Verna Bloom- Biography

About Verna Bloom

Alternating between film and TV, Bloom earned praise in Peter Fonda's "Hired Hand" (1971) and has appeared in films for Clint Eastwood ("High Plains Drifter" 1973; "Honkytonk Man" 1982), Jeremy Paul Kagan ("Heroes" 1977; "The Journey of Natty Gann" 1985) and Martin Scorsese ("After Hours" 1985; "The Last Temptation of Christ" 1988).

Education

HB Studio, New York , New York

School of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston , Massachusetts

Career Milestones

1988

Played Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Scorcese's "The Last Temptation of Christ"

1985

Played small role in Kagan's "The Journey of Natty Gann"

1985

First film with Martin Scorsese, "After Hours"

1983

Returned to Broadway to co-star in Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs"

1982

Appeared with Eastwood in "Honky Tonk Man"

1977

First film for director Jeremy Paul Kagan, "Heroes"

1974

TV-movie debut, "Where Have All the People Gone?"

1973

First film with Clint Eastwood, "High Plains Drifter"

1969

Film acting debut in "Medium Cool"

1967

Broadway debut, replaced Glenda Jackson in "Marat/Sade"