Claire Bloom Overview:

Legendary character actress, Claire Bloom, was born Patricia Claire Blume on Feb 15, 1931 in Finchley, London. As of December 2023, Claire Bloom was 92 years old.

MINI BIO:

Austerely beautiful dark-haired English actress given her first big film role by Chaplin in Limelight. She always seemed too dignified to play comedy, fantasy, or sex-drama, although she had a go at all three, sometimes with notable success. But drama is her forte; although it never made her a box-office attraction, she was, and is, capable of both moving and biting acting. Married to Rod Steiger from 1959-1969. Married author Philip Roth in 1990.

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HONORS and AWARDS:

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Bloom was never nominated for an Academy Award.

BlogHub Articles:

Blu-ray Review: Rod Steiger and in The Illustrated Man (1969)

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The Illustrated Man (1960) is trilogy of terror-tinged sci-fi tales drawn from Ray Bradbury’s eighteen story anthology of the same name. Rod Steiger stars as the titular tattooed drifter in a framing story with Robert Drivas and then-wife , and in various roles in the stories which... Read full article


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Claire Bloom Quotes:

Helena Charles: Does he drink?
Alison Porter: He's not an alcoholic if that's what you mean.
Helena Charles: Oh, that trumpet! It's almost as if he wanted to kill someone and me in particular. I've never seen such hatred in someone's eyes before, it's horrifying... and slightly exciting.


Jimmy Porter: What do you say we get out of this place and start from scratch, what do you say?
Helena Charles: I'd say that's wonderful.
Jimmy Porter: Come on, we'll do that. We'll get pleasantly tiddly, then I'll take you home and make such love to you as you'll forget about anything at all.
Helena Charles: Let's go and have a drink.


Jimmy Porter: Anyone who doesn't like jazz has no real feeling for music, or people.
Helena Charles: Rubbish.


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Claire Bloom Facts
Daughter, opera singer Anna Steiger, by her ex-husband, actor Rod Steiger.

According to Richard Burton's biography "And God Created Burton" he was responsible for taking Bloom's virginity in 1949 when they began an affair days after the actor's wedding to Sybil Williams; the affair carried on intermittently until 1957.

Her second book, "Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir" was published in 1996, and went into greater details about her personal life; she discussed not only her failed marriages, to the dismay of a disgruntled Philip Roth, but her romantic relationships with Richard Burton and Laurence Olivier.

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