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Although her career in documenting is obviously only a small footnote to everything Claire Bloom accomplished as an actress, a minimum of she brought great comfort to numerous small kids. To a kid tucked away within a bed attempting to keep a comfort and ease within the ever deepening darkness, her tone of voice might just do just fine, wafting over the area from a couple of audio speakers. She may be telling the storyplot of Dick Whittington and His Kitty in one of some children’s storytelling information she designed for the Caedmon label, materials like the Brothers Grimm, Beatrix Potter, and traditional United kingdom fairy tales. It had been an interval when her reputation with kids peaked due to her appearance within the 1962 story book blockbuster THE BEAUTIFUL Globe of the Brothers Grimm. She started performing while still a kid herself, regarded talented more than enough while still acquiring play lessons to be engaged in a few BBC radio broadcasts when she was just 14. It had been that wonderful tone of voice of hers, currently getting interest. At 17, she reaped the compliment of every essential British isles critic with her functionality as Ophelia within the Stratford on Avon creation of Hamlet. She produced her film debut in 1948, nonetheless it was her romantic relationship being a disciple of the fantastic Charlie Chaplin that basically launched her profession in Hollywood. She’s made a large number of movies, received many honours, and it has acted with every significant performer in movie theater and stage background, so it’s no real surprise that she downplays her recordings, not providing them with a sentence’s talk about in her autobiography for instance. Her romantic relationship with Caedmon, which focuses on high-quality spoken artwork products, began within the ’50s and continuing for many years, including Shakespeare tasks and poetry, in addition to materials for children. Several recordings were performed completely by itself, her pristine diction and complicated tones of characterization offering a rich hearing encounter. She also got component in collaborative dramatic recordings for the label that frequently boasted casts as effective as a big studio room movie, and in addition performed within the role of the traditional narrator with symphony orchestra accompaniment inside a documenting of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty. The Caedmon business had started in the first ’50s and lasted nearly before end from the hundred years as an unbiased before being obtained by Harper Sound. The actress offers continued her romantic relationship with the brand new owners, although what utilized to become called spoken globe albums are actually known as “audiobooks.” In any event, if someone is likely to be reading for you at night, it may as well become Claire Bloom. Among her most shifting projects in the brand new series can be her efficiency of Anne Frank’s unfortunate life in Journal of a Girl.
Quick Facts
Full Name Claire Bloom
Height 1.65 m
Profession Voice 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
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
Music Songs Symphony no. 3 "Kaddish": IIIb. Kaddish 3, Chansons de Bilitis, Symphony no. 3 "Kaddish": IIIa. Scherzo, Symphony no. 3 "Kaddish": IIa. Din Torah, The Lark, Symphony no. 3 "Kaddish": Ib. Kaddish 1, Symphony no. 3 "Kaddish": IIb. Kaddish 2
Albums Symphony no. 3 "Kaddish"
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 Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The King's Speech, The Illustrated Man, Charly, Richard III, The Buccaneer, Alexander the Great, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Man Between, Mighty Aphrodite, The Brothers Karamazov, Look Back in Anger, The Chapman Report, Max Rose, Daylight, And While We Were Here, The Outrage, Three into Two Won't Go, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, A Doll's House, The Princess and the Goblin, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, Imagining Argentina, The Republic of Love, A Village Affair, The Lady and the Highwayman, Red Sky at Morning, A Severed Head, Islands in the Stream, Wrestling with Alligators, Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, Daniel and the Superdogs, Innocents in Paris, Shadowlands, What the Deaf Man Heard, High Infidelity, The Teacher from Vigevano, Brainwashed, Kalamazoo?, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Shakespeare Tragedies: Hamlet, Yesterday's Children, The Lady in Question, 80,000 Suspects, Shakespeare's Women and Claire Bloom, Intimate Contact, Henry VIII, King John
TV Shows The Ten Commandments, Ellis Island, Brideshead Revisited, Backstairs at the White House, The Camomile Lawn, Remember, Imogen's Face, Poetry Hall of Fame Collection
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| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | She played Helena Bonham Carter in Mighty Aphrodite (1995) and her mother-in-law in The King's Speech (2010). |
| 2 | She worked with Alec Clunes in Richard III (1955) and his son Martin Clunes in Doc Martin (2004). |
| 3 | Although she played Derek Jacobi's mother in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980), she is only seven years his senior. |
| 4 | Won the prestigious London Evening Standard Best Actress Award for her stage performance as Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. |
| 5 | She played Laurence Olivier's wife in both Richard III (1955) and Clash of the Titans (1981). |
| 6 | Her parents were both from Ashkenazi Jewish families (from Russia and Latvia). Her family's original surname was "Blumenthal". |
| 7 | Release of her book, "Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir". [1996] |
| 8 | Currently appearing in "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" at the Theatre Royal Haymarket London from 29th November 2006 - 27 February 2007. [November 2006] |
| 9 | Filming a major cameo in The Doctor Who Christmas special [April 2009] |
| 10 | London SW6, England: Actress [June 2013] |
| 11 | Starring in "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" with Billy Zane on the West End in London. [March 2006] |
| 12 | Release of her book, "Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress". [1982] |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | 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. |
| 16 | Was nominated for Broadway's 1999 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Electra." |
| 17 | An Associate Member of RADA. |
| 18 | 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. |
| 19 | Daughter, opera singer Anna Steiger, by her ex-husband, actor Rod Steiger. |
Actress
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Doll's House | 1973/I | Nora Helmer | |
| Red Sky at Morning | 1971 | Ann Arnold | |
| A Severed Head | 1970 | Honor Klein | |
| Three Into Two Won't Go | 1969 | Frances Howard | |
| The Illustrated Man | 1969 | Felicia | |
| Charly | 1968 | Alice Kinnian | |
| Late Night Horror | 1968 | TV Series | Amelia Lornan |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | 1967 | TV Series | |
| Soldier in Love | 1967 | TV Movie | Queen Anne |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1967 | TV Series | Margaret Chapman |
| ITV Play of the Week | 1966 | TV Series | Sasha |
| The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | 1965 | Nan Perry | |
| Camera Three | 1964 | TV Series | |
| The Outrage | 1964 | Wife | |
| High Infidelity | 1964 | Laura (segment "Peccato nel pomeriggio") | |
| Il maestro di Vigevano | 1963 | Ada | |
| The Haunting | 1963 | Theodora | |
| 80,000 Suspects | 1963 | Julie Monks | |
| The Chapman Report | 1962 | Naomi Shields | |
| The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | 1962 | Dorothea Grimm | |
| Wuthering Heights | 1962 | TV Movie | Cathy |
| Anna Karenina | 1961 | TV Movie | Anna Karenina |
| Checkmate | 1961 | TV Series | Gina Burton |
| Brainwashed | 1960 | Irene Andreny | |
| Playhouse 90 | 1959 | TV Series | Hypatia |
| Look Back in Anger | 1959 | Helena Charles | |
| The Buccaneer | 1958 | Bonnie Brown | |
| The Brothers Karamazov | 1958 | Katya | |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | 1958 | TV Series | Beauty |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | 1957 | TV Series | Queen Victoria |
| Goodyear Playhouse | 1957 | TV Series | Rose |
| Producers' Showcase | 1955-1957 | TV Series | Juliet Cleopatra Roxane |
| As the World Turns | 1956 | TV Series | Orlena Grimaldi (aka Lena Smythe) #1 (1993-1995) |
| Alexander the Great | 1956 | Barsine | |
| Richard III | 1955 | The Lady Anne | |
| The Man Between | 1953 | Susanne Mallison | |
| Innocents in Paris | 1953 | Susan Robbins | |
| Limelight | 1952 | Thereza | |
| The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird | 1952 | Sheperdess (English version, voice) | |
| BBC Sunday-Night Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | Martine |
| The Marvellous History of St. Bernard | 1952 | TV Movie | Marguerite de Miolans |
| The Blind Goddess | 1948 | Mary Dearing | |
| Midsomer Murders | 2015 | TV Series | Matilda Stowe |
| Doc Martin | 2005-2013 | TV Series | Margaret Ellingham |
| Casualty | 2013 | TV Series | Helen Barber |
| Max Rose | 2013 | Eva Rose | |
| The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 | 2012 | Rosa Cristofori | |
| And While We Were Here | 2012 | Grandma Eves | |
| The King's Speech | 2010 | Queen Mary | |
| The Bill | 2010 | TV Series | Jill Peters |
| Doctor Who | 2009-2010 | TV Series | The Woman |
| Fiona's Story | 2008 | TV Movie | Helen |
| New Tricks | 2008 | TV Series | Helen Brownlow |
| Trial & Retribution | 2006-2007 | TV Series | Helen Masters |
| The Ten Commandments | 2006 | TV Mini-Series | Rani |
| Kalamazoo? | 2006 | Eleanor | |
| The Chatterley Affair | 2006 | TV Movie | Older Helena |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | 2006 | TV Series | Aunt Ada |
| Jericho | 2005 | TV Series | Marie Hewitt |
| Daniel and the Superdogs | 2004 | Claire Martin | |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2004 | TV Series | Marion Whitney |
| Imagining Argentina | 2003 | Sara Sternberg | |
| The Republic of Love | 2003 | Onion | |
| The Book of Eve | 2002 | Eva Smallwood | |
| Yesterday's Children | 2000 | TV Movie | Maggie |
| Love and Murder | 2000 | TV Movie | Nina Love |
| Tales from the Madhouse | 2000 | TV Mini-Series | Pilate's Wife |
| The Lady in Question | 1999 | TV Movie | Emma Sachs |
| Imogen's Face | 1998 | TV Series | Elinor |
| Wrestling with Alligators | 1998 | Lulu Fraker | |
| What the Deaf Man Heard | 1997 | TV Movie | Mrs. Tynan |
| Family Money | 1997 | TV Series | Fran Pye |
| Daylight | 1996 | Eleanor Trilling | |
| Mighty Aphrodite | 1995 | Amanda's Mother | |
| Mad Dogs and Englishmen | 1995 | Liz Stringer | |
| A Village Affair | 1995 | TV Movie | Cecily Jordan |
| American Masters | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| The Poetry Hall of Fame | 1993 | TV Movie | Emily Dickinson |
| Remember | 1993 | TV Movie | Anne Deveraux Rawlings |
| The Age of Innocence | 1993 | uncredited | |
| It's Nothing Personal | 1993 | TV Movie | Evelyn Whitloff |
| Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | 1992 | TV Movie | Marina Gregg |
| The Camomile Lawn | 1992 | TV Mini-Series | Sophy (older) |
| The Princess and the Goblin | 1991 | Great Great Grandmother Irene (voice) | |
| Pas de deux | 1990 | Short | Maria Cruz |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | 1989 | Miriam Rosenthal | |
| The Lady and the Highwayman | 1989 | TV Movie | Lady Emma Darlington |
| Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | 1988 | TV Movie | Lady Delamere |
| Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | 1987 | Alice | |
| Intimate Contact | 1987 | TV Series | Ruth Gregory |
| Queenie | 1987 | TV Series | Vicky Kelley |
| Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna | 1986 | TV Movie | Czarina Alexandra |
| Hold the Dream | 1986 | TV Movie | Edwina, Lady Dunvale |
| The Theban Plays by Sophocles | 1986 | TV Series | Jocasta |
| Liberty | 1986 | TV Movie | Madame Bartholdi |
| Ann and Debbie | 1986 | TV Movie | Debbie |
| Shadowlands | 1985 | TV Movie | Joy Davidman |
| Time and the Conways | 1985 | TV Movie | Mrs. Conway |
| Time for Murder | 1985 | TV Series | Lady Penwarden |
| Promises to Keep | 1985 | TV Movie | Sally |
| Déj | 1985 | Eleanor Harvey | |
| Florence Nightingale | 1985 | TV Movie | Fanny Nightingale |
| The Life and Death of King John | 1984 | TV Movie | Constance |
| Ellis Island | 1984 | TV Mini-Series | Rebecca Weiler |
| American Playhouse | 1984 | TV Series | Hope |
| Separate Tables | 1983 | TV Movie | Miss Cooper |
| Cymbeline | 1982 | TV Movie | Queen |
| Brideshead Revisited | 1981 | TV Mini-Series | Lady Marchmain |
| Clash of the Titans | 1981 | Hera | |
| CBS Library | 1981 | TV Series | Beauty |
| Beauty and the Beast | 1981 | Short | Beauty (voice) |
| Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | 1980 | TV Movie | Gertrude |
| Henry VIII | 1979 | TV Movie | Katharine of Aragon |
| Oresteia | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Athene |
| Backstairs at the White House | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Mrs. Edith Galt Wilson |
| Islands in the Stream | 1977 | Audrey | |
| In Praise of Love | 1976 | TV Movie | Lydia Cruttwell |
| A Legacy | 1975 | TV Series | Sarah Merz |
| Aquarius | 1974 | TV Series | Stage actress |
| Great Mysteries | 1974 | TV Series | Sheila Pennell |
| Wessex Tales | 1973 | TV Mini-Series | Ella |
| The Going Up of David Lev | 1973 | TV Movie | Hannah |
Self
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Un jour, une histoire | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| British Legends of Stage and Screen | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| BBC Look North: Yorkshire and North Midlands | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| Seitenblicke | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Stars of the Silver Screen | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
| House of Life: The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague | 2009 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Mia zoi, mia epohi - Mihalis Kakogiannis | 2008 | Documentary | Herself |
| Breakfast | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| John Osborne and the Gift of Friendship | 2006 | Video | Herself |
| The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2004 | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
| CBS News Sunday Morning | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | 2003 | Documentary | Herself - Actress / Star of 'Limelight' |
| Chaplin Today: Limelight | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Man-Eaters of India | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| American Masters | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Evening at Pops | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Herself Juliet Lady Anne ... |
| The 53rd Annual Tony Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Play |
| Biography | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Irish in America: Long Journey Home | 1998 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| Omnibus | 1974-1997 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon | 1994 | Video documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| 1071 Fifth Avenue: Frank Lloyd Wright & the Guggenheim Museum | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | Hilla Rebay |
| Fear and the Muse: The Story of Anna Akhmatova | 1991 | Documentary | Akhmatova (voice) |
| The Late Show | 1990 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Interviewee |
| Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Everyman | 1989 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Narrator |
| Night of One Hundred Stars | 1980 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Hollywood Greats | 1979 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Second Annual West End Theatre Awards | 1977 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| Arena | 1976 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Parkinson | 1973 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 26th Annual Tony Awards | 1972 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1971 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 24th Annual Tony Awards | 1970 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The David Frost Show | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Joe Namath Show | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1969 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Tattooed Steiger | 1969 | Documentary short | Herself |
| The Skitch Henderson Show | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 40th Annual Academy Awards | 1968 | TV Special | Herself - Co-Presenter: Writing Awards |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| Stars for Israel | 1967 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Match Game | 1967 | TV Series | Herself - Team Captain |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |
| Charlie Chaplin: Mennesket, klovnen og instruktøren | 1967 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Eamonn Andrews Show | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
| Girl Talk | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
| Juke Box Jury | 1962 | TV Series | Herself - Panellist |
| Festival of Arts | 1962 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jo Stafford Show | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
| Person to Person | 1959 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brontes at the BBC | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Cathy |
| Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | 2014 | TV Movie | The Woman |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Theodora 'Theo' |
| John le Carré | 2008 | Video documentary short | |
| Backstairs at the White House | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Mrs. Edith Galt Wilson |
Won awards
Won awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Jury Award | Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Best Motion Picture Ensemble of the Year | The King's Speech (2010) | · Anthony Andrews · Helena Bonham Carter · Jennifer Ehle · Colin Firth · Michael Gambon · Derek Jacobi · Guy Pearce · Geoffrey Rush · Timothy Spall |
| 1986 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | Shadowlands (1985) | |
| 1973 | Best Actress | Taormina International Film Festival | A Doll's House (1973) | ||
| 1953 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Most Promising Newcomer to Film | Limelight (1952) |
Nominated awards
Nominated awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Spoken Word Album | · Gerry Bamman · Robert Bella · Lindsay Crouse · Ossie Davis · Ruby Dee · Brian Dennehy · Denise Dumont · Jill Gascoine · Amy Irving · Anne Jackson · Jordan Lage · Brian Stokes Mitchell · Alfred Molina · Al Pacino · Natasha Richardson · Patrick Stewart · Allyson Tucker · Kathleen Turner (also producer) · Eli Wallach · Fritz Weaver |
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| 1989 | ACE | CableACE Awards | Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Special | Intimate Contact (1987) | |
| 1989 | ACE | CableACE Awards | Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Special | The Theban Plays by Sophocles (1986) | |
| 1982 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Brideshead Revisited (1981) | |
| 1982 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | Brideshead Revisited (1981) |
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| 1 | I like to work in Hollywood, but I don't want to live there. I'm too young to die. |
| 2 | I think that few professions have so much to do with chance and so little to do with the calculation of will. |
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