Definition von edward montgomery clift im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
born Oct. 17, 1920, Omaha, Neb., U.S. died July 23, 1966, New York, N.Y. U.S. actor. He acted on Broadway and was a founding member of the Actors Studio (1947). He made his film debut in The Search (1948) and became a star with Red River (1948). Noted for his serious, sensitive roles, he portrayed troubled heroes in films such as A Place in the Sun (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), The Young Lions (1958), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and Freud (1962). Scarred by a car crash in 1956, he became addicted to drugs and alcohol and died of a heart attack at 45