Verna Bloom
Date of birth: 1938-08-07
Place of birth: Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Verna Frances Bloom
Biography
Verna Bloom (August 7, 1938 - January 9, 2019) was an American actress. She co-starred in the 1973 film High Plains Drifter with Clint Eastwood and 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.
Movie Credits
After Hours
1985-09-13
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures d
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988-05-28
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutio
Animal House
1978-07-28
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, bu
High Plains Drifter
1973-04-19
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tr
Return of the "Hired Hand"
2003-01-01
A retrospective look at the making of Peter Fonda's 1971 directorial debut, a Western in which he st
The Hired Hand
1971-08-11
Harry Collings returns home to his farm after drifting with his friend, Arch. His wife, who had give
Medium Cool
1969-08-27
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence a
Honkytonk Man
1982-12-15
During the Great Depression, a young boy leaves his family's Oklahoma farm to travel with his countr
Badge 373
1973-07-25
When his partner is killed, tough Irish detective Eddie Ryan vows to avenge the death, whatever the
Where Have All the People Gone
1974-10-08
A strange series of solar flares proves fatal for inhabitants of the Earth, except for the fortunate
Contract on Cherry Street
1977-11-19
A policeman devises an unorthodox plan for bringing criminals to justice after his partner is brutal
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975-02-11
Finding herself unable to cope with the divorce of her parents and the stress of daily life, 15-year
The Blue Knight
1975-05-09
In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force
Street Scenes 1970
1970-09-14
Street Scenes 1970 documents anti–Vietnam War protests in New York and Washington, D.C., filmed by M
Particular Men
1972-04-15
A fictitious but powerful look at the dawn of the nuclear age, this stage performance follows severa
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985-09-27
America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A c
Playing for Time
1980-09-30
When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians fi
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998-10-13
This documentary, created for the Animal House (1978) collector's edition DVD, is composed of a coll
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
1981-05-20
A New York-based bounty hunter who makes a living chasing and capturing bail jumpers matches wits wi
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003-01-01
A follow up on the lives of the Faber students in Animal House.