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Claire Bloom

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2/15/1931, London, England

Birth Name

Patricia Claire Blume

Gender

Female

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Biography

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Claire Bloom was born in Finchley to Elizabeth and Edward Blume (originally Blumenthal) in 1931. She attended Badminton School in Bristol before beginning her theatrical training at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She appeared in numerous plays and radio productions before being 'discovered' by Charlie Chaplin…more

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Star (31)

Role
- And While We Were Here
  Star
  2013
- The Man Between
  Star
  2011
- The King's Speech
  Queen Mary
  2010
- The Lady And The Highwayman
  Star
  2009
- House of Life
  Star
  2009
- Imagining Argentina
  Star
  2004
- The Republic of Love
  Star
  2004
- Daniel and the Superdogs
  Star
  2004
- The Princess and the Goblin
  Star
  2003
- Shakespeare's Women and Claire Bloom
  Star
  1999
- Wrestling with Alligators
  Lulu Fraker
  1998
- Daylight
  Eleanor Trilling
  1996
- Mighty Aphrodite
  Amanda's Mother
  1995
- A Village Affair
  Star
  1994
- The Camomile Lawn
  Sophy
  - S 1: Ep 4 Part 4
    3/27/92
  - S 1: Ep 3 Part 3
    3/20/92
  - S 1: Ep 2 Part 2
    3/13/92
  - S 1: Ep 1 Part 1
    3/6/92
- Crimes and Misdemeanors
  Miriam Rosenthal
  1989
- Shadowlands
  Star
  1985
- Separate Tables
  Star
  1983
- Clash of the Titans
  Hera
  1981
- Islands In The Stream
  Star
  1977
- A Doll's House
  Nora Helmer
  1973
- The Illustrated Man
  Felicia
  1969
- The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
  Nan Perry
  1965
- The Haunting
  Theodora, "Theo"
  1963
- The Chapman Report
  Star
  1962
- Look Back in Anger
  Helena Charles
  1959
- The Brothers Karamazov
  Katya
  1958
- Buccaneer, The
  Bonnie Brown
  1958
- Alexander The Great
  Barsine
  1956
- Richard III
  The Lady Anne
  1955
- Limelight
  Star
  1952
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Brideshead Revisited
  Lady Marchmain
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Unseen Hook
    11/23/81
  - S 1: Ep 6 Julia
    11/16/81
  - S 1: Ep 5 A Blow upon a Bruise
    11/9/81
  - S 1: Ep 4 Sebastian Against the World
    11/2/81
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Bleak Light of Day
    10/26/81
Guest Star (46)

Role
- The Bill
  Jill Peters
  - S 26: Ep 25 Taking a Stand
    7/20/10
- Doctor Who
  The Woman
  - — The End of Time (2)
    1/1/10
- New Tricks
  Helen Brownlow
  - S 5: Ep 2 Final Curtain
    7/14/08
- Trial and Retribution
  Helen Masters
  - S 9: Ep 2 Sins of the Father, Part 2
    1/15/07
  - S 9: Ep 1 Sins of the Father, Part 1
    1/14/07
- Agatha Christie's Marple
  Aunt Ada
  - S 2: Ep 3 By the Pricking of My Thumbs
    2/19/06
- Doc Martin
  Margaret
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Family Way
    12/15/05
- Jericho (UK)
  Marie Hewitt
  - S 1: Ep 3 To Murder and Create
    10/30/05
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Marion Whitney
  - S 3: Ep 12 Unrequited
    1/18/04
- Criminal Instincts
  Nina Love
  - S 1: Ep 1 Love and Murder
    4/16/00
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Mrs. Tynan
  - S 47: Ep 1 What the Deaf Man Heard
    12/23/97
- Omnibus (UK)
  Herself
  - S 31: Ep 5 Stars and Mas
    3/9/97
  - S 23: Ep 1 Laurence Olivier 1907-1989: A Tribute
    7/14/89
  - S 16: Ep 10 Claire Bloom/Mike Westbrook
    3/14/82
- PBS American Masters
  Narrator
  - S 8: Ep 2 Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
    5/13/94
- Miss Marple
  Marina Gregg
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
    12/27/92
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Constance
  - S 1: Ep 33 The Life and Death of King John
    11/24/84
- American Playhouse
  Hope
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Ghost Writer
    1/17/84
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  The Queen
  - S 1: Ep 28 Cymbeline
    7/10/83
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Gertrude
  - S 1: Ep 12 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
    5/25/80
- The Hollywood Greats (1977)
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 3 Charles Chaplin
    8/10/79
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Katharine of Aragon
  - S 1: Ep 6 King Henry the Eighth
    2/25/79
- Great Mysteries
  Sheila Pennell
  - S 1: Ep 21 Ice Storm
    1/19/74
- Film '72
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 8 Film '73 Episode 8
    4/17/73
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 31 Week of October 11, 1971
    10/11/71
- The Bell Telephone Hour
  Guest Star
  - — The Many Faces of Romeo and Juliet
- The David Frost Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 14 July 24, 1969
    7/24/69
  - S 2: Ep 115 February 6, 1970
    2/6/70
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 76 December 20, 1968
    12/20/68
  - S 2: Ep 19 September 27, 1968
    9/27/68
- That Show with Joan Rivers
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 41 Live Theatre
    11/11/68
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 40: Ep 1 The 40th Annual Academy Awards
    4/10/68
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 105 February 14, 1968
    2/14/68
- The Bell Telephone Hour
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 1 The Many Faces of Romeo and Juliet
    9/22/67
- The Match Game
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 40 Claire Bloom & Roger Moore
    6/5/67
- George Schaefer's Showcase Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 Soldier in Love
    4/26/67
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Anne
  - S 16: Ep 4 Soldier in Love
    4/26/67
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 166 April 24, 1967
    4/24/67
  - S 7: Ep 109 January 19, 1970
    1/19/70
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Margaret Chapman
  - S 4: Ep 14 A Time to Love
    1/11/67
- Camera Three
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 17 Claire Bloom Reads Poetry
    12/27/64
- The Jack Paar Show
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 233 September 19, 1962
    9/19/62
- Checkmate
  Gina Burton
  - S 2: Ep 5 Through a Dark Glass
    11/1/61
- Playhouse 90
  Hypatia
  - S 4: Ep 3 Misalliance
    10/29/59
- Person to Person
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 21 February 13, 1959
    2/13/59
- Shirley Temple's Storybook
  Beauty
  - S 1: Ep 1 Beauty and the Beast
    1/12/58
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Queen Victoria
  - S 8: Ep 30 Victoria Regina
    4/8/57
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Rose
  - S 6: Ep 8 First Love
    3/24/57
- Producers' Showcase
  Juliette
  - S 3: Ep 8 Romeo and Juliet
    3/4/57
- Producers' Showcase
  Cleopatra
  - S 2: Ep 8 Caesar and Cleopatra
    3/5/56
- Producers' Showcase
  Roxane
  - S 2: Ep 3 Cyrano de Bergerac
    10/17/55
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Guest Star

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- Claire Bloom won the Drama Desk Award, outstanding performances in 1971 for A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler
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- Claire Bloom was awarded her first film BAFTA in 1952 for Most Promising Newcomer to Film, for her role in Limelight.
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- Claire Bloom has written two books, both memoirs, Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress published in 1952 and Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir published in 1996.
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- Claire was married to Rod Steiger from September, 20 1959 until 1969, when they got divorced.
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- Claire has a daughter, Anna Steiger, who is an opera singer.
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- In 1999, Claire was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award for Best Actress for her role in Electra.
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- Claire: In any of the arts, you never stop learning.
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- Claire: Film is different for me now. If the money is good and it's not totally revolting, I'll do it.
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- Claire: I remember seeing some little wrinkles in my early 30s and thinking they were interesting. But you know the horror of it is that the screen image has to be perfect.
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- Claire: My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body.
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- Claire: There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you.
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- Claire: I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.
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- Claire: I admire anyone who has been able to do what so many women are trying to do, which is balance a career and a life.
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