Verna Bloom

Verna Bloom (born August 7, 1939) is an American actress. She co-starred in Clint Eastwood's 1973 film, High Plains Drifter and in the 1974 made-for-TV movie Where Have All The People Gone? with Peter Graves and Kathleen Quinlan. She has had roles in more than 30 films and television episodes since the 1960s, including playing Mary, mother of Jesus, in The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988 and Marion Wormer in Animal House in 1978.

Bloom was born in Lynn, Massachusetts^[1] and attended the School of Fine Arts in Boston University, graduating with a BFA. She also studied at the HB Studio in New York City.^[2] She is Jewish.^[3]

Partial filmography

• Medium Cool (1969)
• Street Scenes (1970)
• The Hired Hand (1971)
• Badge 373 (1973)
• High Plains Drifter (1973)
• Where Have All The People Gone? (1974)
• Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975)
• Animal House (1978)
• Playing for Time (1980)
• Honkytonk Man (1982)
• The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
• After Hours (1985)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

References

External links

• Verna Bloom at the Internet Movie Database
• Verna Bloom at AllMovie