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Oct 22, 2022 · Clift's life was derailed, however, by a terrible car accident in 1956. He was in the middle of making "Raintree County," a movie that reunited him with his "A Place in the Sun" co-star Elizabeth Taylor, and his accident took place after Clift had been a guest at Taylor's Beverly Hills home.
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Aug 17, 2021 · In a past interview, the star's friend, Kevin McCarthy, explained that Clift drove very high before the accident. After leaving a party organized by co-star Elizabeth Taylor in May 1956, Clift raced along a steep road before crashing.
For the next nine years, Clift made nearly as many films after his traumatic car accident as he had previously. Still, the last half of his 20-year career has been referred to as the "longest suicide in Hollywood history" by acting teacher Robert Lewis because of Clift's subsequent abuse of painkillers and alcohol. [55]
A four-time Oscar nominee who died at 45, Montgomery Clift was a bright young talent, a tabloid fixture, and a posthumous gay icon. In this exclusive excerpt from her forthcoming book, Anne...
May 15, 2011 · Flashback, May 1956: Clift Accident Scars Face, Career. In the second half of May 1956, tabloids were breathless with every scrap of information they could find about the shocking incident involving Montgomery Clift.
Feb 7, 2017 · One night, after dinner at Taylor’s house, Clift fell asleep at the wheel driving home and smashed his car into a telephone pole. Though Clift would survive, the accident necessitated plastic surgery on his face, which permanently changed his appearance.
Feb 13, 2013 · In 1957 however, he suffered from a terrible car accident and was pulled from the wreck by his friend Elizabeth Taylor. His jawbone and front teeth were smashed, which later affected his confidence and led to his decline and sudden death in 1966.
