Verna Bloom

Verna Bloom
Born	August 7, 1939 Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1967-2003
Spouse(s)	Jay Cocks (19??-present)

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

1. Verna Bloom profile, filmreference.com; accessed August 28, 2015.
2. Verna Bloom biography, movies.yahoo.com; accessed August 28, 2015.
3. Cullen, Jim (2001). Restless in the Promised Land: Catholics and the American Dream. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 129. ISBN 1-58051-093-0.

External links

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