He was the son of Ethel "Sunny" Anderson (Fogg; 1888-1988) and William Brooks Clift … available now on digital, on demand and dvd! Actor Montgomery Clift starred in films like Red River (1948), A Place in the Sun (1951), and From Here To Eternity (1953). In a new documentary, myths and assumptions about the Oscar-nominated heartthrob who struggled with his sexuality are replaced with the little-known truth A still of Montgomery Clift. https://geni.us/MakingMontgomeryClift http://linktr.ee/MakingMontgomeryClift Montgomery Clift, Actor: From Here to Eternity. Edward Montgomery Clift (nicknamed 'Monty' his entire life) was born on October 17, 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska, just after his twin sister Roberta (1920-2014) and eighteen months after his brother Brooks Clift.