Claire Bloom Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Claire Bloom, CBE (born 15 February 1931) is an English film and stage actress whose career has spanned over six decades. She is famous for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, and Long Day's Journey into Night, and has starred in nearly sixty films.After an uprooted and unstable childhood in war-torn England, Bloom studied drama in school, which became her passion. She had her debut on the London stage when she was sixteen, and soon took roles in various Shakespeare plays. They included Hamlet, where she played Ophelia alongside Richard Burton, with whom she would have a "long and stormy" first love affair. For her Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, critic Kenneth Tynan stated it was “the best Juliet I've ever seen.” And after starring as Blanche in Streetcar Named Desire, its playwright, Tennessee Williams, was "exultant," stating, "I declare myself absolutely wild about Claire Bloom."In 1952, Bloom was discovered by Hollywood film star Charlie Chaplin, who had been searching for months for an actress with "beauty, talent, and a great emotional range," to co-star alongside him in Limelight. It became Bloom's film debut and made her into an international film star. During her lengthy film career, she starred alongside numerous major actors, including Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Paul Scofield, Ralph Richardson, Yul Brynner, George C. Scott, James Mason, Paul Newman and Rod Steiger, whom she would marry.In 2010, Bloom played the role of Queen Mary in the British film, The King's Speech, and she currently acts in British films. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to drama.
Full Name
Claire Bloom
Net Worth
$1.2 Million
Date Of Birth
February 15, 1931
Place Of Birth
Finchley, London, England, UK
Height
1.65 m
Occupation
Actress
Profession
Actor
Education
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, Badminton School
Nationality
British
Spouse
Philip Roth, Hillard Elkins, Rod Steiger
Children
Anna Steiger
Parents
Edward Max Blume, Elizabeth Grew
Siblings
John Bloom
Nicknames
Claire Bloom, Bloom, Claire
IMDB
Awards
British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for Other Awards
Nominations
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie
Movies
Limelight, The Haunting, Clash of the Titans, The King's Speech, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Alexander the Great, Charly, The Brothers Karamazov, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Buccaneer, Look Back in Anger, Daylight, Richard III, A Doll's House, The Chapman Report, And While We Were Here, The ...
TV Shows
Brideshead Revisited, Ellis Island, Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, The Ten Commandments, Backstairs at the White House, The Camomile Lawn, Remember, Imogen's Face, Poetry Hall of Fame Collection
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Quote
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I like to work in Hollywood, but I don't want to live there. I'm too young to die.
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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.
Won the prestigious London Evening Standard Best Actress Award for her stage performance as Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
Her parents were both from Ashkenazi Jewish families (from Russia and Latvia). Her family's original surname was "Blumenthal".
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Release of her book, "Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir". [1996]
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Currently appearing in "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" at the Theatre Royal Haymarket London from 29th November 2006 - 27 February 2007. [November 2006]
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Filming a major cameo in The Doctor Who Christmas special [April 2009]
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London SW6, England: Actress [June 2013]
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Starring in "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" with Billy Zane on the West End in London. [March 2006]
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Release of her book, "Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress". [1982]
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She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama.
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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.
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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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Was nominated for Broadway's 1999 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Electra."
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An Associate Member of RADA.
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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.
