Claire bloom biography limelight

  • Patricia Claire Bloom is an English actress.
  • A memoir by Claire Bloom, who at age 18, appeared in Charlie Chaplin's last silent film, and became a STAR in theater and film, married a few times, had a.
  • Patricia Claire Bloom (born 15 February 1931) is an English actress.

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    Claire Bloom at 90: a new interview with the veteran of British stage and screen

    Few careers in cinema can boast as illustrious a start as that of Claire Bloom. Born in Finchley in 1931, Bloom was a young actress starting out in theatre when she was spotted by the playwright Arthur Laurents, who suggested her to Charlie Chaplin for Limelight (1952), in which she was cast as the dancer Thereza. 

    Bloom’s star-making performance opposite Chaplin kickstarted a career that has encompassed the classical and the contemporary, taking in everything from Shakespeare to kitchen-sink realism, the high peaks of the European and American stage (Hedda Gabler, A Doll’s House, A Streetcar Named Desire, Long Day’s Journey into Night) to a Sylvester Stallone actioner (Daylight), prestige TV (Brideshead Revisited), socially conscious 1980s cinema (Sammy and Rosie Get Laid), Doctor Who (as the Doctor’s mother, no less), and most recently Stephen Poliakoff’s ambitious 2019 BBC series Summer of Rockets

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    Limelight and After

    February 6, 2016
    I very much recommend this remarkable book to anyone who is pondering a theatrical or film career ... especially younger people at the beginning of their career journey. I would have this one included within BFA or other university acting programs, right up there with Uta Hagen's acclaimed RESPECT FOR ACTING.

    My curiosity regarding Claire Bloom was piqued after viewing the Criterion restoration of Charlie Chaplin's LIMELIGHT. I recalled seeing Claire Bloom in THE HAUNTING, but her work in the Chaplin film really stood out. So, this book seemed like an ideal resource to discover more about her life.

    I was very surprised to find that this was not the standard autobiography ... and definitely not one of the "tell all" variety. The information she shares relates to how the events in her life formed her approach to acting and the theatrical lifestyle. In fact, whenever she has something to say about someone that is unflattering, she refuses to menti

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    Claire Bloom

    British actress (born 1931)

    Patricia Claire Bloom (born 15 February 1931) is an English actress. She is known for leading roles on stage and screen and has received two BAFTA Awards and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to drama.

    After a childhood spent in various places in England and Florida, Bloom studied drama in London. She debuted on the London stage when she was sixteen and took roles in various Shakespeare plays. They included Hamlet, in which she played Ophelia alongside Richard Burton. She rose to prominence playing leading roles in scen productions of A Streetcar Named Desire,A Doll's House, and Long Day's Journey into Night. She made her Broadway debut in the play Richard II (1956). She received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination for her