Verna Bloom

Verna Frances Bloom (August 7, 1938 – January 9, 2019) was an American actress.

Verna Bloom
Born
Verna Frances Bloom

(1938-08-07)August 7, 1938
Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 9, 2019(2019-01-09) (aged 80)
Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1967–2003
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1972)​

Career

On Broadway, Bloom portrayed Charlotte Corday in The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1967) and Blanche Morton in Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983).[1] She made her film debut in Medium Cool, and then co-starred in Clint Eastwood's 1973 film, High Plains Drifter and in the 1974 made-for-TV movie Where Have All The People Gone? with Peter Graves and Kathleen Quinlan. Bloom also had roles in more than 30 films and television episodes beginning the 1960s, including playing Mary, mother of Jesus, in The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988 and Marion Wormer in Animal House in 1978.

Personal life and death

Bloom was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and attended the School of Fine Arts in Boston University, graduating with a BFA in 1959.[2] She also studied at the HB Studio in New York City.[3] She was Jewish.[4]

Verna Bloom died aged 80 on January 9, 2019 in Bar Harbor, Maine of complications of dementia.[5]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1969Medium CoolEileen
1969Children's GamesThe Girl
1970Street ScenesHerself
1971The Hired HandHannah Collings
1972Particular MenEvelynTV Movie
1973High Plains DrifterSarah Belding
1973Badge 373Maureen
1974Where Have All the People Gone?JennyTV movie
1975Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage AlcoholicJean HodgesTV movie
1977Contract on Cherry StreetEmily HovannesTV movie
1978Animal HouseMarion Wormer
1980Playing for TimePauletteTV movie
1981Rivkin: Bounty HunterBerthaTV movie
1982Honkytonk ManEmmy
1985The Journey of Natty GannFarm Woman
1985After HoursJune
1985Promise's to KeepTV movie, (uncredited)
1988The Last Temptation of ChristMary, Mother of Jesus
2003Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni UpdateMarion WormerShort film, (final film role)

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1967N.Y.P.D.Barbara LaneySeason 1, episode 3
1969BonanzaEllen MastersSeason 10, episode 29
1969The David Frost ShowHerself1 episode
1973Doc ElliotMary Beth HickeySeason 1, episode 1
1973-1976Police StoryMarge Connor / Elizabeth Shaner2 episodes
1975The Blue KnightsMoody LarkinSeason 1, episode 1
1976KojakCarrie ZacharySeason 3, episode 16
1977VisionsNancy DoucetteSeason 2, episode 4
1977Lou GrantEmilySeason 1, episode 13
1977GibbsvilleSeason 1, episode 10
1987Cagney & LaceyJoan TorvecSeason 7, episode 1
1988-1989The EqualizerEllen / Marian Grey2 episodes
1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanMaude BraySeason 1, episode 1
2003The West WingMolly LaphamSeason 4, episode 13

References
  1. "Verna Bloom". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on February 7, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  2. Barnes, Mike (January 10, 2019). "Verna Bloom, Actress in Animal House and Medium Cool, Dies at 80". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  3. "Verna Bloom biography". Yahoo! Movies. AEC One Stop Group, Inc. Baseline. Yahoo! Inc. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  4. Cullen, Jim (2001). Restless in the Promised Land: Catholics and the American Dream. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 129. ISBN 1-58051-093-0.
  5. Yang, Rachel (10 January 2019). "Verna Bloom, Actress in 'Animal House,' 'High Plains Drifter,' Dies at 80". Variety. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 11 April 2019.


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