Montgomery Clift

Clift has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Blvd. He lives in New York and London with his dog Honey. He is interred in the Quaker Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Cumming is known to date both men and women, and described himself as "a frolicky pansexual sex symbol for the new millennium." He is also an activist for gay rights organizations and AIDS charities including Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Montgomery Clift died at the age of 45 of heart problems brought on by his drug and alcohol addictions. His first novel "Tommy's Tale" (ISBN 0141003766) was published in 2002 and he was one half of Victor and Barry with Forbes Masson, a comedy act revolving around two members of a Glasgow amateur theatre group. He turned down the starring roles in East of Eden and Sunset Blvd.. In 2001 Cumming co-wrote and co-directed the ensemble film The Anniversary Party with friend Jennifer Jason Leigh, which they both starred in as a Hollywood couple.

He needed reconstructive surgery on his face, but returned to acting and to stardom. His other stage roles have included Otto in the 2001 Broadway production of Design for Living by Noel Coward, the title role in the 1993 English Touring Theatre production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, and "The Madman" in the 1990 Royal National Theatre production of Accidental Death of An Anarchist by Dario Fo. In 1956, while filming Raintree County, he smashed his car into a tree, and only quick thinking by co-star Elizabeth Taylor, who pulled two teeth out of his throat to keep him from choking, saved his life. Perhaps one of Cumming's most acclaimed performances was as the charismatic Emcee in the 1998 Broadway revival of the popular stage musical Cabaret, for which he won a Tony as well as other awards that year. But the public never knew until after his death that he was a bisexual, and his guilt over this led to his continuing alcoholism and drug use. He has often been utilised as a character actor —he was the hedonistic Lord Rochester in Plunkett and Macleane (1997) as well as the evil scientist Fegan Floop in Spy Kids and its sequels, directed by Robert Rodriguez. Amazingly, Clift was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for Judgement At Nuremberg in a role that only took up seven minutes of screen time. In 1991, he played the lead in a BBC Christmas special, Bernard and the Genie opposite Lenny Henry, and went on to star in the Scottish sitcom, The High Life, for which he also wrote the theme music, playing airline steward "Sebastian Flight".

He had a highly successful film career, performing in many Oscar-nominated roles and becoming a matinee idol for his good looks. After graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1985, Cumming appeared in a six part series on British Television called Shadow of the Stone with Shirley Henderson in 1986. Clift was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor that same year for The Search. Alan Cumming (born January 27, 1965 in Perthshire, Scotland), is an actor of stage and screen, possibly best known for his performance in the film X2 as Nightcrawler. He achieved success on the stage and starred there for ten years before moving to Hollywood, debuting in 1948's Red River opposite John Wayne. Son of the Mask (2005). Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Clift appeared on Broadway at the age of thirteen. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003).

Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American actor. X2 (Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner) (2003). The Defector. Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams (2002). Freud. Spy Kids (2001). Judgment at Nuremberg. Eyes Wide Shut (1999).

The Misfits. Plunkett and Macleane (1999). Wild River. Titus (Saturninus) (1999). Suddenly, Last Summer. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997). Lonelyhearts. Emma (1996).

The Young Lions. GoldenEye (1995). Raintree County. Second Best (1994). From Here to Eternity. Micky Love (1993). Indescretion of an American Wife. Prague (1992).

I Confess. Bernard and the Genie (1991). A Place in the Sun. Bean (1989). The Big Lift. Mr. The Heiress. The Conquest of the South Pole (1988).