Awards and Honors
Clift has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Boulevard and received four nominations for Academy Awards:
- 1948: Best Actor in a Leading Role—The Search
- 1951: Best Actor in a Leading Role—A Place in the Sun
- 1953: Best Actor in a Leading Role—From Here to Eternity
- 1961: Best Actor in a Supporting Role—Judgment at Nuremberg
The song The Right Profile by English Punk band The Clash, off their seminal album London Calling is about the later life of Montgomery Clift, which references his car crash and drug abuse, as well as the movies A Place in the Sun, Red River, From Here to Eternity and The Misfits.
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