Montgomery Clift
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==Edward Montgomery Clift== | ==Edward Montgomery Clift== | ||
Montgomery Clift was born 17 Oct 1920, several hours after his twin sister Roberta "Sister", in Omaha, Douglas County, [[Nebraska]] — the son of [[#William Brooks Clift|William Brooks "Bill" Clift]] and his wife [[#Ethel Blair|Ethel Blair]]. Montgomery's father was at that time the vice-president of Omaha National Bank. William and Ethel also had one other child, an older son Brooks Clift born 18 months earlier. | Montgomery Clift was born 17 Oct 1920, several hours after his twin sister Roberta "Sister", in Omaha, Douglas County, [[Nebraska]] — the son of [[#William Brooks Clift|William Brooks "Bill" Clift]] and his wife [[#Ethel Blair|Ethel Blair]]. Montgomery's father was at that time the vice-president of Omaha National Bank. William and Ethel also had one other child, an older son Brooks Clift born 18 months earlier. | ||
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| + | An interesting sidenote is that Montgomery's niece Suzanne Clift, daughter of his brother Brooks, when she was 21, pled guilty to manslaughter in the 1 Oct 1962, murder of her boyfriend, Piero Brentani, a Swiss-Italian electronics engineer. She shot him in the head and castrated him, according to the recent report in ''The Boston Globe'' in 2000. | ||
Montgomery Clift died of a heart attack in his New York City townhouse 23 Jul 1966. | Montgomery Clift died of a heart attack in his New York City townhouse 23 Jul 1966. | ||
