Verna Bloom
Verna Bloom (born August 7, 1938 in Lynn , Massachusetts - † January 9, 2019 in Bar Harbor , Maine ) was an American actress .
Life
Bloom attended Boston University and completed her art studies with a bachelor's degree in 1959 . She then took acting lessons in New York with Uta Hagen and Herbert Bergdorf and had her first engagement on Broadway in 1967 . Her film career began at the end of the 1960s , she played the leading female role in Medium Cool alongside Robert Forster in 1969 , and in 1971 she played alongside Peter Fonda and Warren Oates in the western Der Weite Ritt .
She played one of her most important roles in 1973 in Clint Eastwood's A Stranger Without a Name . She played the wife of University Dean Wormer in the most commercially successful comedy film of the 1970s, I think a horse kicks me ( National Lampoons Animal House ) . Her last major film role was the portrayal of the Virgin Mary in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988, since then she has only appeared irregularly in television series such as Der Equalizer (1988/1989), Dr. Quinn - A Passionate Doctor (1993) and The West Wing - In the Center of Power (2003).
Verna Bloom was married to film critic and screenwriter Jay Cocks since 1972 . She died in January 2019 at the age of 80 from complications from her dementia.
Filmography
- 1967: NYPD (TV series, episode)
- 1969: Bonanza (TV series, episode)
- 1969: Medium Cool
- 1969: Children's Games
- 1971: The Hired Hand
- 1972: Particular Men (TV movie)
- 1973: Doc Elliot (TV series, pilot)
- 1973: A Stranger Without a Name (High Plains Drifter)
- 1973: Like a panther in the night (Badge 373)
- 1973, 1976: Police Story (TV series, two episodes)
- 1974: Where Have All the People Gone (TV movie)
- 1975: Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (TV movie)
- 1975: Bumpers Revier ( The Blue Knight , pilot)
- 1976: Kojak - deployment in Manhattan ( Kojak , TV series, an episode)
- 1977: Gibbsville (TV series, episode)
- 1977: Visions (TV series, an episode)
- 1977: The Cherry Street Fiasco ( Contract on Cherry Street , TV movie)
- 1977: Lou Grant (TV series, an episode)
- 1978: I think a horse will kick me (National Lampoon's Animal House)
- 1980: Playing for Time (TV movie)
- 1981: Bounty Hunter , Just Call ( Rivkin: Bounty Hunter , TV movie)
- 1982: Honkytonk Man
- 1985: Déjà Vu
- 1985: The Adventures of Natty Gann (The Journey of Natty Gann)
- 1985: Promises to Keep (TV movie)
- 1985: The time after midnight (After Hours)
- 1987: Cagney & Lacey (TV series, episode)
- 1988: The Last Temptation of Christ (The Last Temptation of Christ)
- 1988–1989: Der Equalizer ( The Equalizer , television series, two episodes)
- 1993: Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor ( Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman , TV series, an episode)
- 2003: Where Are They Now ?: A Delta Alumni Update (short film)
- 2003: The West Wing ( The West Wing , TV series, an episode)
Awards
- 1970: Third place at the National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA in the categories of Best Leading Actress (shared with Maggie Smith and Ingrid Thulin ) and Best Supporting Actress (shared with Dyan Cannon and Celia Johnson ) for Medium Cool
Web links
- Verna Bloom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Verna Bloom in the All Movie Guide (English)
- Verna Bloom at filmreference.com (English)
- Verna Bloom in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Verna Bloom in the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Verna Bloom in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rachel Yang, Rachel Yang: Verna Bloom, Actress in 'Animal House,' 'High Plains Drifter,' Dies at 80. In: Variety. January 10, 2019, accessed January 12, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bloom, Verna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lynn , Massachusetts , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 2019 |
| Place of death | Bar Harbor , Maine |