Age has not taken the flower off this Bloom. The well-known and respected stage, screen and television actress Claire Bloom, originally named Patricia Claire Blume, continues to be in demand as a septuagenarian actress and looks as beautiful as ever. She was born Patricia Claire Bloom on February 15, 1931 in Finchley, North London, to Elizabeth in 1993. She left the role in 1995 and was replaced. Claire wrote two memoirs. The first was the more career-oriented "Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress", released in 1982 Her more controversial second book focused on her personal life: "Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir", published in 1996.
Daughter, opera singer Anna Steiger , by her ex-husband, actor Rod Steiger.
She won rave reviews for her performances as Blanche Du Bois ("A Streetcar Named Desire") in London, Nora ("A Dolls House") on Broadway, and Madame Ranevskaya ("The Cherry Orchard") at Bostons prestigious American Repertory Theatre.
An Associate Member of RADA.
Was nominated for Broadways 1999 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Electra."
Her second book, "Leaving a Dolls 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.
According to Richard Burton s biography "And God Created Burton" he was responsible for taking Blooms virginity in 1949 when they began an affair days after the actors wedding to Sybil Williams ; the affair carried on intermittently until 1957.
She was awarded the CBE in the 2013 Queens Birthday Honours List for her services to drama.
Release of her book, "Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress".
(March 2006) Starring in "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" with Billy Zane on the West End in London.
(June 2013) London SW6, England: Actress
(April 2009) Filming a major cameo in The Doctor Who Christmas special
(November 2006) Currently appearing in "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" at the Theatre Royal Haymarket London from 29th November 2006 - 27 February 2007.
Release of her book, "Leaving a Dolls House: A Memoir".
Her parents were both from Ashkenazi Jewish families (from Russia and Latvia). Her familys original surname was "Blumenthal".
She played Laurence Olivier s wife in both Richard III and Clash of the Titans .
Won the prestigious London Evening Standard Best Actress Award for her stage performance as Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire.
Although she played Derek Jacobi s mother in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark , she is only seven years his senior.
She worked with Alec Clunes in Richard III and his son Martin Clunes in "Doc Martin" .
She played Helena Bonham Carter characters mother in Mighty Aphrodite and her mother-in-law in The Kings Speech .
I think that few professions have so much to do with chance and so,little to do with the calculation of will.
