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Claire Bloom
Claire Bloom (Patricia Claire Blume) is an English actress, notable for lead roles on stage and screen. She has won two BAFTA Awards and a Drama Desk Award, and received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. Born on 15 February 1931, she launched her acting career in the late 1940s, debuting in London when she was sixteen and taking roles in various Shakespeare plays. A noteworthy role was her role as Ophelia alongside Richard Burton in Hamlet. She rose to prominence playing leading roles in stage productions such as A Streetcar Named Desire and A Doll's House. She made her film debut in The Blind Goddess (1948). She gained notoriety with her work in Limelight (1952) acting opposite Charlie Chaplin. Throughout her career, she shared the screen with major actors such as Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Paul Scofield, and Ralph Richardson to name a few. She also portrayed Queen Mary in the historical drama The King's Speech (2010). Her early life involved various places in England and Florida and then pursued drama studies in London. She faced numerous difficulties during the Blitz in London during World War II.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Patricia Claire Blume
Born: Finchley, Middlesex, England
Citizenship: British
Birthday: February 15, 1931
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1946-present
Children: 1
Spouses: Rod Steiger, Hillard Elkins, Philip Roth
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Awards and Nominations Received by Claire Bloom
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Movies Featuring Claire Bloom
Limelight
Richard III
Daylight
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
The Haunting
Clash of the Titans
Charly
Look Back in Anger
Max Rose
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
Chaplin - The Legend of the Century
Summer of Rockets
Chaplin vs the FBI
Yesterday’s Children
Miss Dalí
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Daniel and the Superdogs
The Chatterley Affair
The Princess and the Goblin
Hamlet
Separate Tables
Ellis Island
The Life and Death of King John
Florence Nightingale
Déjà Vu
Ann and Debbie
Cymbeline
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Hold the Dream
Queenie
Brideshead Revisited
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
The Lady and the Highwayman
Shadowlands
A Severed Head
Brainwashed
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
The Illustrated Man
Anna Karenina
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Islands in the Stream
3 Into 2 Won’t Go
The Blind Goddess
Red Sky at Morning
Henry VIII
The Camomile Lawn
A Village Affair
What the Deaf Man Heard
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
The Chapman Report
The Lady in Question
Innocents in Paris
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Backstairs at the White House
The Buccaneer
High Infidelity
Doctor Who: The End of Time
The Outrage
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp’s Life
The Man Between
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side
Alexander the Great
The Teacher from Vigevano
The Brothers Karamazov
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