Verna Bloom

Born: 1938-08-07, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 2019-01-09

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.

Filmography

• Bonanza (1959)
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
• Lou Grant (1977)
• Cagney & Lacey (1982)
• Kojak (1973)
• Police Story (1973)
• After Hours (1985)
• Animal House (1978)
• High Plains Drifter (1973)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
• Honkytonk Man (1982)
• Medium Cool (1969)
• The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
• The Hired Hand (1971)
• Badge 373 (1973)
• The Blue Knight (1975)
• Particular Men (1972)
• Playing for Time (1980)
• Where Have All the People Gone (1974)
• Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975)
• Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
• Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (1981)
• Return of the "Hired Hand" (2003)