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Claire Bloom: Charlie Chaplin
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While taking drama lessons at Badminton, Guildhall School, and the Central School of Speech and Drama, "Claire Bloom" began appearing on BBC radio, and made her stage debut at 15 with the Oxford Repertory. She made her London bow in 1947, and the following year was effusively praised for her performance as Ophelia in a Stratford-upon-Avon production of Hamlet. Also in 1948, she appeared in her first film, "The Blind Goddess" (1948). While gainfully employed at the Old Vic in 1952, Bloom was selected by "Charlie Chaplin" to portray the suicidal ballerina Terry in Chaplin's "Limelight". Though the film was inadequately distributed due to Chaplin's "questionable" political beliefs, "Limelight" made Bloom an overnight star -- after only nine years in the business.
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Claire Bloom shot to overnight fame after being chosen by Charlie Chaplin to star in his film Limelight in 1952. Born in London, in 1931, Bloom started to work in radio whilst studying drama at school before making her stage debut at 15 in the Oxford Repertory. After making her film debut in The Blind Goddess in 1948, she caught the eye of Charlie Chaplin and was propelled to stardom. Her fine performance in Laurence Olivier's Richard III, in 1954, lead to a series of roles in costume dramas. Bloom ... appeared in films like The Haunting (1963), The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965) and Clash Of The Titans (1981)
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The screen persona of Claire Bloom has most often emerged as a blend of regality and vulnerability. This combination of traits manifested itself in the role of Terry, the ballerina heroine of Charles Chaplin's Limelight. Although the 1952 film did not mark her film debut (she had appeared in The Blind Goddess four years earlier), Limelight earned Bloom an international reputation. That she perceives this film as the real beginning of her career is evident from the title of her autobiography published in 1982, Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress.
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Claire Bloom gained international fame in 1951 with her screen debut in Charles Chaplin’s motion picture Limelight. Among her many memorable films are Richard III, The Haunting, Look Back in Anger, and A Doll’s House.
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Bloom's first film role was in 1948, for the film The Blind Goddess. She was chosen by Charlie Chaplin in 1952 to appear in his film Limelight, which catapulted Bloom to stardom, and remains one of her most memorable roles. She was subsequently featured in a number of "costume" roles in films sych as Alexander The Great, The Brothers Karamazov, The Buccaneer, and The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. Bloom ... appeared in Laurence Olivier's Richard III, Ibsen's A Doll's House, as well as the films The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Look Back in Anger, both with Richard Burton.
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Although she made her theatrical debut in 1946, Bloom was discovered by Charlie Chaplin and cast as the ballerina in his film, Limelight (1950). Since then, Bloom has appeared in numerous stage, film, and television productions, including: The Haunting (1963), A Doll's House (New York, 1970; film, 1973), A Streetcar Named Desire (London, 1974), Brideshead Revisited (1981), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), and The Age of Innocence (1993). She even portrayed Hera to Laurence Olivier's Zeus in the 1981 movie, The Clash of the Titans. Other roles include Mighty Aphrodite (1995) and Yesterday's Children (2000). Bloom maintains an active stage career and performed in her own one-woman show, Enter the Actress (1998). She was married to actor Rod Steiger (1959–69) and novelist Philip Roth (1990–95).
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