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Claire Bloom Net Worth

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Claire Bloom Net Worth

Claire Bloom net worth is
$1.2 Million

Claire Bloom Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Claire Bloom, CBE (born 15 February 1931) is an English film and stage actress whose career has spanned over six decades. She is famous for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, and Long Day's Journey into Night, and has starred in nearly sixty films.After an uprooted and unstable childhood in war-torn England, Bloom studied drama in school, which became her passion. She had her debut on the London stage when she was sixteen, and soon took roles in various Shakespeare plays. They included Hamlet, where she played Ophelia alongside Richard Burton, with whom she would have a "long and stormy" first love affair. For her Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, critic Kenneth Tynan stated it was “the best Juliet I've ever seen.” And after starring as Blanche in Streetcar Named Desire, its playwright, Tennessee Williams, was "exultant," stating, "I declare myself absolutely wild about Claire Bloom."In 1952, Bloom was discovered by Hollywood film star Charlie Chaplin, who had been searching for months for an actress with "beauty, talent, and a great emotional range," to co-star alongside him in Limelight. It became Bloom's film debut and made her into an international film star. During her lengthy film career, she starred alongside numerous major actors, including Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Paul Scofield, Ralph Richardson, Yul Brynner, George C. Scott, James Mason, Paul Newman and Rod Steiger, whom she would marry.In 2010, Bloom played the role of Queen Mary in the British film, The King's Speech, and she currently acts in British films. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to drama. 

Full NameClaire Bloom
Net Worth$1.2 Million
Date Of BirthFebruary 15, 1931
Place Of BirthFinchley, London, England, UK
Height1.65 m
OccupationActress
ProfessionActor
EducationGuildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, Badminton School
NationalityBritish
SpousePhilip Roth, Hillard Elkins, Rod Steiger
ChildrenAnna Steiger
ParentsEdward Max Blume, Elizabeth Grew
SiblingsJohn Bloom
NicknamesClaire Bloom, Bloom, Claire
IMDB
AwardsBritish Academy Television Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for Other Awards
NominationsTony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie
MoviesLimelight, The Haunting, Clash of the Titans, The King's Speech, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Alexander the Great, Charly, The Brothers Karamazov, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Buccaneer, Look Back in Anger, Daylight, Richard III, A Doll's House, The Chapman Report, And While We Were Here, The ...
TV ShowsBrideshead Revisited, Ellis Island, Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, The Ten Commandments, Backstairs at the White House, The Camomile Lawn, Remember, Imogen's Face, Poetry Hall of Fame Collection
Star SignAquarius
#Quote
1I like to work in Hollywood, but I don't want to live there. I'm too young to die.
2I think that few professions have so much to do with chance and so little to do with the calculation of will.
#Fact
1She played Helena Bonham Carter in Mighty Aphrodite (1995) and her mother-in-law in The King's Speech (2010).
2She worked with Alec Clunes in Richard III (1955) and his son Martin Clunes in Doc Martin (2004).
3Although she played Derek Jacobi's mother in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980), she is only seven years his senior.
4Won the prestigious London Evening Standard Best Actress Award for her stage performance as Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
5She played Laurence Olivier's wife in both Richard III (1955) and Clash of the Titans (1981).
6Her parents were both from Ashkenazi Jewish families (from Russia and Latvia). Her family's original surname was "Blumenthal".
7Release of her book, "Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir". [1996]
8Currently appearing in "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" at the Theatre Royal Haymarket London from 29th November 2006 - 27 February 2007. [November 2006]
9Filming a major cameo in The Doctor Who Christmas special [April 2009]
10London SW6, England: Actress [June 2013]
11Starring in "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" with Billy Zane on the West End in London. [March 2006]
12Release of her book, "Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress". [1982]
13She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama.
14According to Richard Burton's biography "And God Created Burton" he was responsible for taking Bloom's virginity in 1949 when they began an affair days after the actor's wedding to Sybil Williams; the affair carried on intermittently until 1957.
15Her second book, "Leaving a Doll's 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.
16Was nominated for Broadway's 1999 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Electra."
17An Associate Member of RADA.
18She won rave reviews for her performances as Blanche Du Bois ("A Streetcar Named Desire") in London, Nora ("A Doll's House") on Broadway, and Madame Ranevskaya ("The Cherry Orchard") at Boston's prestigious American Repertory Theatre.
19Daughter, opera singer Anna Steiger, by her ex-husband, actor Rod Steiger.

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Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
A Doll's House1973/INora Helmer
Red Sky at Morning1971Ann Arnold
A Severed Head1970Honor Klein
Three Into Two Won't Go1969Frances Howard
The Illustrated Man1969Felicia
Charly1968Alice Kinnian
Late Night Horror1968TV SeriesAmelia Lornan
The Bell Telephone Hour1967TV Series
Soldier in Love1967TV MovieQueen Anne
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1967TV SeriesMargaret Chapman
ITV Play of the Week1966TV SeriesSasha
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold1965Nan Perry
Camera Three1964TV Series
The Outrage1964Wife
High Infidelity1964Laura (segment "Peccato nel pomeriggio")
Il maestro di Vigevano1963Ada
The Haunting1963Theodora
80,000 Suspects1963Julie Monks
The Chapman Report1962Naomi Shields
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962Dorothea Grimm
Wuthering Heights1962TV MovieCathy
Anna Karenina1961TV MovieAnna Karenina
Checkmate1961TV SeriesGina Burton
Brainwashed1960Irene Andreny
Playhouse 901959TV SeriesHypatia
Look Back in Anger1959Helena Charles
The Buccaneer1958Bonnie Brown
The Brothers Karamazov1958Katya
Shirley Temple's Storybook1958TV SeriesBeauty
Robert Montgomery Presents1957TV SeriesQueen Victoria
Goodyear Playhouse1957TV SeriesRose
Producers' Showcase1955-1957TV SeriesJuliet Cleopatra Roxane
As the World Turns1956TV SeriesOrlena Grimaldi (aka Lena Smythe) #1 (1993-1995)
Alexander the Great1956Barsine
Richard III1955The Lady Anne
The Man Between1953Susanne Mallison
Innocents in Paris1953Susan Robbins
Limelight1952Thereza
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird1952Sheperdess (English version, voice)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre1952TV SeriesMartine
The Marvellous History of St. Bernard1952TV MovieMarguerite de Miolans
The Blind Goddess1948Mary Dearing
Midsomer Murders2015TV SeriesMatilda Stowe
Doc Martin2005-2013TV SeriesMargaret Ellingham
Casualty2013TV SeriesHelen Barber
Max Rose2013Eva Rose
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 16832012Rosa Cristofori
And While We Were Here2012Grandma Eves
The King's Speech2010Queen Mary
The Bill2010TV SeriesJill Peters
Doctor Who2009-2010TV SeriesThe Woman
Fiona's Story2008TV MovieHelen
New Tricks2008TV SeriesHelen Brownlow
Trial & Retribution2006-2007TV SeriesHelen Masters
The Ten Commandments2006TV Mini-SeriesRani
Kalamazoo?2006Eleanor
The Chatterley Affair2006TV MovieOlder Helena
Agatha Christie's Marple2006TV SeriesAunt Ada
Jericho2005TV SeriesMarie Hewitt
Daniel and the Superdogs2004Claire Martin
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2004TV SeriesMarion Whitney
Imagining Argentina2003Sara Sternberg
The Republic of Love2003Onion
The Book of Eve2002Eva Smallwood
Yesterday's Children2000TV MovieMaggie
Love and Murder2000TV MovieNina Love
Tales from the Madhouse2000TV Mini-SeriesPilate's Wife
The Lady in Question1999TV MovieEmma Sachs
Imogen's Face1998TV SeriesElinor
Wrestling with Alligators1998Lulu Fraker
What the Deaf Man Heard1997TV MovieMrs. Tynan
Family Money1997TV SeriesFran Pye
Daylight1996Eleanor Trilling
Mighty Aphrodite1995Amanda's Mother
Mad Dogs and Englishmen1995Liz Stringer
A Village Affair1995TV MovieCecily Jordan
American Masters1994TV Series documentaryNarrator
The Poetry Hall of Fame1993TV MovieEmily Dickinson
Remember1993TV MovieAnne Deveraux Rawlings
The Age of Innocence1993uncredited
It's Nothing Personal1993TV MovieEvelyn Whitloff
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side1992TV MovieMarina Gregg
The Camomile Lawn1992TV Mini-SeriesSophy (older)
The Princess and the Goblin1991Great Great Grandmother Irene (voice)
Pas de deux1990ShortMaria Cruz
Crimes and Misdemeanors1989Miriam Rosenthal
The Lady and the Highwayman1989TV MovieLady Emma Darlington
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun1988TV MovieLady Delamere
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid1987Alice
Intimate Contact1987TV SeriesRuth Gregory
Queenie1987TV SeriesVicky Kelley
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna1986TV MovieCzarina Alexandra
Hold the Dream1986TV MovieEdwina, Lady Dunvale
The Theban Plays by Sophocles1986TV SeriesJocasta
Liberty1986TV MovieMadame Bartholdi
Ann and Debbie1986TV MovieDebbie
Shadowlands1985TV MovieJoy Davidman
Time and the Conways1985TV MovieMrs. Conway
Time for Murder1985TV SeriesLady Penwarden
Promises to Keep1985TV MovieSally
Déj1985Eleanor Harvey
Florence Nightingale1985TV MovieFanny Nightingale
The Life and Death of King John1984TV MovieConstance
Ellis Island1984TV Mini-SeriesRebecca Weiler
American Playhouse1984TV SeriesHope
Separate Tables1983TV MovieMiss Cooper
Cymbeline1982TV MovieQueen
Brideshead Revisited1981TV Mini-SeriesLady Marchmain
Clash of the Titans1981Hera
CBS Library1981TV SeriesBeauty
Beauty and the Beast1981ShortBeauty (voice)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark1980TV MovieGertrude
Henry VIII1979TV MovieKatharine of Aragon
Oresteia1979TV Mini-SeriesAthene
Backstairs at the White House1979TV Mini-SeriesMrs. Edith Galt Wilson
Islands in the Stream1977Audrey
In Praise of Love1976TV MovieLydia Cruttwell
A Legacy1975TV SeriesSarah Merz
Aquarius1974TV SeriesStage actress
Great Mysteries1974TV SeriesSheila Pennell
Wessex Tales1973TV Mini-SeriesElla
The Going Up of David Lev1973TV MovieHannah

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Un jour, une histoire2014TV Series documentaryHerself
British Legends of Stage and Screen2012TV Series documentaryHerself
BBC Look North: Yorkshire and North Midlands2011TV SeriesHerself
Seitenblicke2011TV Series documentaryHerself
16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards2011TV Movie documentaryHerself
Stars of the Silver Screen2011TV SeriesHerself - Actress
House of Life: The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague2009DocumentaryNarrator
Mia zoi, mia epohi - Mihalis Kakogiannis2008DocumentaryHerself
Breakfast2006TV SeriesHerself
John Osborne and the Gift of Friendship2006VideoHerself
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 20042004TV SpecialHerself
CBS News Sunday Morning2004TV Series documentaryHerself
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin2003DocumentaryHerself - Actress / Star of 'Limelight'
Chaplin Today: Limelight2003TV Movie documentaryHerself
Man-Eaters of India2001TV Movie documentaryNarrator
American Masters2000TV Series documentaryHerself
Evening at Pops2000TV Series documentaryHerself
Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom1999TV Movie documentaryHerself Juliet Lady Anne ...
The 53rd Annual Tony Awards1999TV SpecialHerself - Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Play
Biography1998TV Series documentaryHerself
The Irish in America: Long Journey Home1998TV Mini-Series documentary
Omnibus1974-1997TV Series documentaryHerself
The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon1994Video documentaryNarrator (voice)
1071 Fifth Avenue: Frank Lloyd Wright & the Guggenheim Museum1994TV Movie documentaryHilla Rebay
Fear and the Muse: The Story of Anna Akhmatova1991DocumentaryAkhmatova (voice)
The Late Show1990TV Series documentaryHerself - Interviewee
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond1990TV Movie documentaryHerself
Everyman1989TV Series documentaryHerself - Narrator
Night of One Hundred Stars1980TV MovieHerself
Hollywood Greats1979TV Series documentaryHerself
The Second Annual West End Theatre Awards1977TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
Arena1976TV Series documentaryHerself
Parkinson1973TV SeriesHerself
The 26th Annual Tony Awards1972TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
The Mike Douglas Show1971TV SeriesHerself
The 24th Annual Tony Awards1970TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
The David Frost Show1969-1970TV SeriesHerself
The Joe Namath Show1969TV SeriesHerself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1969TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Tattooed Steiger1969Documentary shortHerself
The Skitch Henderson Show1968TV SeriesHerself
The 40th Annual Academy Awards1968TV SpecialHerself - Co-Presenter: Writing Awards
The Joey Bishop Show1968TV SeriesHerself
Stars for Israel1967TV MovieHerself
The Match Game1967TV SeriesHerself - Team Captain
The Merv Griffin Show1967TV SeriesHerself
Charlie Chaplin: Mennesket, klovnen og instruktøren1967TV Series documentaryHerself
The Eamonn Andrews Show1965TV SeriesHerself
Girl Talk1964TV SeriesHerself
Juke Box Jury1962TV SeriesHerself - Panellist
Festival of Arts1962TV SeriesHerself
The Tonight Show1962TV SeriesHerself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show1962TV SeriesHerself
The Jo Stafford Show1961TV SeriesHerself
Person to Person1959TV Series documentaryHerself
Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z1958TV SeriesHerself

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Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2011Jury AwardSanta Barbara International Film FestivalBest Motion Picture Ensemble of the YearThe King's Speech (2010)
1986BAFTA TV AwardBAFTA AwardsBest ActressShadowlands (1985)
1973Best ActressTaormina International Film FestivalA Doll's House (1973)
1953BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsMost Promising Newcomer to FilmLimelight (1952)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2001GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Spoken Word Album
1989ACECableACE AwardsActress in a Dramatic or Theatrical SpecialIntimate Contact (1987)
1989ACECableACE AwardsActress in a Dramatic or Theatrical SpecialThe Theban Plays by Sophocles (1986)
1982Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a SpecialBrideshead Revisited (1981)
1982BAFTA TV AwardBAFTA AwardsBest ActressBrideshead Revisited (1981)

Known for movies

Queen Mary

The King's Speech (2010)
as Queen Mary

Miriam Rosenthal

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
as Miriam Rosenthal

Hera

Clash of the Titans (1981)
as Hera

Theodora

The Haunting (1963)
as Theodora

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