American actor Edward Montgomery Clift lived from October 17, 1920, through July 23, 1966.
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His portrayal of “moody, sensitive young men” earned him four nominations for Academy Awards, according to The New York Times.
He is most known for his performances in the films Red River (1948) by Howard Hawks, A Place in the Sun (1951) by George Stevens, From Here to Eternity (1953) by Fred Zinnemann, Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) by Stanley Kramer, and The Misfits (1961) by John Huston.
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Clift was one of the first actors to be accepted to train in the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan, and he was regarded as one of the first method actors in Hollywood along with Marlon Brando and James Dean (though Clift disassociated himself from the term).
Montgomery Clift wife: Was Montgomery Clift married?
He never got married and never had kids. He was a gay man. Along with Maurice Leonard, he had a boyfriend.
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