Montgomery Clift Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Family, Biography

Montgomery Clift was an American actor whose stellar performance in such movies as Red River (1948), The Search (1948), A Place in the Sun (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), etc. made him one of the most sought-after Hollywood actors of the 1950s. Unfortunately, a near-fatal car accident halted his meteoric rise in Hollywood. Nevertheless, he continued his movie career and gave acclaimed performances in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), The Misfits (1961), Freud: The Secret Passion (1962), etc.

Born Name

Edward Montgomery Clift

Nick Name

Monty

Age

He was born on October 17, 1920.

Died

He passed away on July 23, 1966, from a heart attack that was caused by occlusive coronary artery disease in New York City. He was 45 years old at that time.

Sun Sign

Libra

Born Place

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Nationality

Occupation

Actor

Family

• Father – William Brooks Clift (1886-1964)
• Mother – Ethel Anderson Fogg (1888-1988)
• Siblings – William Brooks Clift, Jr. (Older Brother) (1919-1986), Roberta ‘Ethel’ Clift (Older Twin Sister) (1920-2014)

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 9½ in or 176.5 cm

Weight

64 kg or 141 lbs

Boyfriend / Girlfriend / Spouse

Montgomery Clift had dated –

1. Paul Newman – RUMOR
2. Sal Mineo
3. Marlon Brando 
4. Arnold Saint Subber
5. Maurice Leonard 
6. Libby Holman 
7. William LeMassena 
8. Jack Larson
9. Henry Willson 
10. Elizabeth Taylor – RUMOR
11. Phyllis Thaxter  
12. Jerome Robbins 
13. Judy Balaban 
14. Roddy McDowell 
15. Truman Capote 
16. James Jones 
17. Lehman Engel 
18. Donald Windham 
19. Sandy Campbell
20. Farley Granger

Race / Ethnicity

White

He had English, German, Dutch, Welsh, Irish, French, distant Scottish, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry.

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Green

Sexual Orientation

Gay

However, he was considered ‘Bisexual’ by many due to his romantic relationships with women. But, it seemed he only pursued them to maintain his public image.

Distinctive Features

Handsome looks

Montgomery Clift Facts

1. He was considered one of Hollywood’s original method actors along with Marlon Brando and James Dean.
2. Clift was among the few actors who received a ‘Best Actor’ Oscar nomination for their debut film performance, which he earned for The Search (1948). Other actors who achieved the same feat are Orson Welles, James Dean, Lawrence Tibbett, Paul Muni, and Alan Arkin.
3. He has been referenced in the songs Monty Got a Raw Deal (1992) by R.E.M., The Right Profile (1979) by The Clash, etc.
4. On May 12, 1956, Clift was involved in an almost-fatal car crash after leaving a dinner party at Elizabeth Taylor’s house. He apparently fell asleep behind the wheel and veered off one of the twisting hairpin turns, crashing badly into a telephone pole and the surrounding cliffside. He was found conscious yet bleeding by Taylor, who pulled out a hanging tooth from his tongue as it was cutting off his oxygen.
5. He sustained multiple injuries including a concussion, broken nose, broken jaw, fractured cheekbones, and fractured sinuses, in addition to numerous facial lacerations. Furthermore, he underwent extensive plastic surgery, which altered his appearance significantly.
6. Soon after, Clift began heavily abusing alcohol and pills for pain relief to the extent that the acting teacher Robert Lewis described his post-accident career as the ‘longest suicide in Hollywood history’.
7. The blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe once described him as “the only person I know who is in worse shape than I am”.
8. After his accident and surgery, Clift could only be filmed from the right side of his face as his left side was almost completely immobile.

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