Bloom, Claire
BLOOM, CLAIRE
BLOOM, CLAIRE (1931– ), British actress. Claire Bloom won acclaim in The Lady's Not for Burning (1949) and as Juliet in the 1952 Old Vic production of Romeo and Juliet. Later plays include Duel of Angels (London, 1958) and Rashomon (Broadway, 1959). She gained screen fame as the ballerina in Charlie Chaplin's Limelight (1951). Other films include Richard iii (1956), Alexander the Great (1956), The Brothers Karamazov (1958), The Pawnbroker (1965), The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1966), Charlie (1968), A Doll's House (1973), Islandsin the Stream (1977), Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987), and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). She has continued to make films and tv dramas into the 21st century. Claire Bloom has been married three times; her third husband (from 1990 to 1995) was Philip *Roth, the American writer. She is the author of several autobiographical works, including Limelightand After: Education of an Actress (1982) and Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir (1998).
[Jonathan Licht and
Willian D. Rubinstein (2nd ed)]