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Attractive stage-trained actress who made her screen debut as the female lead in Haskell Wexler's brilliant anti-establishment critique "Medium Cool" (1969). 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)....
Full Bio & Milestones

Filmography

Tell Them Who You Are - ( Herself / 2005 / Released / )
Look out Haskell, It's Real! The Making of 'Medium Cool' - ( Herself / 2001 / Released / )
The Last Temptation of Christ - ( Mary--Mother of Jesus / 1988 / Released / Cineplex Odeon )
After Hours - ( June / 1985 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
The Journey of Natty Gann - ( Farm Woman / 1985 / Released / )
Honkytonk Man - ( Emmy / 1982 / Released / )
National Lampoon's Animal House - ( Marion Wormer / 1978 / Released / )
Heroes - ( Waitress / 1977 / Released / )
Badge 373 - ( Maureen / 1973 / Released / )
High Plains Drifter - ( Sarah Belding / 1973 / Released / )
The Hired Hand - ( Hannah / 1971 / Released / )
Medium Cool - ( Eileen / 1969 / Released / )
TV Credits
The West Wing ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter ( 1981 / Released ): Actor
Playing For Time ( 1980 / Released ): Actor
Contract on Cherry Street ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
Sarah T. -- Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
The Blue Knight ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
Where Have All the People Gone? ( 1974 / Released ): Actor
Doc Elliot ( 1973 / Released ): Actor
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Attractive stage-trained actress who made her screen debut as the female lead in Haskell Wexler's brilliant anti-establishment critique "Medium Cool" (1969). 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).

Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:

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Education
HB Studio New York, New York
School of Fine Arts, Boston University Boston, Massachusetts BFA 1959
Milestones (Back to top)
1988 Played Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Scorcese's "The Last Temptation of Christ"
1985 First film with Martin Scorsese, "After Hours"
1985 Played small role in Kagan's "The Journey of Natty Gann"
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"

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