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American actor (1922-2012)
Montgomery Clift was a renowned American actor known for his sensitive and moody performances. He was a four-time Academy Award nominee and considered one of the original method actors in Hollywood. Clift starred in several iconic films, including Red River, A Place in the Sun, and From Here to Eternity.
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Edward Montgomery Cliftwas an American actor. A four-time Academy Award nominee, he was known for his portrayal of “moody, sensitive young men”, according to The New York Times.
He is best remembered for his roles in Howard Hawks’s Red River (1948), George Stevens’s A Place in the Sun (1951), Fred Zinnemann’s From Here to Eternity (1953), Stanley Kramer’s Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and John Huston’s The Misfits (1961).
Along with Marlon Brando and James Dean, Clift was considered one of the original method actors in Hollywood (though Clift distanced himself from the term); he was one of the first actors to be invited to study in the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan. He also executed a rare move by not signing a contract after arriving in Hollywood, only doing so after his first two films were a success. This was described as “a power differential that would go on to structure the star-studio relationship for the next 40 years”. A documentary titled Making Montgomery Clift was made by his nephew, Robert Anderson Clift, in 2018, to clarify myths that were created about the actor.
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Montgomery Clift was born on October 17, 1920.
Montgomery Clift was a four-time Academy Award nominee.
According to The New York Times, Montgomery Clift was known for his portrayal of ,moody, sensitive young men,.
Montgomery Clift is best remembered for his roles in Red River, A Place in the Sun, From Here to Eternity, Judgment at Nuremberg, and The Misfits.
Along with Marlon Brando and James Dean, Montgomery Clift was considered one of the original method actors in Hollywood, though he distanced himself from the term.
Montgomery Clift executed a rare move by not signing a contract after arriving in Hollywood, only doing so after his first two films were a success.
A documentary titled Making Montgomery Clift was made by his nephew, Robert Anderson Clift, in 2018, to clarify myths that were created about the actor.
4 Quotes by Montgomery Clift
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The only line that’s wrong in Shakespeare is ‘holding a mirror up to nature.’ You hold a magnifying glass up to nature. As an actor you just enlarge it enough so that your audience can identify with the situation. If it were a mirror, we would have no art.
Montgomery CliftAmerican actor (1920-1966)
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Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.
Montgomery CliftAmerican actor (1920-1966)
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The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom.
Montgomery CliftAmerican actor (1920-1966)
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Look, I’m not odd. I’m just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.
Montgomery CliftAmerican actor (1920-1966)