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Montgomery Clift

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Nacimiento
17 de octubre de 1920 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Fallecimiento
23 de julio de 1966

Biografía

Edward Montgomery “Monty” Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American actor of the Golden Age, known for often playing sensitive or conflicted outcast characters with realistic emotional depth and anxieties. Clift, Marlon Brando and James Dean are the trio typically associated with the new wave of film acting, with Clift being the oldest and first to make his stage and screen debuts. Starting at age 14, he was a breakout talent on Broadway throughout 1935-1945. He finally accepted one of many Hollywood offers: starring in the Western “Red River” which was filmed in 1946 but delayed release for 2 years. Fred Zinnemann’s “The Search” preceded “Red River” as his first film in 1948 and first Academy Award nomination. Clift’s next major films were “The Heiress” (1949) and “A Place in the Sun” (1951), cementing his romantic lead status. At the time, audiences had rarely seen a type of masculinity softened with Clift’s vulnerability. Hollywood had also never seen a young actor control his career and instant stardom the way Clift did in the late 1940’s: notoriously selective, refusing the standard seven-year studio contracts and rewriting scripts to preserve his artistic freedom. In 1953, Zinnemann again directed Clift to an Academy Award nomination in war drama “From Here to Eternity.” After suffering a near-fatal car accident during “Raintree County” (1957) he starred in acclaimed 1960’s films "Wild River,” "The Misfits” and “Judgment at Nuremberg” for which he earned a fourth and final Academy Award nomination for his 12-minute scene. Despite a 4-year hiatus and mounting health problems, Clift was eager to make a comeback in "Reflections in a Golden Eye,” secured by the insurance and insistence of co-star Elizabeth Taylor, but he tragically died of a heart attack at the age of 45 just weeks before shooting began.

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¿Vencedores o vencidos? (El juicio de Núremberg)
Película · 1961 · ★ 8,0
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De aquí a la eternidad
Película · 1953 · ★ 7,3
Póster de Río Rojo
Río Rojo
Película · 1948 · ★ 7,3
Póster de Yo confieso
Yo confieso
Película · 1953 · ★ 7,1
Póster de Vidas rebeldes
Vidas rebeldes
Película · 1961 · ★ 7,0
Póster de Un lugar en el sol
Un lugar en el sol
Película · 1951 · ★ 7,3
Póster de De repente, el último verano
De repente, el último verano
Película · 1959 · ★ 7,3
Póster de La heredera
La heredera
Película · 1949 · ★ 7,8
Póster de Listen to Me Marlon
Listen to Me Marlon
Película · 2015 · ★ 7,5
Póster de El baile de los malditos
El baile de los malditos
Película · 1958 · ★ 6,7
Póster de Río salvaje
Río salvaje
Película · 1960 · ★ 7,2
Póster de Los ángeles perdidos
Los ángeles perdidos
Película · 1948 · ★ 7,1

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