Verna Bloom
Verna Bloom
Trained for an acting career by Uta Hagen and Herbert Bergdorf, Verna Bloom burst onto the Broadway scene in the role of psychotic somnambulist Charlotte Corday in the American production of Marat/Sade. Her first film was Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool, playing the mother of incipient radical Mark Blankenship. She has since played character roles ranging from shopping-bag ladies to supercilious socialites in such films as High Plains Drifter (1971), Heroes (1977), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and After Hours (1985). In Martin Scorcese's The Last Temptation of Christ, Verna was seen as a decidedly careworn Virgin Mary. Verna Bloom's television credits include several made for TV movies, including Sarah T: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975) and Playing for Time (1980). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Verna Bloom:
- The Hired Hand with Peter Fonda , Warren Oates , Severn Darden , Ann Doran , Larry Hagman
- Tell Them Who You Are with Haskell Wexler , Bill Butler , Billy Crystal , Michael Douglas , Jane Fonda , Milos Forman , Conrad L. Hall , Dennis Hopper , Ron Howard , Norman Jewison , Elia Kazan , Irvin Kershner , George Lucas , Albert Maysles , Paul Newman , Sidney Poitier , Julia Roberts , John Sayles , Martin Sheen , Lee Tamahori , Jonathan Winters
- Heroes with Henry Winkler , Sally Field , Harrison Ford
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