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Claire Bloom’s Family
| Name: | Relation: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|
| Philip Roth | husband | married on April 19, 1990 after living together since 1976; previously married to Margaret Martinson; separated c. 1994; divorced in 1995; dedicated his novels "The Professor of Desire" and "Operation Shylock" to her; had rather tempestuous marriage which he depicted in his fiction ("Deception") and she recounted in her nonfiction work "Leaving a Doll's House" |
| Rod Steiger | husband | married on September 19, 1959; divorced in January 1969; was four months pregnant with their daughter Anna when they wed |
| Hillard Elkins | husband | married on August 14, 1969; divorced in 1972 |
| Anna-Justine Steiger | daughter | made New York City Opera debut in 1990 |
| Elizabeth Blume | mother | her family changed name from Griewski |
| Edward Max Blume | father | changed family name from Blumenthal; Bloom later learned he was a compulsive gambler; died three days after she had snubbed him (on the arm of his new wife) after a performance of "Romeo and Juliet" at London's Old Vic in the early 1950s |
| John Blume | brother | born c. 1936 |
| Mary | aunt | one of the two women (along with her mother) who profoundly influenced her |
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