CLAIRE BLOOM BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Claire Bloom was born on February 15th, 1931 in London, England with the birth name Patricia Claire Blume, born to Edward and Elizabeth Blume. She received her early education at Badminton School in Bristol and Fern Manor in New Milton. From a young age she showed an interest in the performing arts and later received some formal stage training from the Guildhall School and later also studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Her professional career as an actress began with her being cast on BBC radio and soon she was working as a stage actress appearing in such productions as, "It Depends What You Mean" (1946) and "The Lady's Not For Burning" (1947). She then followed by a taking on a number of Shakespeare productions such as, "Hamlet", "King John" and "The Winter's Tale".
Bloom then began to break into the film industry with her debut in 1948 on, "The Blind Goddess" followed by some more prominent roles in such features as, "Limelight" (1952) co-starring with Charlie Chaplin, "Richard III" (1955), "Alexander the Great" (1956) co-starring with Richard Burton and Fredric March, "The Brothers Karamazov" (1958) starring Yul Brynner and "The Buccaneer" (1958) again co-starring with the great Yul Brynner.
Although, she was having quite a successful career in films, Bloom did not neglect her love for the stage and continued adding such production credits to her resume in, "Richard III", "The Trojan Woman", "Vivat! Vivat! Regina!" and "A Doll's House".
As her career entered into the 60's there was no sign of things slowing down. She continued to grace the big screen in such features as, "Look Back in Anger" (1959), "The Haunting" (1963) starring alongside Julie Harris and Russ Tamblyn, "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965), "The Illustrated Man" (1969) and "Three Into Two Won't Go" (1969).
In addition to film and stage work, Bloom also appeared in a variety of television movies such as, "Backstairs at the White House" (1979), "Brideshead Revisited" (1981), "Separate Tables" (1983) and "Shadowlands" (1985).
Most recently, Bloom has been seen on the television Soap Opera, "As the World Turns" in 1993, the television miniseries, "The Ten Commandments" (2006), the television movie, "Fiona's Story" (2008) and the television series, "New Tricks" (2008) and "The Bill" (2010).
She has also written two memoirs, "Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress" (1982) and "Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir" (1996).
Claire Bloom has married three times throughout her lifetime, first to actor Rod Steiger in 1959 and they had one child together before the marriage came to an end in 1969. She then wed Hillard Elkins in 1969, however by 1972 another marriage ended in divorce. Her third husband was Philip Roth whom she wed in 1990 and again by 1995, Bloom was divorced. She has not re-married but remains working in the industry with her last three known roles appearing back on the big screen in, the Academy Award winner for Best Picture "The King's Speech" (2010), "While We Were Here" (2012) and soon to release, "Max Rose".
Filmography
2012 Max Rose
2012 While We Were Here
2010 The King's Speech
2010 The Bill
2009-2010 Doctor Who
2008 Fiona's Story
2008 New Tricks
2006 The Ten Commandments
2006 Kalamazoo?
2006 The Chatterley Affai
2006 Trial & Retribution
2006 Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs
2005 Doc Martin
2005 Jericho
2004 Daniel and the Superdogs
2004 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2003 Imagining Argentina
2003 The Republic of Love
2002 The Book of Eve
2000 Yesterday's Children
2000 Love and Murder
2000 Tales from the Madhouse
1999 The Lady in Question
1998 Imogen's Face
1998 Wrestling with Alligators
1997 What the Deaf Man Heard
1997 Family Money
1996 Daylight
1995 Mighty Aphrodite
1995 Mad Dogs and Englishmen
1995 A Village Affair
1994 American Masters
1993-1995 As the World Turns
1993 Remember
1993 The Age of Innocence
1993 It's Nothing Personal
1993 The Poetry Hall of Fame
1992 The Mirror Crack'd
1992 The Camomile Lawn
1991 The Princess and the Goblin
1990 Pas de deux
1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 The Lady and the Highwayman
1988 Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987 Queenie
1987 Intimate Contact
1986 Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna
1986 Hold the Dream
1986 The Theban Plays by Sophocles
1986 Liberty
1985 This Lightning Always Strikes Twice
1985 Promises to Keep
1985 Déjà Vu
1985 Florence Nightingale
1985 Ann and Debbie
1985 Time and the Conways
1985 Shadowlands
1984 The Life and Death of King John
1984 Ellis Island
1984 American Playhouse
1983 Separate Tables
1982 Cymbeline
1981 Brideshead Revisited
1981 Clash of the Titans
1981 CBS Library
1981 Beauty and the Beast
1980 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1979 Henry VIII
1979 Oresteia
1979 Backstairs at the White House
1977 Islands in the Stream
1975 A Legacy
1974 Aquarius
1974 Great Mysteries
1973 Wessex Tales
1973 A Doll's House
1973 The Going Up of David Lev
1971 Red Sky at Morning
1970 A Severed Head
1969 Three Into Two Won't Go
1969 The Illustrated Man
1968 Charly
1968 Late Night Horror
1967 The Bell Telephone Hour
1967 Soldier in Love
1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1966 ITV Play of the Week
1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
1964 Camera Three
1964 The Outrage
1964 High Infidelity
1963 The Haunting
1963 80,000 Suspects
1963 The Teacher from Vigevano
1962 The Chapman Report
1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 Wuthering Heights
1961 Anna Karenina
1961 Checkmate
1960 Brainwashed
1959 Playhouse 90
1959 Look Back in Anger
1958 The Buccaneer
1958 The Brothers Karamazov
1958 Shirley Temple Theatre
1957 Robert Montgomery Presents
1955-1957 Producers' Showcase
1956 Alexander the Great
1955 Richard III
1953 The Man Between
1953 Innocents in Paris
1952 Limelight
1952 The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1952 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1952 The Marvellous History of St. Bernard
1948 The Blind Goddess
