Claire Bloom
(1931-), ActressSitter in 20 portraits
Born in London, Bloom established a reputation as a Shakespearean actress first at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1948 and then at the Old Vic in 1952. Played Cordelia opposite John Gielgud in King Lear in 1955. Her film career included appearing with Charlie Chaplin in Limelight (1952), Laurence Olivier in Richard III (1955) and Richard Burton in Look Back in Anger (1958). Bloom's memoirs, Leaving a Doll's House were published in 1996.
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on white card mount, 1952
NPG P870(1)
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 7 November 1977
NPG P1145
by Tom Blau, for Camera Press: London: UK
bromide press print, 1 October 1946
NPG x184244
Claire Bloom on the set of 'Limelight'
by Bob Willoughby
bromide print, 1952
NPG x24932
by Dorothy Wilding
hand-coloured bromide print with film cover, 1952
NPG x4402
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1952
NPG x198555
Michael Benthall; Richard Burton as Hamlet; Claire Bloom as Ophelia
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1953
NPG x30028
Claire Bloom as Lady Anne in 'Richard III'
by P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd
bromide press print, February 1955
NPG x184245
Claire Bloom; Laurence Olivier
by P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd
bromide press print, 13 December 1955
NPG x184247
by Associated British Picture Corporation
bromide press print, 1956
NPG x184246
by Paul Tanqueray
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 4 April 1956
NPG x193447
by Michael Peto
modern bromide print from original negative, March 1962
NPG x138163
Claire Bloom as Cathy in 'Wuthering Heights'
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1962
NPG x196097
by Alec Murray
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 15 February 1950
NPG x137532
by Paul Tanqueray
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 9 September 1953
NPG x136629
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