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Age has not taken the flower off this Bloom. The well-known and respected stage, screen and television actress Claire Bloom, originally named Patricia Claire Blume, continues to be in demand as a septuagenarian actress and looks as beautiful as ever. She was born in North London on February 15, 1931... See full bio »

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Patricia Claire Blume
in Finchley, London, England, UK
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2013 Max Rose (post-production)
Eva Rose
 
2012 And While We Were Here
Grandma Eves
 
2010 The King's Speech
Queen Mary
 
2010 The Bill (TV series)
Jill Peters
– Taking a Stand (2010) … Jill Peters
 
2009-2010 Doctor Who (TV series)
The Woman
– The End of Time: Part Two (2010) … The Woman
– The End of Time: Part One (2009) … The Woman
 
2008 Fiona's Story (TV movie)
Helen
 
2008 New Tricks (TV series)
Helen Brownlow
– Final Curtain (2008) … Helen Brownlow
 
2006-2007 Trial & Retribution (TV series)
Helen Masters
– Sins of the Father: Part 2 (2007) … Helen Masters
– Sins of the Father: Part 1 (2006) … Helen Masters
 
2006 The Ten Commandments (TV movie)
Rani
 
2006 Kalamazoo?
Eleanor
 
2006 The Chatterley Affair (TV movie)
Older Helena
 
2006 Agatha Christie Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs (TV movie)
Aunt Ada
 
2005 Doc Martin (TV series)
Margaret Ellingham
– The Family Way (2005) … Margaret Ellingham
 
2005 Jericho (TV series)
Marie Hewitt
– To Murder and Create (2005) … Marie Hewitt
 
2004 Daniel and the Superdogs
Claire Martin
 
2004 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
Marion Whitney
– Unrequited (2004) … Marion Whitney
 
2003 Imagining Argentina
Sara Sternberg
 
2003 The Republic of Love
Onion
 
2002 The Book of Eve
Eva Smallwood
 
2000 Yesterday's Children (TV movie)
Maggie
 
2000 Tales from the Madhouse (TV mini-series)
Pilate's Wife
 
2000 Love and Murder (TV movie)
Nina Love
 
1999 The Lady in Question (TV movie)
Emma Sachs
 
1998 Imogen's Face (TV series)
Elinor
 
1998 Wrestling with Alligators
Lulu Fraker
 
1997 What the Deaf Man Heard (TV movie)
Mrs. Tynan
 
1997 Family Money (TV series)
Fran Pye
– Episode #1.1 (1997) … Fran Pye
 
1996 Daylight
Eleanor Trilling
 
1995 Mighty Aphrodite
Amanda's Mother
 
1995 Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Liz Stringer
 
1995 A Village Affair (TV movie)
Cecily Jordan
 
1994 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed (1994) … Narrator
 
1993-1995 As the World Turns (TV series)
Orlena Grimaldi (aka Lena Smythe) #1
 
1993 Remember (TV movie)
Anne Deveraux Rawlings
 
1993 The Age of Innocence (uncredited)
 
1993 It's Nothing Personal (TV movie)
Evelyn Whitloff
 
1993 The Poetry Hall of Fame (TV movie)
Emily Dickinson
 
1992 The Mirror Crack'd (TV movie)
Marina Gregg
 
1992 The Camomile Lawn (TV mini-series)
Sophy (older)
– Episode #1.4 (1992) … Sophy (older)
– Episode #1.3 (1992) … Sophy (older)
– Episode #1.2 (1992) … Sophy (older)
– Episode #1.1 (1992) … Sophy (older)
– Episode #1.5 (1992) … Sophy (older)
 
1991 The Princess and the Goblin
Great Great Grandmother Irene (voice)
 
1990 Pas de deux (short)
Maria Cruz
 
1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors
Miriam Rosenthal
 
1989 The Lady and the Highwayman (TV movie)
Lady Emma Darlington
 
1988 Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (TV movie)
Lady Delamere
 
1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Alice
 
1987 Queenie (TV movie)
Vicky Kelley
 
1987 Intimate Contact (TV movie)
Ruth Gregory
 
1986 Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (TV movie)
Czarina Alexandra
 
1986 Hold the Dream (TV movie)
Edwina, Lady Dunvale
 
1986 The Theban Plays by Sophocles (TV series)
Jocasta
– Oedipus the King (1986) … Jocasta
 
1986 Liberty (TV movie)
Madame Bartholdi
 
1985 This Lightning Always Strikes Twice (TV movie)
Lady Penwarden
 
1985 Promises to Keep (TV movie)
Sally
 
1985 Déjà Vu
Eleanor Harvey
 
1985 Florence Nightingale (TV movie)
Fanny Nightingale
 
1985 Ann and Debbie (TV movie)
Debbie
 
1985 Time and the Conways (TV movie)
Mrs. Conway
 
1985 Shadowlands (TV movie)
Joy Davidman
 
1984 The Life and Death of King John (TV movie)
Constance
 
1984 Ellis Island (TV mini-series)
Rebecca Weiler
 
1984 American Playhouse (TV series)
Hope
– The Ghost Writer (1984) … Hope
 
1983 Separate Tables (TV movie)
Miss Cooper
 
1982 Cymbeline (TV movie)
Queen
 
1981 Brideshead Revisited (TV mini-series)
Lady Marchmain
– The Unseen Hook (1981) … Lady Marchmain
– Julia (1981) … Lady Marchmain
– A Blow Upon a Bruise (1981) … Lady Marchmain
– Sebastian Against the World (1981) … Lady Marchmain
– The Bleak Light of Day (1981) … Lady Marchmain
 
1981 Clash of the Titans
Hera
 
1981 CBS Library (TV series)
Beauty
– Misunderstood Monsters (1981) … Beauty (voice)
 
1981 Beauty and the Beast (short)
Beauty (voice)
 
1980 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (TV movie)
Gertrude
 
1979 Henry VIII (TV movie)
Katharine of Aragon
 
1979 Oresteia (TV mini-series)
Athene
– Furies (1979) … Athene
 
1979 Backstairs at the White House (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Edith Galt Wilson
– Episode #1.3 (1979) … Mrs. Edith Galt Wilson (credit only)
– Episode #1.1 (1979) … Mrs. Edith Galt Wilson
– Episode #1.2 (1979) … Mrs. Edith Galt Wilson
 
1977 Islands in the Stream
Audrey
 
1975 A Legacy (TV series)
Sarah Merz
– Episode #1.5 (1975) … Sarah Merz
– Episode #1.4 (1975) … Sarah Merz
– Episode #1.3 (1975) … Sarah Merz
– Episode #1.2 (1975) … Sarah Merz
– Episode #1.1 (1975) … Sarah Merz
 
1974 Aquarius (TV series)
Stage actress
– Desire Revisted-Streetcar/Pulcinella (1974) … Stage actress
 
1974 Great Mysteries (TV series)
Sheila Pennell
– Ice Storm (1974) … Sheila Pennell
 
1973 Wessex Tales (TV series)
Ella
– An Imaginative Woman (1973) … Ella
 
1973/I A Doll's House
Nora Helmer
 
1973 The Going Up of David Lev (TV movie)
Hannah
 
1971 Red Sky at Morning
Ann Arnold
 
1970 A Severed Head
Honor Klein
 
1969 Three Into Two Won't Go
Frances Howard
 
1969 The Illustrated Man
Felicia
 
1968 Charly
Alice Kinian
 
1968 Late Night Horror (TV series)
Amelia Lornan
– The Triumph of Death (1968) … Amelia Lornan
 
1967 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
– The Many Faces of Romeo and Juliet (1967)
 
1967 Soldier in Love (TV movie)
Queen Anne
 
1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Margaret Chapman
– A Time to Love (1967) … Margaret Chapman
 
1966 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Sasha
– Ivanov (1966) … Sasha
 
1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Nan Perry
 
1964 Camera Three (TV series)
– Claire Bloom Reads Poetry (1964)
 
1964 The Outrage
Wife
 
1964 High Infidelity
Laura (segment "Peccato nel pomeriggio")
 
1963 The Haunting
Theodora 'Theo'
 
1963 80,000 Suspects
Julie Monks
 
1963 The Teacher from Vigevano
Ada
 
1962 The Chapman Report
Naomi Shields
 
1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Dorothea Grimm
 
1962 Wuthering Heights (TV movie)
Cathy
 
1961 Anna Karenina (TV movie)
Anna Karenina
 
1961 Checkmate (TV series)
Gina Burton
– Through a Dark Glass (1961) … Gina Burton
 
1960 Brainwashed
Irene Andreny
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Hypatia
– Misalliance (1959) … Hypatia
 
1959 Look Back in Anger
Helena Charles
 
1958 The Buccaneer
Bonnie Brown
 
1958 The Brothers Karamazov
Katya
 
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Beauty
– Beauty and the Beast (1958) … Beauty
 
1957 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
Queen Victoria
– Victoria Regina (1957) … Queen Victoria
 
1955-1957 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Cleopatra / Juliet / Roxane
– Romeo and Juliet (1957) … Juliet
– Caesar and Cleopatra (1956) … Cleopatra
– Cyrano de Bergerac (1955) … Roxane
 
1956 Alexander the Great
Barsine
 
1955 Richard III
The Lady Anne
 
1953 The Man Between
Susanne Mallison
 
1953 Innocents in Paris
Susan Robbins
 
1952 Limelight
Thereza
 
1952 The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Sheperdess (voice: English version)
 
1952 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Martine
– Martine (1952) … Martine
 
1952 The Marvellous History of St. Bernard (TV movie)
Marguerite de Miolans
 
1948 The Blind Goddess
Mary Dearing
 
Show ShowSelf (41 titles)
2012 British Legends of Stage and Screen (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Claire Bloom (2012) … Herself
 
2011 BBC Look North (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 25 March 2011 (2011) … Herself
 
2011 Seitenblicke (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 March 2011 (2011) … Herself
 
2011 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2008 My Life and Times: Michael Cacoyannis (documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 November 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2006 John Osborne and the Gift of Friendship (video)
Herself
 
2004 The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2004 (TV movie)
Herself
 
2004 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 4 January 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (documentary)
Herself - Actress/Star of 'Limelight'
 
2003 Chaplin Today: Limelight (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Man-Eaters of India (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2000 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
– On Cukor (2000) … Herself
 
2000 Evening at Pops (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Brush Up Your Shakespeare (2000) … Herself
 
1999 Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom (TV documentary)
Herself / Juliet / Lady Anne / …
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1998) … Herself
 
1998 The Irish in America: Long Journey Home (TV mini-series documentary) (voice)
 
1994 The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon (video documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1994 1071 Fifth Avenue: Frank Lloyd Wright & the Guggenheim Museum (TV documentary)
Hilla Rebay
 
1991 Fear and the Muse: The Story of Anna Akhmatova (documentary)
Akhmatova (voice)
 
1990 The Late Show (TV series documentary)
Herself - Interviewee
– Face to Face: Claire Bloom (1990) … Herself - Interviewee
 
1990 Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1989 Everyman (TV series documentary)
Herself - Narrator
– The Young Ambassadors (1989) … Herself - Narrator (voice)
 
1980 Night of One Hundred Stars (TV movie)
Herself
 
1979 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Charles Chaplin (1979) … Herself
 
1974 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Claire Bloom (1974) … Herself
 
1972 The 26th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1970 The 24th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1969-1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.115 (1970) … Herself
– Episode #1.14 (1969) … Herself
 
1969 The Joe Namath Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.11 (1969) … Herself
 
1968 The Skitch Henderson Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.14 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 The 40th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Writing Awards
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.105 (1968) … Herself
 
1967 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 May 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 Charlie Chaplin: Mennesket, klovnen og instruktøren (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1965 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.16 (1965) … Herself
 
1964 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 18 November 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1962 Festival of Arts (TV series)
Herself
 
1962 The Tonight Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 September 1962 (1962) … Herself
 
1961 The Jo Stafford Show (TV series)
Herself
– The Language of Love (1961) … Herself
 
1959 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #6.21 (1959) … Herself
 
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2010 A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (TV series documentary)
 
1979 Backstairs at the White House (TV mini-series)
 

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(1974) Stage: Appeared in Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire", at London's Piccadilly Theatre with Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland. Directed by Edwin Sherin. See more »

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Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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I think that few professions have so much to do with chance and so little to do with the calculation of will. See more »

Trivia:

She won rave reviews for her performances as Blanche Du Bois ("A Streetcar Named Desire") in London, Nora ("A Doll's House") on Broadway, and Madame Ranevskaya ("The Cherry Orchard") at Boston's prestigious American Repertory Theatre. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius