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Claire Bloom: Ophelia
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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}.
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Bloom, 66, was born in London. At age 16, she made her first appearance on stage with the Oxford Repertory Company. Her first major role came a year later, when she played Ophelia at Stratford-Upon-Avon. Her most notable stage roles have included Juliet, Ophelia, Viola, Miranda and Cordelia. In 1974, for her London portrayal of Blanche du Bois in "A Streetcar Named Desire," she won three major English theatrical awards.
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After training at the Guildhall School and the Central School of Speech and Drama, Bloom made her debut on BBC radio programmes. She made her stage debut in 1946, when she was 15, with the Oxford Repertory Theatre. Her London stage debut was in 1947 in the Christopher Fry play The Lady's Not For Burning; the following year, she received great acclaim for her portrayal of Ophelia in Hamlet, the first of many works by William Shakespeare that Bloom would appear in.
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