Montgomery Clift Net Worth
Montgomery Clift Net Worth is
$1.1 Million
Montgomery Clift Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Edward Montgomery (Monty) Clift (October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American film and stage actor. The New York Times’ obituary of Clift noted his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men". He often played outsiders and "victim-heroes"; examples include the social climber in George Stevens's A Place in the Sun, the anguished Catholic priest in Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess, the doomed regular soldier Robert E. Lee Prewitt in Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity, and the Jewish GI bullied by antisemites in Edward Dmytryk's The Young Lions. Along with Marlon Brando and James Dean, Clift was one of the original method actors in Hollywood; he was one of the first actors to be invited to study in the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg, Michael Chekhov and Stella Adler. He also executed a rare move by not signing a contract after arriving in Hollywood, only doing so after his first couple films were a success—"a power differential that would go on to structure the star-studio relationship for the next 40 years."After surviving a car crash in 1956, which left his face partially paralyzed and his profile altered, Clift became addicted to alcohol and prescription drugs, leading to his erratic behavior off screen. Nevertheless, he continued his acting career, playing such parts as "the reckless, alcoholic, mother-fixated rodeo performer" in John Huston's The Misfits and the title role in Huston's Freud: The Secret Passion.In 1961, Clift portrayed Rudolph Peterson, a victim of forced sterilization at the hands of Nazi authorities in the Stanley Kramer film Judgment at Nuremberg, earning a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Clift received four Academy Award nominations during his career, three for Best Actor and one forBest Supporting Actor.He would be considered by the end of his short life, "One of the most tragic, beautiful and gifted figures to touch Hollywood (along with Brando and others) with their unique and rebellious presence and changing the masculine role portrayed by Hollywood after World War II."He was also the first American actor after 1945 to change how audiences saw film, from cliché masculine heroes like John Wayne to characters so realistic and relatable, people would report crying and gasping from his "most natural presence and beautiful looks". Full Name | Montgomery Clift |
Date Of Birth | October 17, 1920, Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
Died | July 23, 1966, New York City, New York, United States |
Place Of Birth | Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
Height | 5' 10" (1.78 m) |
Profession | Actor, Writer, Soundtrack |
Nationality | American |
Parents | William Brooks Clift, Ethel Fogg Anderson |
Siblings | William Brooks Clift Jr., Roberta Clift |
Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor |
Movies | A Place in the Sun, From Here to Eternity, The Misfits, Red River, Raintree County, The Heiress, I Confess, Judgment at Nuremberg, The Search, Suddenly, Last Summer, The Young Lions, Lonelyhearts, The Big Lift, Wild River, The Defector, Terminal Station, Freud: The Secret Passion, Starring Sigmund F... |
Star Sign | Libra |
# | Trademark |
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1 | Pioneered roles as dark, brooding, young outcasts later popularized by the likes of Marlon Brando and 'James Dean' |
2 | Known for playing brooding sensitive characters |
3 | Emotional acting style |
4 | Often played emotionally tortured men |
5 | Handsome appearance |
Title | Salary |
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Freud (1962) | $130,000 |
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | Waived salary |
Raintree County (1957) | $250,000 |
From Here to Eternity (1953) | $150,000 |
The Heiress (1949) | $100,000 |
Red River (1948) | $60,000 |
The Search (1948) | $100,000 |
# | Quote |
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1 | If I'm not interested in the movie, the audience is not going to be. How can you interest the audience if you're not interested yourself? |
2 | The only line that's wrong in William 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. |
3 | Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor. |
4 | I watched myself in Red River (1948) and I knew I was going to be famous, so I decided I would get drunk anonymously one last time. |
5 | My childhood was hobgoblin - my parents traveled a lot. That's all I can remember |
6 | There are parts of me all over the hospital. They can't find my colon. I know they must have been looking for it for days but they haven't mentioned it to me because they'll think I'll get upset. I don't care. To hell with it. |
7 | Noah, from The Young Lions (1958), was the best performance of my life. I couldn't have given more of myself. I'll never be able to do it again. Never. |
8 | [on being born the younger twin.] I was always the gentleman. I let sister see the moon before I did! |
9 | [on Elizabeth Taylor] Liz is the only woman I have ever met who turns me on. She feels like the other half of me. |
10 | [on Marilyn Monroe] Marilyn was an incredible person to act with, the most marvelous I ever worked with and I have been working for 29 years. |
11 | I feel my real talent lies in directing for my later years. |
12 | I don't want to be labeled as either a pansy or a heterosexual. Labeling is so self-limiting. We are what we do, not what we say we are. |
13 | Good dialogue simply isn't enough to explain all the infinite gradations of a character. It's behavior -- it's what's going on behind the lines. |
14 | [recalling his arrival in Hollywood] I told them I wanted to choose my scripts and my directors myself. "But sweetheart," they said, "you're going to make a lot of mistakes." And I told them, "You don't understand; I want to be free to do so." |
15 | I keep my family out of my public life because it can be an awful nuisance to them. What's my mother going to tell strangers anyway? That I was a cute baby and that she's terribly proud of me? Nuts. Who cares? |
16 | I love the stage, but after a few months you can get tired. I would rather do three movies than play in one stage hit. I played in four flops in a row when I was about 17 and I was delighted. I was being paid to be trained. |
17 | What do I have to do to prove I can act? |
18 | [his reported last words, upon being asked if he wanted to see one of his movies on TV] Absolutely NOT! |
# | Fact |
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1 | Appeared in two movies that are set partly at Hickam Field in Honolulu: The Big Lift (1950) and From Here to Eternity (1953). |
2 | Robert LaGuardia, in his 1988 biography "Monty," claimed that director John Huston, who had paternalistic feelings towards Clift after directing the alcoholic and emotionally troubled actor in The Misfits (1961) (1961), became sadistic towards him during the troubled Freud (1962) (1962) shoot. Basing his charges on interviews with co-star Susannah York, LaGuardia claimed that Huston kept asking Clift about the Freudian concept of "represssion," obviously alluding to Clift's repressed homosexuality. Apparently, Huston himself could not broach the idea that Monty was gay in his own mind, but subconsciously, he reacted to Monty's homosexuality quite negatively. (Marilyn Monroe had admonished Monty not to work with Huston again, finding him a sadist on the "Misfits" set. Her ex-husband Arthur Miller, on the other hand, did not fault Huston in his autobiography "Timebends," but instead, marveled about how he kept his cool during the "Misfits" shoot, which was also troubled due to Marilyn Monroe's mental illness and frequent absences from the set.) Monty's biographer thought that Huston still had paternalistic feelings towards the actor, but was subconsciously appalled at his surrogate son's homosexuality; thus, he began to torture him on the set by insisting on unnecessary retakes and that he perform his own stunts, such as climbing up a rope. Despite Monty's many problems, he always proved a trouper, and gave as much as he could, including diving into a river in his last film, L'espion (1966) (1966). |
3 | In the James Kirkwood novel "Hit Me With A Rainbow", early on the lead character is told that he resembles Montgomery Clift. He reflects that this has been happening often and surmises is it due to Clift's recent death. |
4 | On the advice of his close friend Libby Holman, he turned down William Holden's role in Sunset Blvd. (1950) and Gary Cooper's role in High Noon (1952). |
5 | Related to actor Michael Anderson Brown. |
6 | In Italy, most of his early films were dubbed by Giulio Panicali, then by Giuseppe Rinaldi. He was occasionally dubbed by Gianfranco Bellini (in The Search (1948) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)), Nando Gazzolo (in The Young Lions (1958)) and once by Pino Locchi in Raintree County (1957). |
7 | He was a close friend of Elizabeth Taylor, although he greatly disliked her husband Richard Burton, and the feeling was mutual. Clift once said, "Richard Burton doesn't act, he just recites.". |
8 | Voted for Republican Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election, but later actively campaigned for Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election - much to the annoyance of his father. |
9 | Son of William Brooks Clift and wife Ethel Anderson Fogg. Ethel is believed by some biographers to have been an illegitimate daughter of Woodbury Blair by Maria Latham Anderson. Woodbury Blair was the son of Montgomery Blair, after whom his great-grandson received his middle name, and wife Mary Elizabeth Woodbury, daughter of Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), US Supreme Court, and wife Elizabeth Wendell Clapp. Montgomery's ancestry was English, as well as more distant Scottish, Dutch, German, and French. |
10 | Became good friends with Dean Martin while filming The Young Lions (1958), and Clift helped the singer, who was best known at that time as a light comedian, with rehearsing his heavy dramatic scenes. In later years, as Clift was ostracized by the Hollywood social set for his substance abuses and mental instability, Martin stuck by the troubled actor and often brought him along as his guest to parties. |
11 | Turned down Dean Martin's role in Rio Bravo (1959), which would have reunited him with his Red River (1948) co-star John Wayne. |
12 | Marilyn Monroe described him as "the only person I know who is in worse shape than I am." |
13 | Is portrayed by Jeffrey Combs in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) |
14 | A sometime guest of Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne at their rural retreat Ten Chimneys in Genesee Depot, Wisconsin. |
15 | At his near-fatal car accident in 1956, Rock Hudson, Michael Wilding and Kevin McCarthy formed a protective shield to prevent Clift's photo from being taken by photographers as he was carried from the wreck to the ambulance. |
16 | Hollywood folklore has it that his ghost haunts the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The actor had stayed there while filming From Here to Eternity (1953), even though all filming locations for "From Here to Eternity" were in Hawaii. |
17 | One of only six actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his first screen appearance. The other five actors are: Orson Welles, Lawrence Tibbett, Alan Arkin, Paul Muni and James Dean. |
18 | His father was a violent, abusive, ultra-conservative bigot and did not get along with his son. As an actor, whenever Clift was playing characters snapping as they went up against ignorance or brutality, Clift was said to have acted with his father in mind as an antagonist. |
19 | Spoke fluent French, Italian and German. |
20 | Suffered from dysentery and colitis for most of his adult life. |
21 | Marlon Brando, who calls him a "friend" in his autobiography, says that Clift was a tormented soul addicted to alcohol and chloral hydrate, a depressant and sedative which he drank. On the set of The Young Lions (1958), he warned Clift that he was destroying himself like Brando's own alcoholic mother had. For his part, Clift was always supportive of Brando as an actor, even when his career began faltering after Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). |
22 | On the set of The Young Lions (1958), Marlon Brando insisted on doing his own stunt fall after being "shot" by co-stars Clift and Dean Martin and wound up dislocating his shoulder. Clift, seeing that Brando was in pain, offered him a swig from the thermos jug he carried with him at all times. The combination of vodka and prescription drugs in the thermos helped Brando through the ordeal. |
23 | In Robert Laguardia's "Monty" (1977), the first published biography, Laguardia tells of how Clift was discomfited when he initially met co-star Burt Lancaster on the set of From Here to Eternity (1953). Lancaster was in awe of Monty and was so nervous, he actually shook during their first scene (as also mentioned in Lancaster's biography). |
24 | Was Elizabeth Taylor's choice to play her husband, the closeted homosexual Major Weldon Penderton, in Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967). He died before the film began shooting and was replaced by Marlon Brando, who at one time was considered his only rival as an attractive leading man who was also a great actor. |
25 | He was voted the 60th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. |
26 | Younger brother of Brooks Clift. |
27 | Always in high demand as an actor, he turned down the role played by William Holden in Sunset Blvd. (1950) and the part of James Dean's brother in East of Eden (1955). In 1955, alone, he passed on five Broadway plays, (among them Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms"), and he turned down the films Désirée (1954), Friendly Persuasion (1956), Prince of Players (1955), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), Moby Dick (1956) and The Trouble with Harry (1955). |
28 | He had so many health problems on the set of Freud (1962) that Universal sued him for the cost of the film's production delays. During the trial, the film opened and was such a huge hit that Clift's lawyers brought up the point that the film was doing well because of Clift's involvement. Clift won a lucrative settlement. |
29 | Interred at Quaker Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, USA. |
30 | The release of Red River (1948) made him an overnight sensation and instant star. He embodied a new type of man on screen, the beautiful, sensual and vulnerable man that seemed to appeal to women and men alike. After A Place in the Sun (1951) came out he was Hollywood's hottest male star and adored by millions. He looked incredible and was a fine actor, a rare combination. His only rival in this regard during the next few years was Marlon Brando, whose career turned out to be more stable and successful in the end. Clift's mental problems prevented him from staying at the top, as his drinking and drug problem began to affect his acting and bankability. The loss of his dashing looks in a well publicized road accident during the filming of Raintree County (1957) didn't help, either. What followed could be described as the longest suicide in show-business history. |
31 | Was a close friend of Elizabeth Taylor, Kevin McCarthy, Marilyn Monroe and Roddy McDowall. |
32 | He is the subject of R.E.M.'s song "Monty Got a Raw Deal", from their LP "Automatic For the People". |
33 | He is the subject of the song "The Right Profile" on The Clash's album "London Calling". |
34 | He is referred to in the Jets to Brazil song, "Conrad" on their album, "Orange Rhyming Dictionary". |
35 | 1995: Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#29). |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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L'espion | 1966 | Prof. James Bower | |
Freud | 1962 | Sigmund Freud | |
Judgment at Nuremberg | 1961 | Rudolph Petersen | |
The Misfits | 1961 | Perce Howland | |
Wild River | 1960 | Chuck Glover | |
Suddenly, Last Summer | 1959 | Dr. Cukrowicz | |
The Young Lions | 1958 | Noah Ackerman | |
Lonelyhearts | 1958 | Adam White | |
Raintree County | 1957 | John Wickliff Shawnessy | |
From Here to Eternity | 1953 | Robert E. Lee Prewitt | |
Indiscretion of an American Wife | 1953 | Giovanni Doria | |
I Confess | 1953 | Father Michael Logan | |
A Place in the Sun | 1951 | George Eastman | |
The Big Lift | 1950 | Danny MacCullough | |
The Heiress | 1949 | Morris Townsend | |
Red River | 1948 | Matt Garth | |
The Search | 1948 | Ralph Stevenson | |
Hay Fever | 1939 | TV Movie |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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L'espion | 1966 | uncredited | |
Judgment at Nuremberg | 1961 | uncredited | |
The Search | 1948 | uncredited |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Heiress | 1949 | performer: "Plaisir d'amour The Joys of Love" 1780 - uncredited |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The New Bike | 2009 | Short acknowledgment |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Starring Sigmund Freud | 2012 | Documentary short | |
William Faulkner's Mississippi | 1965 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
The David Susskind Show | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
The Merv Griffin Show | 1963 | TV Series | Himself |
What's My Line? | 1963 | TV Series | Himself - Mystery Guest |
Here's Hollywood | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
Operation Raintree | 1957 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
The Ed Sullivan Show | 1954 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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La otra sala: Clásicos | 2016 | TV Series documentary | |
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
Listen to Me Marlon | 2015 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence | 2008 | TV Series | Perce Howland in 'The Misfits' |
How the West Was Lost | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Perce Howland (uncredited) |
Brando | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Fragiles et sublimes... Stars en clair obscur | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Ciclo Alfred Hitchcock | 2005 | TV Series | Fr. Logan |
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | 2004 | Documentary | |
Biography | 1998-2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Sendung ohne Namen | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Matt Garth |
Great Performances | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / John Wickliff Shawnessy |
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | 2000 | Video documentary | Himself |
Omnibus | 2000 | TV Series documentary | |
The Rat Pack | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton | 1997 | TV Short documentary | |
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | 1997 | Documentary | Himself |
100 Years at the Movies | 1994 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | 1984 | Documentary | Himself |
Montgomery Clift | 1983 | Documentary | Himself (film clips and documentary footage) |
Sixty Years of Seduction | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | |
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | 1973 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe | 1966 | Documentary | Actor 'The Misfits' (uncredited) |
The Love Goddesses | 1965 | Documentary | Himself |
The Ed Sullivan Show | 1955-1961 | TV Series | Perce Howland / Himself |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6104 Hollywood Blvd. |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1962 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) |
1962 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) |
1962 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Foreign Actor | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) |
1962 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Male Supporting Performance | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) |
1954 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | From Here to Eternity (1953) |
1952 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | A Place in the Sun (1951) |
1949 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Search (1948) |