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Claire Bloom

Highest Rated: 94% The King's Speech (2010)

Lowest Rated: 0% Alexander the Great (1956)

Birthday: Feb 15, 1931

Birthplace: Finchley, London, England, UK

Described as exquisitely beautiful and radiant, Claire Bloom was already a star of the British stage when Charlie Chaplin introduced her delicate features to the world in "Limelight" (1952). Her sensitive performance as the ballet student Chaplin saves from a suicide attempt earned her the British Film Academy Award as Most Promising Newcomer, and the elegant, classically trained actress has remained in demand ever since, splitting her time between theater, film and TV. She distinguished herself onstage opposite some of the finest Shakespearean actors of the day, playing Ophelia to two Hamlets (Paul Scofield and first love Richard Burton) and Cordelia to John Gielgud, as well as Lady Anne to Laurence Olivier's "Richard III" in the 1955 film. She also made a smooth transition from ingenue to strong leading lady with portrayals of Nora ("A Doll's House"), "Hedda Gabler," Mary Queen of Scots ("Vivat! Vivat! Regina") and Blanche DuBois ("A Streetcar Named Desire") during the 1970s.

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Highest rated movies

94% 92% The King's Speech
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92% 91% Crimes and Misdemeanors
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92% 76% Look Back in Anger
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91% 60% Islands in the Stream
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88% 90% Limelight
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87% 82% The Haunting
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81% 78% Richard III
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78% 73% Mighty Aphrodite
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75% 83% Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
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Claire Bloom LOOK BACK IN ANGER, Claire Bloom, 1958 THE MAN BETWEEN, Claire Bloom, 1953 LOOK BACK IN ANGER, from left: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, 1959, lbia1959-fsct02, Photo by: (lbia1959-fsct02) THREE INTO TWO WON'T GO, Judy Geeson, Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, 1969 THE HAUNTING, Claire Bloom, 1963 THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, Claire Bloom, 1969 THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, Claire Bloom, 1969 ALEXANDER THE GREAT, Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, 1956 ALEXANDER THE GREAT, Claire Bloom, 1956 View more photos

Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Miss Dalí Maggie (Character) - 2018
38% 57% Max Rose Eva Rose (Character) $56.4K 2013
45% 37% And While We Were Here Jane's Grandmother (Character) - 2012
94% 92% The King's Speech Queen Mary (Character) $138.8M 2010
No Score Yet 80% Kalamazoo? Eleanor (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ten Commandments Rani (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 44% Daniel and the Superdogs Claire Martin (Character) - 2004
31% 71% Imagining Argentina Sara Sternberg (Character) - 2003
44% 49% The Republic of Love Onion (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 80% Chaplin Today: Limelight Unknown (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 71% The Book of Eve Eva Smallwood (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 76% Yesterday's Children Maggie (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love and Murder Nina Love (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lady in Question Emma Sachs (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wrestling With Alligators Lulu Fraker (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Imogen's Face Elinor (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 88% What the Deaf Man Heard Mrs. Tynan (Character) - 1997
26% 37% Daylight Eleanor Trilling (Character) $32.9M 1996
No Score Yet 24% A Village Affair Cecily Jordan (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 35% Mad Dogs and Englishmen Liz Stringer (Character) - 1995
78% 73% Mighty Aphrodite Amanda's Mother (Character) $4.8M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet It's Nothing Personal Evelyn Whitloff (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 77% The Princess and the Goblin Fairy Godmother (Voice) $451.6K 1991
92% 91% Crimes and Misdemeanors Miriam Rosenthal (Character) $17.6M 1989
No Score Yet 46% The Lady and the Highwayman Lady Emma Darlington (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beryl Markham: Shadow on the Sun Lady Delamere (Character) - 1988
75% 83% Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Alice (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Intimate Contact Ruth Gregory (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Liberty Madame Bartholdi (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 92% Shadowlands Joy Davidman (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Promises to Keep Sally (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 50% Florence Nightingale Fanny Nightingale (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 20% Deja Vu Eleanor Harvey (Character) - 1985
63% 70% Clash of the Titans Hera (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Gertrude (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 86% Backstairs at the White House Unknown (Character) - 1979
91% 60% Islands in the Stream Audrey (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 44% A Doll's House Nora Helmer (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Going Up of David Lev Hannah (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Severed Head Honor Klein (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Red Sky at Morning Ann Arnold (Character) - 1971
40% 39% The Illustrated Man Felicia (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Into Two Won't Go Frances Howard (Character) - 1969
55% 62% Charly Alice Kinian (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Soldier in Love Queen Anne (Character) - 1967
86% 82% The Spy Who Came in From the Cold Nan Perry (Character) - 1965
20% 42% The Outrage Wife (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet High Infidelity Laura (Character) - 1964
87% 82% The Haunting Theodora "Theo" (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 33% 80,000 Suspects Julie Monks (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Teacher From Vigevano Ada (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 19% The Chapman Report Naomi Shields (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 61% The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Dorothea Grimm (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 100% Brainwashed Irene Andreny (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 67% Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird Sheperdess (Voice) - 1959
No Score Yet 66% The Buccaneer Bonnie Brown (Character) - 1958
25% 57% The Brothers Karamazov Katya (Character) - 1958
92% 76% Look Back in Anger Helena Charles (Character) - 1958
0% 42% Alexander the Great Barsine (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 14% Innocents in Paris Susan Robbins (Character) - 1955
81% 78% Richard III The Lady Anne (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 78% The Man Between Susanne Mallison (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Wonderbird Sheperdess (Voice) - 1952
88% 90% Limelight Thereza (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Blind Goddess Mary Dearing (Character) - 1948

TV

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88% No Score Yet Summer of Rockets Aunt Mary (Character) 2019
82% 96% Doc Martin Margaret (Character),
Margaret Ellingham (Guest Star) 		2005 2013
90% 64% Doctor Who The Woman (Guest Star) 2009-2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mystery! Unknown (Character) 2006
No Score Yet 76% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Miss Marple Unknown (Character) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Camomile Lawn Unknown (Character) 1992
83% 82% Brideshead Revisited Lady Marchmain (Character) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wessex Tales Ella (Character) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Producers' Showcase Unknown (Character) 1955-1957