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Claire Bloom (Patricia Claire Blume) was born on 15 February, 1931 in Finchley, London, England, UK, is an actress. Discover Claire Bloom's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

Popular As Patricia Claire Blume
Occupation actress
Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 15 February, 1931
Birthday 15 February
Birthplace Finchley, London, England, UK
Nationality United Kingdom

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Claire Bloom Height, Weight & Measurements

At 93 years old, Claire Bloom height is 5' 3" (1.6 m) .

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Height 5' 3" (1.6 m)
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Who Is Claire Bloom's Husband?

Her husband is Philip Roth (29 April 1990 - 1995) ( divorced), Hillard Elkins (14 August 1969 - 30 September 1976) ( divorced), Rod Steiger (19 September 1959 - 10 June 1969) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

Family
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Husband Philip Roth (29 April 1990 - 1995) ( divorced), Hillard Elkins (14 August 1969 - 30 September 1976) ( divorced), Rod Steiger (19 September 1959 - 10 June 1969) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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Claire Bloom Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Claire Bloom worth at the age of 93 years old? Claire Bloom’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Claire Bloom's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Actress

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1931

Age has not taken the Flower off this Bloom. The well-known and highly respected stage, screen and television actress Claire Bloom continues to be in demand as an octogenarian actress and looks as beautiful as ever. She was born Patricia Claire Blume on February 15, 1931, in Finchley, North London, to Elizabeth (Grew) and Edward Max Blume, who worked in sales. Her parents were from Jewish families from Belarus. Educated at Badminton School in Bristol and Fern Hill Manor in New Milton, Claire expressed early interest in the arts and was stage trained as an adolescent at the Guildhall School, under the guidance of Eileen Thorndike, and then at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

1946

Marking her professional debut on BBC radio, she subsequently took her first curtain call with the Oxford Repertory Theatre in 1946 in the production of "It Depends What You Mean". She then received early critical accolades for her Shakespearean ingénues in "King John", "The Winter's Tale" and, notably, her Ophelia in "Hamlet" at age 17 at Stratford-on-Avon opposite alternating Hamlets Paul Scofield and Robert Helpmann.

1948

A most becoming and beguiling dark-haired actress whose photogenic, slightly pinched beauty was accented by an effortless elegance and poise, Claire's inauspicious film debut came with a prime role in the British courtroom film drama The Blind Goddess (1948).

1949

By 1949 Claire was making her West End debut with "The Lady's Not For Burning" with the up-and-coming stage actor Richard Burton.

1952

It was her second film, when Charles Chaplin himself selected her specifically to be his young leading lady in the classic sentimental drama Limelight (1952), that propelled her to stardom. Her bravura turn as a young suicide-bent ballerina saved from despair by an aging music hall clown (Chaplin) was exquisitely touching and sparked an enviable but surprisingly sporadic career in films. Despite the sudden film attention, Claire continued her formidable presence on the Shakespearean stage.

Joining the Old Vic Company for the 1952-53 and 1953-54 seasons, she appeared as Helena, Viola, Juliet, Jessica, Miranda, Virgilia, Cordelia and (again) Ophelia in a highly successful tenure.

1955

Claire's stylish and regal presence was simply ideal for mature period films, and she appeared opposite a roster of Hollywood's most talented leading men, including Laurence Olivier in the title role of Richard III (1955), Richard Burton and Fredric March in Alexander the Great (1956), Yul Brynner in The Brothers Karamazov (1958), and Brynner and Charlton Heston in the DeMille epic The Buccaneer (1958), in which she had a rare dressed-down role as a spirited pirate girl.

1956

Touring Canada and the United States as Juliet, she made her Broadway bow in the star-crossed-lover role in 1956, also playing the Queen in "Richard II". A strong presence on both the London and New York stages over the years, she gave other powerful performances with "The Trojan Women", "Vivat! Vivat! Regina!", "Hedda Gabler", "A Doll's House" and "A Streetcar Named Desire". Much later in life she performed in a superb one-woman show entitled "These Are Women: A Portrait of Shakespeare's Heroines" that included monologues from several of her acclaimed stage performances.

On daytime drama, she delightfully played matriarch and murderess Orlena Grimaldi on the daytime drama As the World Turns (1956) starting in 1993.

1959

On the more contemporary scene, she appeared with Burton in two classic film dramas: the stark "kitchen sink" British stage piece Look Back in Anger (1959) and the Cold War espionage thriller The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965).

Claire met first husband Rod Steiger while performing with him on stage in 1959's "Rashomon".

1960

They married that year and in 1960 had a daughter, Anna, who grew up to become a well-regarded opera singer.

1962

In addition she courted tinges of controversy, playing a housewife gone bonkers in the offbeat sudser The Chapman Report (1962) and a lesbian in the supernatural chiller The Haunting (1963).

1969

Claire and Rod appeared in two lesser films together, The Illustrated Man (1969) and Three Into Two Won't Go (1969), in 1969. That same year, they divorced after 10 tumultuous years.

1970

As with other maturing actresses during the 1970s, Claire looked toward classy film roles in TV movies for sustenance, appearing in Backstairs at the White House (1979) as First Lady Edith Wilson and in Brideshead Revisited (1981), for which she was nominated for an Emmy.

Continuing sporadically in films from the 1970s on, Claire graced such films as the stylish British social comedy A Severed Head (1971), the tender coming-of-age drama Red Sky at Morning (1971) as Richard Thomas's mother, and one of that year's versions of Ibsen's A Doll's House (1973) (Jane Fonda starred as Nora in the other). She also movingly played George C.

1977

Scott's estranged wife in Islands In The Stream (1977) and had a very brief cameo as Hera in Clash of the Titans (1981), a small part as a manipulative mother in Déjà Vu (1985), and mature parts in the romantic dramedy Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) and classic Woody Allen drama Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989).

1980

Although she played Derek Jacobi's mother in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980), she is only seven years his senior.

1982

The first was the more career-oriented "Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress," released in 1982.

1984

Also lauded were the epic miniseries Ellis Island (1984); a remake of Terence Rattigan's Separate Tables (1983); American Playhouse: The Ghost Writer (1984), an acclaimed adaption of Philip Roth's novel ; and Shadowlands (1986), the latter earning her a British Television Award.

1990

Claire married Roth the writer (her third marriage) in 1990 after a brief second marriage to producer Hillard Elkins (1969-1972). The union with Roth lasted five years. Claire appeared in several Shakespearean teleplays over the decades while also portraying a choice selection of historical royals, including Czarina Alexandra and Katherine of Aragon.

1995

She left the role in 1995 and was replaced.

1996

Her 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.

1999

Was nominated for Broadway's 1999 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Electra."

2002

In the new millennium, Claire has been seen in such quality films as and The Book of Eve (2002), Imagining Argentina (2003), The King's Speech (2010) (as Queen Mary), And While We Were Here (2012), Max Rose (2013) starring a dramatic Jerry Lewis, and Miss Dali (2018).

2005

Filming a major cameo in Doctor Who (2005). [April 2009]

2006

She has also made appearances on such TV miniseries as The Ten Commandments (2006) and Summer of Rockets (2019). Claire wrote two memoirs.

2013

She 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.