Claire Bloom at 90: a new interview with the veteran of British stage and screen
Discovered by Chaplin as a young actress, Claire Bloom has had a long and varied career taking in work with Laurence Olivier and Richard Burton, Doctor Who and one of the great haunted house movies. As she turns 90, Bloom spoke to us in an exclusive interview to reflect on a lifetime of stardom.
15 February 2021
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Few careers in cinema can boast as illustrious a start as that of Claire Bloom. Born in Finchley in 1931, Bloom was a young actress starting out in theatre when she was spotted by the playwright Arthur Laurents, who suggested her to Charlie Chaplin for Limelight (1952), in which she was cast as the dancer Thereza.