Editing Montgomery Clift (section)

{{short description|American actor (1920–1966)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Montgomery Clift
| image              = MontgomeryClift.jpg
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| caption            = Studio publicity photograph, {{c.|1948}}
| birth_name         = Edward Montgomery Clift
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1920|10|17}}
| birth_place        = [[Omaha, Nebraska]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1966|7|23|1920|10|17}}
| death_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| other_names        = Monty Clift
| occupation         = Actor
| years active       = 1934–1966
| website            = 
}}
'''Edward Montgomery Clift''' (October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American actor. A four-time [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominee, he was known for his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men", according to ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>Obituary ''[[Variety Obituaries|Variety]]'', July 27, 1966.</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/07/24/archives/montgomery-clift-dead-at-45-nominated-3-times-for-oscar-completed.html|title= Montgomery Clift Dead at 45; Nominated 3 Times for Oscar; Completed Last Movie, 'The Defector,' in June Actor Began Career at Age 13|date= July 24, 1966|page= 61 }}</ref>

He is best remembered for his roles in [[Howard Hawks]]'s ''[[Red River (1948 film)|Red River]]'' (1948), [[George Stevens]]'s ''[[A Place in the Sun (1951 film)|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 film)|The Misfits]]'' (1961).

Along with [[Marlon Brando]] and [[James Dean]], Clift was considered one of the original [[method acting|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]].<ref>Capua, p. 49</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Petersen|first1=Anne Helen|title=Scandals of Classic Hollywood: The Long Suicide of Montgomery Clift|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/09/scandals-of-classic-hollywood-montgomery-clift|magazine=Vanity Fair|date= September 23, 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/making-montgomery-clift-truth-behind-gay-self-loathing-myth-1.3967440 |title=Making Montgomery Clift: truth behind gay self-loathing myth|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|first=Tara|last=Bridy|date=July 29, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915234415/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/making-montgomery-clift-truth-behind-gay-self-loathing-myth-1.3967440|archive-date=September 15, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>