Montgomery Clift

Personal Info

Birthday

October 17, 1920

Day of Death

1966-07-23

(45 years old)

Place of Birth

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Also Known As

Edward Montgomery Clift

Monty Clift

Монтгомери Клифт

Montgomery Clift

Biography

Edward Montgomery “Monty” Clift 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.