Biography
Her sensitive performance as the ballet student Chaplin saves from a suicide attempt earned her the British Film Academy Award as Most Promising Newcomer, and the elegant, classically trained actress has remained in demand ever since, splitting her time between theater, film and TV. She distinguished herself onstage opposite some of the finest Shakespearean actors of the day, playing Ophelia to two Hamlets (Paul Scofield and first love Richard …
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Career Milestones
| Had lead in the independent film "Book of Eve" (lensed 2001-2002) | ||
2000 | Led the cast of "Conversations After a Burial", produced in London | |
1998 | Had stage triumph as Clytemnestra in a staging of Sophocles' "Electra", starring Zoe Wanamaker; garnered Tony nomination | |
1998 | Portrayed a former silent movie star running a New Jersey rooming house in Laurie Weltz's "Wrestling With Alligators" | |
1997 | Was underutilized as the agreeably disagreeable widow Tynan in CBS' "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation "What the Deaf Man Heard" | |
1996 | Acted the part of upper-class society doyenne Eleanor Trilling in "Daylight", starrring Sylvester Stallone | |
1996 | Played Mary Tyrone as an angry anything-but-a-victim in American Repertory Theatre presentation of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night" | |
1995 | Appeared briefly as Orlena Grimaldi on the CBS daytime drama "As the World Turns" | |
1995 | Portrayed chorus role in Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite" | |
1989 | First collaboration with Woody Allen, playing Miriam Rosenthal, wife of Judah (Martin Landau) in "Crimes and Misdemeanors" | |
1988 | Reteamed with director Tony Richardson for CBS miniseries "Beryl Markham: A Shadow in the Sun" | |
1985 | Co-starred in British TV production of "Shadowlands" (shown in USA in 1986 on PBS and again in 1989 on A&E) | |
1984 | Acted in "American Playhouse" (PBS) adaptation of then-companion Philip Roth's "The Ghostwriter" | |
| Toured the USA in one-person show, "These Are Women, a Portrait of Shakespeare's Heroines" | ||
1982 | Appeared as Lady Marchmain opposite Olivier in the British miniseries "Brideshead Revisited" (shown in the USA on PBS); garnered an Emmy nomination | |
1981 | Played Hera to Olivier's Zeus in "Clash of the Titans" | |
1976 | Last Broadway appearance for 22 years, "The Innocents", an adaptation of Henry James' "Turn of the Screw" directed by Harold Pinter; a scathing review by Clive Barnes doomed it to a short run of 10 days | |
1974 | Acted the part of Blanche DuBois in London revival of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" | |
1973 | Essayed the role of Nora opposite Anthony Hopkins in stagy film of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House"; Bloom also played the role several times on stage | |
1972 | Returned to Broadway as Mary, Quenn of Scots in "Vivat! Vivat! Regina!" | |
1969 | Starred opposite husband Rod Steiger in two films, "Three Into Two Won't Go" and "The Illustrated Man" | |
1968 | Portrayed sympathetic caseworker who becomes attatched to "Charly" (Cliff Robertson); role earned Robertson the Best Actor Oscar | |
1965 | Reteamed with Burton for Martin Ritt's "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" | |
1963 | Exhibited lesbian tendencies and an extraordinary sense of ESP in Robert Wise's "The Haunting" | |
1959 | Co-starred with soon-to-be husband Rod Steiger in Broadway's "Rashomon" | |
1959 | Acted opposite Burton in Tony Richardson's film version of "Look Back in Anger" | |
1956 | American TV debut, Roxanne opposite Jose Ferrer's "Cyrano de Bergerac" for "Producers Showcase" (NBC) | |
1956 | Broadway debut, "Romeo and Juliet"; appeared with Old Vic Company | |
1956 | First film with Burton, "Alexander the Great" | |
1955 | Played Lady Anne to Laurence Olivier's "Richard III" | |
1952 | Was member of the Old Vic Company; appeared in numerous Shakespearean roles including Juliet, Ophelia in "Hamlet" (opposite Richard Burton) and Cordelia in "King Lear" | |
1952 | Acted opposite Chaplin in "Limelight" | |
1950 | Performed in Peter Brook's staging of Jean Anouihl's "Ring Around the Moon" (also starring Scofield), which brought her to the attention of Charlie Chaplin | |
1948 | Portrayed Ophelia opposite Paul Scofield's "Hamlet" at Stratford-on-Avon | |
1948 | Feature film acting debut in "The Blind Goddess" | |
1947 | London stage debut, "The White Devil" | |
1946 | Stage acting debut at age 15 with the Oxford Repertory Company | |
1943 | Returned to England | |
1940 | Brought to the USA as a war evacuee during the London blitz and lived in Florida | |
Awards
1982 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Limited Series or a Special in Brideshead Revisited |
1952 | BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer To Film in Limelight |