Supreme Court, and wife Elizabeth Wendell Clapp. See more »

Trademark:

Often played emotionally tortured men See more »

Nickname:

Monty See more »

Star Sign:

Libra