Verna Frances Bloom (August 7, 1938 â€" January 9, 2019) was an
American actress.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).
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.[citation needed]Bloom was born in Lynn, Massachusetts,
and attended the School of Fine Arts in Boston University, graduating
with a BFA in 1959. She also studied at the HB Studio in New York
City. She was Jewish.Verna Bloom died aged 80 on January 9, 2019 in
Bar Harbor, Maine of complications of dementia.
American actress.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).
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.[citation needed]Bloom was born in Lynn, Massachusetts,
and attended the School of Fine Arts in Boston University, graduating
with a BFA in 1959. She also studied at the HB Studio in New York
City. She was Jewish.Verna Bloom died aged 80 on January 9, 2019 in
Bar Harbor, Maine of complications of dementia.
Share this

SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.