Verna Bloom
Born	Verna Frances Bloom (1938-08-07)August 7, 1938 Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	January 9, 2019(2019-01-09) (aged 80) Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1967–2003
Spouse(s)	Richard Collier (divorced) Jay Cocks ​ (m. 1972)​

Verna Frances Bloom (August 7, 1938 – January 9, 2019) was an American actress.

Verna Frances Bloom, born on August 7, 1938, inLynn, Massachusetts, grew up in aRussian Jewish family^[1] where her father, Milton, operated a grocery store. Her mother, Sara (Damsky) Bloom, initially focused on managing their household. After Milton and Sara divorced, Sara took charge of the family grocery business and later transitioned to bookkeeping for a trucking company.^[2] She attended theSchool of Fine Arts atBoston University, graduating with aBachelor of Fine Arts in 1959.^[3] She also studied at theHerbert Berghof Studio for actors inNew York City.^[4][5][1]

OnBroadway, Bloom portrayedCharlotte Corday inThe Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1967) and Blanche Morton inBrighton Beach Memoirs (1983).^[6] She made her film debut inMedium Cool, and then co-starred inClint Eastwood's 1973 film,High Plains Drifter and in the 1974 made-for-TV movieWhere Have All The People Gone? withPeter Graves andKathleen Quinlan. Bloom also had roles in more than 30 films andtelevision episodes beginning in the 1960s, including playing Mary, mother ofJesus, inThe Last Temptation of Christ in 1988 and Marion Wormer inAnimal House in 1978.

Bloom married Richard Collier, but they separated by 1969. They began the Trident Theater in Denver Colorado, which operated from 1963 to 1965.^[7] In 1972 she married film criticJay Cocks. They had a son, Sam, born in 1981. The couple remained married until her death.^[2]

Bloom died aged 80 on January 9, 2019, inBar Harbor, Maine, from complications ofdementia.^[8]

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