Claire Bloom
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1931-02-15
- Works
- 25
Top works
- Checkmate Run Lib/E
- Dragons in Pieces Lib/E
- Gather Her Round Lib/E
- The Wrecking Crew Lib/E
- Frontera Lib/E
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Film & TV
Acting · Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK
Patricia Claire Bloom (born February 15, 1931) is a retired English actress. She is known for leading roles on stage and screen and has received two BAFTA Awards and an Emmy award as well as nominations for 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.
Known for
- Richard Burton: Wild Genius — Self2025
- Remembers… — Self2022
- Chaplin vs the FBI — Self2019
- Summer of Rockets — Aunt Mary2019
- Miss Dalí — Maggie2018
- Max Rose — Eva Rose2016
- Chaplin - The Legend of the Century — Self2014
- The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 — Rosa Cristofori2012
- And While We Were Here — Grandma Eves2012
- The King's Speech — Queen Mary2010
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 295
- Total plays
- 993
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
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- Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures
· 2000 · cited 10,436x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,170x
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Key facts
- Born
- Patricia Claire Blume , ( 1931-02-15 ) 15 February 1931 (age 95) , Finchley , Middlesex , England
- Education
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama , Central School of Speech and Drama
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1946–present
- Spouses
- Rod Steiger ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1959 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1969 ) Hillard Elkins ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1972 ) Philip Roth ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1995 )
- Children
- Anna Steiger
- Relatives
- John Bloom (brother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 15 February 1931
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Claire
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Finchley
- Spouse
- Rod Steiger
- Sibling
- John Bloom
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
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 an Emmy award as well as nominations for 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).
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