Claire Bloom on TCM
Claire Bloom, Julie Harris in The Haunting. Photo: Courtesy of Turner Classic Movies.
Claire Bloom, one of the most talented and stunning-looking actresses of her generation, will have her "Summer Under the Stars" day on Monday, Aug. 31.
Handpicked by Charles Chaplin to be her young leading lady in the 1952 melodrama Limelight, the British-born Claire Bloom developed into a fantastic actress; one who should have become an international film superstar. That never happened, perhaps because Bloom was more enamored of the stage (A Streetcar Named Desire, The Cherry Orchard, A Doll’s House) than she was of film, and wasn’t as discerning in her film choices as she should have been.
I knew of her, but was mostly unfamiliar with her work [...]
