Described as exquisitely beautiful and radiant, Claire Bloom was already a star of the British stage when... (Learn more)
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Claire Bloom’s Milestones
| Had lead in the independent film "Book of Eve" (lensed 2001-2002) | |
| Toured the USA in one-person show, "These Are Women, a Portrait of Shakespeare's Heroines" | |
| 1940 | Brought to the USA as a war evacuee during the London blitz and lived in Florida |
| 1943 | Returned to England |
| 1946 | Stage acting debut at age 15 with the Oxford Repertory Company |
| 1947 | London stage debut, "The White Devil" |
| 1948 | Feature film acting debut in "The Blind Goddess" |
| 1948 | Portrayed Ophelia opposite Paul Scofield's "Hamlet" at Stratford-on-Avon |
| 1950 | Performed in Peter Brook's staging of Jean Anouihl's "Ring Around the Moon" (also starring Scofield), which brought her to the attention of Charlie Chaplin |
| 1952 | Acted opposite Chaplin in "Limelight" |
| 1952 - 1956 | Was member of the Old Vic Company; appeared in numerous Shakespearean roles including Juliet, Ophelia in "Hamlet" (opposite Richard Burton) and Cordelia in "King Lear" |
| 1955 | Played Lady Anne to Laurence Olivier's "Richard III" |
| 1956 | American TV debut, Roxanne opposite Jose Ferrer's "Cyrano de Bergerac" for "Producers Showcase" (NBC) |
| 1956 | Broadway debut, "Romeo and Juliet"; appeared with Old Vic Company |
| 1956 | First film with Burton, "Alexander the Great" |
| 1959 | Acted opposite Burton in Tony Richardson's film version of "Look Back in Anger" |
| 1959 | Co-starred with soon-to-be husband Rod Steiger in Broadway's "Rashomon" |
| 1963 | Exhibited lesbian tendencies and an extraordinary sense of ESP in Robert Wise's "The Haunting" |
| 1965 | Reteamed with Burton for Martin Ritt's "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" |
| 1968 | Portrayed sympathetic caseworker who becomes attatched to "Charly" (Cliff Robertson); role earned Robertson the Best Actor Oscar |
| 1969 | Starred opposite husband Rod Steiger in two films, "Three Into Two Won't Go" and "The Illustrated Man" |
| 1972 | Returned to Broadway as Mary, Quenn of Scots in "Vivat! Vivat! Regina!" |
| 1973 | Essayed the role of Nora opposite Anthony Hopkins in stagy film of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House"; Bloom also played the role several times on stage |
| 1974 | Acted the part of Blanche DuBois in London revival of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| 1976 | Last Broadway appearance for 22 years, "The Innocents", an adaptation of Henry James' "Turn of the Screw" directed by Harold Pinter; a scathing review by Clive Barnes doomed it to a short run of 10 days |
| 1981 | Played Hera to Olivier's Zeus in "Clash of the Titans" |
| 1982 | Appeared as Lady Marchmain opposite Olivier in the British miniseries "Brideshead Revisited" (shown in the USA on PBS); garnered an Emmy nomination |
| 1984 | Acted in "American Playhouse" (PBS) adaptation of then-companion Philip Roth's "The Ghostwriter" |
| 1985 | Co-starred in British TV production of "Shadowlands" (shown in USA in 1986 on PBS and again in 1989 on A&E) |
| 1988 | Reteamed with director Tony Richardson for CBS miniseries "Beryl Markham: A Shadow in the Sun" |
| 1989 | First collaboration with Woody Allen, playing Miriam Rosenthal, wife of Judah (Martin Landau) in "Crimes and Misdemeanors" |
| 1995 | Appeared briefly as Orlena Grimaldi on the CBS daytime drama "As the World Turns" |
| 1995 | Portrayed chorus role in Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite" |
| 1996 | Acted the part of upper-class society doyenne Eleanor Trilling in "Daylight", starrring Sylvester Stallone |
| 1996 | Played Mary Tyrone as an angry anything-but-a-victim in American Repertory Theatre presentation of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night" |
| 1997 | Was underutilized as the agreeably disagreeable widow Tynan in CBS' "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation "What the Deaf Man Heard" |
| 1998 | Had stage triumph as Clytemnestra in a staging of Sophocles' "Electra", starring Zoe Wanamaker; garnered Tony nomination |
| 1998 | Portrayed a former silent movie star running a New Jersey rooming house in Laurie Weltz's "Wrestling With Alligators" |
| 2000 | Led the cast of "Conversations After a Burial", produced in London |
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