Verna Bloom
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Biography
Biography
Attractive stage-trained actress who made her screen debut as the female lead in Haskell Wexler's brilliant anti-establishment critique "Medium Cool" (1969). Alternating between film and TV, Bloom earned praise in Peter Fonda's "Hired Hand" (1971) and has appeared in films for Clint Eastwood ("High Plains Drifter" 1973; "Honkytonk Man" 1982), Jeremy Paul Kagan ("Heroes" 1977; "The Journey of Natty Gann" 1985) and Martin Scorsese ("After Hours" 1985; "The Last Temptation of Christ" 1988).
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Life Events
1967
Broadway debut, replaced Glenda Jackson in "Marat/Sade"
1969
Film acting debut in "Medium Cool"
1973
First film with Clint Eastwood, "High Plains Drifter"
1974
TV-movie debut, "Where Have All the People Gone?"
1977
First film for director Jeremy Paul Kagan, "Heroes"
1982
Appeared with Eastwood in "Honky Tonk Man"
1983
Returned to Broadway to co-star in Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs"
1985
Played small role in Kagan's "The Journey of Natty Gann"
1985
First film with Martin Scorsese, "After Hours"
1988
Played Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Scorcese's "The Last Temptation of Christ"
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