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Claire Bloom

Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 02/15/1931 (93) | Finchley, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Patricia Claire Bloom (born 15 February 1931) is an English actress. She is known for leading roles on stage and screen and has received two BAFTA Awards and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to drama. After a childhood spent in various places in England and Florida, Bloom studied drama in London. She debuted on the London stage when she was sixteen and took roles in various Shakespeare plays. They included Hamlet, in which she played Ophelia alongside Richard Burton. She rose to prominence playing leading roles in stage productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll's House, and Long Day's Journey into Night. She made her Broadway debut in the play Richard II (1956). She received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination for her role in Electra (1999). Bloom made her film debut in The Blind Goddess (1948). Her breakthrough came with a leading role ... ()
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Claire Bloom CBE (born Patricia Claire Blume; 15 February 1931) is an English actress.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dr ...

The King's Speech

Certification unknown

2010 | 3.9/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, History
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Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity. ...

The Haunting

G

1963 | 3.6/5 | 1h 52min
Horror
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To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head ...

Clash of the Titans

PG

1981 | 3.4/5 | 1h 58min
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance / Love
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A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life. ...

Limelight

G

1952 | 4.0/5 | 2h 17min
Drama, Music, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Claire Bloom

Commander of The Order of The British Empire Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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Movies with Claire Bloom as Actress(82)

as herself2019 Chaplin vs the FBI
as Maggie2018 Miss Dalí
as Eva Rose2016 Max Rose
2014 Chaplin - The Legend of the Century
as Grandma Eves2012 And While We Were Here
as Rosa Cristofori2012 Day of the Siege
as Queen Mary2010 The King's Speech
as Narrator2008 House of Life: A Jewish Cemetary in Prague
as Helen2008 Fiona's Story
as Older Helena2006 The Chatterley Affair
as Eleanor2006 Kalamazoo?
as Claire Martin2004 Daniel and the Superdogs
as herself2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
as Sara Sternberg2003 Imagining Argentina
as herself2003 Chaplin Today: 'Limelight'
as Eva Smallwood2002 The Book of Eve
as Pilate's Wife2000 Tales from the Madhouse
as Nina Love2000 Love and Murder
as Maggie2000 Yesterday's Children
as Emma Sachs1999 The Lady in Question
as herself1998 Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
as Lulu Fraker1998 Wrestling with Alligators
as Mrs. Tynan1997 What the Deaf Man Heard
as Eleanor Trilling1996 Daylight
as Liz Stringer1995 Mad Dogs And Englishmen
as Amanda's Mother1995 Mighty Aphrodite
as Cecily Jordon1995 A Village Affair
as Narrator1994 Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
as Anne Deveraux Rawlings1993 Remember
as Marina Gregg1992 Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
as Great Great Grandmother Irene1991 The Princess and the Goblin
as herself1990 Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
as Miriam Rosenthal1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Lady Emma Darlington1988 The Lady and the Highwayman
as Lady Delamere1988 Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
as Alice1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Vicky Kelley1987 Queenie
as Debbie1986 Ann and Debbie
as Jocasta1986 Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Sally1985 Promises to Keep
as Joy Gresham1985 Shadowlands
as Mrs Conway1985 Time and the Conways
as Eleanor Harvey1985 Déjà Vu
as Fanny Nightingale1985 Florence Nightingale
as Constance1984 The Life and Death of King John
as Hope Lonoff1983 The Ghost Writer
as Miss Cooper1983 Separate Tables
as Queen1982 Cymbeline
as Hera1981 Clash of the Titans
as Gertrude1980 Hamlet
as Katharine of Aragon1979 Henry VIII
as Audrey1977 Islands in the Stream
as Nora Helmer1973 A Doll's House
as Hannah1973 The Going Up of David Lev
as Honor Klein1971 A Severed Head
as Ann Arnold1971 Red Sky at Morning
as Felicia1969 The Illustrated Man
as herself1969 Tattooed Steiger
as Frances Howard1969 Three Into Two Won't Go
as Alice Kinian1968 Charly
as Queen Anne1967 Soldier in Love
as Nan Perry1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
as Wife1964 The Outrage
as Laura1964 High Infidelity
as Julie Monks1963 80,000 Suspects
as Ada1963 The Teacher from Vigevano
as Theodora1963 The Haunting
as Catherine1962 Wuthering Heights
as Dorothea Grimm1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as Naomi Shields1962 The Chapman Report
as Anna Karenina1961 Anna Karenina
as Irene Andreny1960 Brainwashed
as Helena Charles1959 Look Back in Anger
as Bonnie Brown1958 The Buccaneer
as Katya1958 The Brothers Karamazov
as Barsine1956 Alexander the Great
as The Lady Anne1955 Richard III
as Suzanne Mallison1953 The Man Between
as The Shepherdess (voice)1953 The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
as Susan Robbins1953 Innocents in Paris
as Terry, a Dancer1952 Limelight
as Mary Dearing1948 The Blind Goddess

TV Shows/Series with Claire Bloom as Actress(22)

as Aunt Mary2019 Summer of Rockets
2005 Jericho
as Aunt Ada2004 Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 New Tricks
as Marion Whitney2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
1997 Trial & Retribution
as Matilda Stowe1997 Midsomer Murders
as Maria Cruz1992 Love at First Sight
as Sophy (older)1992 The Camomile Lawn
as Ruth Gregory1987 Intimate Contact
as Edwina, Lady Dunvale1986 Hold the Dream
as Rebecca Weiler1984 Ellis Island
as Teresa Flyte, Lady Marchmain1981 Brideshead Revisited
as Edith Galt Wilson1979 Backstairs at the White House
1973 Wessex Tales
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Gina Burton1960 Checkmate
as herself1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Anne1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. Tynan1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Queen Victoria1950 Robert Montgomery Presents

Full Name: Claire Bloom
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 02/15 1931 (February) in Finchley, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 93 years + 211 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Central School of Speech and Drama, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Spouses (current/former): Hillard Elkins, Philip Roth, Rod Steiger
Children: Anna Steiger
Siblings: John Bloom
Other names for Claire Bloom (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Patricia Claire Blume"
"Клэр Блум"
Claire Bloom frequently works together with these people:
John Newland (15x, Crew)
Anne Seymour (13x, Actress)
Vaughn Taylor (13x, Actor)
Julie Harris (12x, Actress)
Maurice Evans (12x, Actor)
Elizabeth Montgomery (10x, Actress)
Charles Drake (10x, Actor)
Charlie Chaplin (9x, Crew)
J. Pat O'Malley (8x, Actor)
Jan Miner (8x, Actress)
Paul Grimault (8x, Crew)
Woody Allen (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1704, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 09/01/2024