Education:     Boston University; Herbert Berghof Studio, New York

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 THE HIRED HAND (1971) and has appeared in two Martin Scorsese films, AFTER HOURS (1985) and THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (1988).

Filmografie Verna Bloom

1969   MEDIUM COOL       

1971   THE HIRED HAND     

1973   BADGE 373   

1973   HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER        

1974   WHERE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE GONE?      

1975   THE BLUE KNIGHT    

1975   SARAH T.—PORTRAIT OF A TEENAGE ALCOHOLIC

1977   CONTRACT ON CHERRY STREET    

1977   HEROES       

1978   NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE     

1980   PLAYING FOR TIME  

1981   RIVKIN: BOUNTY HUNTER   

1982   HONKYTONK MAN    

1985   AFTER HOURS

1985   THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN