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Claire Bloom
 ondon-born Claire Bloom made her first
stage appearance with the Oxford
Repertory Company at the age of 16.
Just a year later she starred at
Stratford-upon-Avon as Ophelia in her
first major role. Her acting career has
spanned stage, film and television for
decades. Ms. Bloom was most recently
seen on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore
Theater as Clytemnestra in Electra, for
which she was nominated for a Tony
Award, and in London at the prestigious
Almeida Theatre in Conversations after a
Burial. She is the recipient of the
Shakespeare Medal from the Shakespeare
Society and was also honored by the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences in
an evening devoted to her film career in
2001. Ms. Bloom has appeared as
narrator with many leading orchestras,
including the New York Philharmonic, the
Los Angeles Philharmonic, the BBC
Symphony, and the London Philharmonic.
Ms. Bloom appeared with her daughter,
the soprano Anna Steiger, in a recital
entitled "Women in Poetry and Song."
She has also published a best-selling
book of memoirs called Leaving a Doll's
House.
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