Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift was an American actor and one of the defining stars of 1950s Hollywood, known for A Place in the Sun (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and The Misfits (1961). He was bisexual: his relationship with torch singer and Reynolds Tobacco heiress Libby Holman, whom he met in the early 1940s, was likely the last heterosexual relationship of his life, while his longest romantic relationships were with men, including actor Jack Larson and a three-year relationship with theater actor William LeMassena. His close friendship with Elizabeth Taylor, his A Place in the Sun co-star, endured through the rest of his life; at the 2000 GLAAD Media Awards, Taylor became the first person to publicly state that Clift had been gay, calling him her closest friend and confidant. Clift's beauty, emotional intensity on screen, and tragic quality have made him a queer icon.