Portrait of Claire Bloom

Acting

Claire Bloom

Career

Active from 1948 to 2019, busiest in 1985 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
49
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Limelight
Limelight
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Claire Bloom Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 10
  • Character Study 8
  • Period Piece 7
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Political Intrigue 5
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Biographical Drama 4
  • Family Saga 4
  • Redemption 3
  • Complex Characters 3
  • Intense Dialogue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

110
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

6 titles · average score 57
Summer of Rockets
Summer of Rockets (2019)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Aunt Mary

Miss Dalí
Miss Dalí (2018)

as Maggie

Max Rose
Max Rose (2016)
GoodWatch score 40

as Eva Rose

And While We Were Here
And While We Were Here (2012)
GoodWatch score 42

as Grandma Eves

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (2012)
GoodWatch score 42

as Rosa Cristofori

The King's Speech
The King's Speech (2010)
GoodWatch score 86

as Queen Mary

2000s

15 titles · average score 58
The Chatterley Affair
The Chatterley Affair (2006)
GoodWatch score 62

as Older Helena

Kalamazoo?
Kalamazoo? (2006)

as Eleanor

The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments (2006)
GoodWatch score 37

TV show · as Rani

Jericho
Jericho (2005)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Marie Hewitt

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Aunt Ada

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Helen Brownlow

The Republic of Love
The Republic of Love (2004)
GoodWatch score 48

as Onion

Imagining Argentina
Imagining Argentina (2003)
GoodWatch score 45

as Sara Sternberg

The Book of Eve
The Book of Eve (2002)
GoodWatch score 53

as Eva Smallwood

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Marion Whitney

Love and Murder
Love and Murder (2000)

as Nina Love

Yesterday's Children
Yesterday's Children (2000)
GoodWatch score 72

as Maggie

1990s

17 titles · average score 62
Wrestling with Alligators
Wrestling with Alligators (1998)

as Lulu Fraker

What the Deaf Man Heard
What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mrs. Tynan

Family Money
Family Money (1997)

TV show · as Fran Pye

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Matilda Stowe

Daylight
Daylight (1996)
GoodWatch score 45

as Eleanor Trilling

Mighty Aphrodite
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
GoodWatch score 69

as Amanda's Mother

A Village Affair
A Village Affair (1995)
GoodWatch score 44

as Cecily Jordon

Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995)
GoodWatch score 40

as Liz Stringer

Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed (1994)

as Narrator

The Camomile Lawn
The Camomile Lawn (1992)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Sophy (older)

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)
GoodWatch score 74

as Marina Gregg

The Princess and the Goblin
The Princess and the Goblin (1991)
GoodWatch score 67

as Great Great Grandmother Irene (voice)

1980s

28 titles · average score 65
The Lady and the Highwayman
The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
GoodWatch score 53

as Lady Emma Darlington

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988)

as Lady Delamere

Intimate Contact
Intimate Contact (1987)

TV show · as Ruth Gregory

Queenie
Queenie (1987)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Vicky Kelley

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)

as Jocasta

Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (1985)
GoodWatch score 62

as Fanny Nightingale

Shadowlands
Shadowlands (1985)
GoodWatch score 74

as Joy Gresham

Déjà Vu
Déjà Vu (1985)
GoodWatch score 43

as Eleanor Harvey

Ellis Island
Ellis Island (1984)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Rebecca Weiler

Separate Tables
Separate Tables (1983)
GoodWatch score 70

as Miss Cooper

Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans (1981)
GoodWatch score 66

as Hera

Hamlet
Hamlet (1980)
GoodWatch score 71

as Gertrude

1970s

12 titles · average score 65
Backstairs at the White House
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Edith Galt Wilson

Henry VIII
Henry VIII (1979)

as Katharine of Aragon

The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)

TV show · as Gertrude

Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream (1977)
GoodWatch score 77

as Audrey

A Legacy
A Legacy (1975)

TV show · as Sarah Merz

A Doll's House
A Doll's House (1973)
GoodWatch score 54

as Nora Helmer

The Going Up of David Lev
The Going Up of David Lev (1973)

as Hannah

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Sheila Pennell

Wessex Tales
Wessex Tales (1973)

TV show · as Ella Marchmill

Red Sky at Morning
Red Sky at Morning (1971)
GoodWatch score 70

as Ann Arnold

Film '72
Film '72 (1971)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show

A Severed Head
A Severed Head (1971)
GoodWatch score 53

as Honor Klein

1960s

19 titles · average score 59
The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man (1969)
GoodWatch score 45

as Felicia

3 Into 2 Won't Go
3 Into 2 Won't Go (1969)
GoodWatch score 55

as Frances Howard

Charly
Charly (1968)
GoodWatch score 58

as Alice Kinian

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
GoodWatch score 81

as Nancy 'Nan' Perry

The Outrage
The Outrage (1964)
GoodWatch score 36

as Wife

High Infidelity
High Infidelity (1964)

as Laura

The Haunting
The Haunting (1963)
GoodWatch score 78

as Theodora

The Teacher from Vigevano
The Teacher from Vigevano (1963)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ada

80,000 Suspects
80,000 Suspects (1963)
GoodWatch score 57

as Julie Monks

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
GoodWatch score 61

as Dorothea Grimm

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1961)
GoodWatch score 62

as Anna Karenina

Brainwashed
Brainwashed (1960)
GoodWatch score 79

as Irene Andreny

1950s

12 titles · average score 64
Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger (1959)
GoodWatch score 66

as Helena Charles

The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer (1958)
GoodWatch score 65

as Bonnie Brown

The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
GoodWatch score 66

as Katya

Shirley Temple's Storybook
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Beauty

Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great (1956)
GoodWatch score 30

as Barsine

Richard III
Richard III (1955)
GoodWatch score 77

as The Lady Anne

The Man Between
The Man Between (1953)
GoodWatch score 73

as Suzanne Mallison

Innocents in Paris
Innocents in Paris (1953)
GoodWatch score 41

as Susan Robbins

Limelight
Limelight (1952)
GoodWatch score 82

as Thereza 'Terry' Ambrose

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Mrs. Tynan / Anne

Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

TV show · as Queen Victoria

Sunday Night Theatre
Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Martine

1940s

1 title
The Blind Goddess
The Blind Goddess (1948)

as Mary Dearing