Patricia Claire Bloom CBE (February 15, 1931) is an English actress best known for Clash of the Titans (1981), The Haunting (1963), and The King's Speech (2010).
She was married to Rod Steiger, Hillard Elkins, and Philip Roth, and has one child, Anna Steiger, with Steiger. Her brother is editor John Bloom.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1948: The Blind Goddess as Mary Dearing
- 1952: The Marvellous History Of St Bernard as Marguerite de Miolans
- 1952: The Curious Adventures Of Mr Wonderbird as Sheperdess
- 1952: Limelight as Thereza 'Terry' Ambrose
- 1953: Innocents In Paris as Susan Robbins
- 1953: The Man Between as Susanne
- 1955: Richard III 1955 as The Lady Anne
- 1956: Alexander the Great (1956) as Barsine
- 1958: The Brothers Karamazov as Katya
- 1958: The Buccaneer as Bonnie Brown
- 1959: Look Back in Anger as Helena Charles
- 1960: Brainwashed as Irene Andreny
- 1961: Anna Karenina as Anna Karenina
- 1962: Wuthering Heights as Cathy
- 1962: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as Dorothea Grimm
- 1962: The Chapman Report as Naomi Shields
- 1963: Eighty Thousand Suspects as Julie Monks
- 1963: The Haunting (1963) as Theodora
- 1963: Il Meastro Di Vigevano as Ada
- 1964: High Infidelity as Laura
- 1964: The Outrage as Wife
- 1965: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold as Nancy 'Nan' Perry
- 1967: Soldier In Love as Queen Anne
- 1968: Charly as Alice Kinian
- 1969: The Illustrated Man as Felicia
- 1969: Three Into Two Wont Go as Frances Howard
- 1971: A Severed Head as Honor Klein
- 1971: Red Sky At Morning as Ann Arnold
- 1973: A Dolls House as Nora Helmer
- 1973: The Going Up Of David Lev as Hannah
- 1976: In Praise Of Love as Lydia Cruttwell
- 1977: Islands In The Stream as Audrey
- 1980: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark as Gertrude
- 1981: Clash of the Titans (1981) as Hera
- 1982: Cymbeline as Queen
- 1983: Separate Tables 1983 as Miss Cooper
- 1984: The Life And Death Of King John as Constance
- 1985: Florence Nightingale as Fanny Nightingale
- 1985: Time And The Conways as Mrs. Conway
- 1985: Deja Vu 1985 as Eleanor Harvey
- 1985: Promises To Keep as Sally
- 1985: Shadowlands as Joy Davidman
- 1986: Ann And Debbie as Debbie
- 1986: Liberty as Madame [[Bartholdi
- 1986: The Belle Of Amherst as Emily Dickinson
- 1987: Sammy And Rosie Get Laid as Alice
- 1988: Beryl Markham A Shadow On The Sun as Lady Delamere
- 1988: The Lady And The Highwayman as Lady Emma Darlington
- 1989: Crimes and Misdemeanors as Miriam Rosenthal
- 1991: The Princess and the Goblin as Great Great Grandmother Irene
- 1992: Miss Marple The Mirror Crackd From Side To Side as Marina Gregg
- 1993: Its Nothing Personal as Evelyn Whitloff
- 1993: Remember as Anne Deveraux Rawlings
- 1993: The Poetry Hall Of Fame as Emily Dickinson
- 1995: A Village Affair as Cecily Jordan
- 1995: Mad Dogs and Englishmen as Liz Stringer
- 1995: Mighty Aphrodite as Amanda's Mother
- 1996: Daylight as Eleanor Trilling
- 1997: What The Deaf Man Heard as Mrs. Tynan
- 1998: Wrestling With Alligators as Lulu Fraker
- 1999: The Lady In Question as Emma Sachs
- 2000: Love And Murder 2000 as Nina Love
- 2000: Yesterdays Children as Maggie
- 2002: The Book Of Eve as Eva Smallwood
- 2003: The Republic Of Love as Onion
- 2003: Imagining Argentina as Sara Sternberg
- 2004: Daniel And The Superdogs as Claire Martin
- 2006: The Chatterley Affair as Older Helena
- 2006: Kalamazoo as Eleanor
- 2008: Fionas Story as Helen
- 2010: The King's Speech as Queen Mary
- 2012: And While We Were Here as Grandma Eves
- 2012: Day Of The Siege as Rosa Cristofori
- 2013: Max Rose as Eva Rose
- 2018: Miss Dali as Maggie
Television Roles
- 1952: BBC Sunday Night Theatre as Martine
- 1955-1957: Producers Showcase as Juliet/Cleopatra/Roxane (3 episodes)
- 1957: Goodyear Playhouse as Rose
- 1957: Robert Montgomery Presents as Queen Victoria
- 1958: Shirley Temples Storybook as Beauty
- 1959: Playhouse 90 as Hypatia
- 1961: Checkmate as Gina Burton
- 1966: ITV Play Of The Week as Sasha
- 1967: Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre as Margaret Chapman
- 1967: The Bell Telephone Hour as Jukiet
- 1968: Late Night Horror as Amelia Lornan
- 1973: Wessex Tales as Ella
- 1974: Orson Welles Great Mysteries as Sheila Pennell
- 1974: Aquarius as Stage Actress
- 1975: A Legacy as Sarah Merz
- 1979: Backstairs At The White House as Mrs. Edith Galt Wilson
- 1979: The BBC Television Shakespeare as Katharine of Aragon
- 1979: Oresteia as Athene
- 1981: CBS Library as Beauty
- 1981: Brideshead Revisited as Lady Marchmain
- 1984: American Playhouse as Hope Lonoff
- 1984: Ellis Island as Rebecca Weiler
- 1985: Time For Murder as Lady Penwarden
- 1986: The Theban Plays By Sophocles as Jocasta
- 1986: Anastasia The Mystery Of Anna as Czarina Alexandra
- 1987: Intimate Contact as Ruth Gregory
- 1987: Hold The Dream as Edwina
- 1987: Queenie as Vicky Kelley
- 1992: The Camomile Lawn as Older Sophy
- 1994: American Masters as Narrator
- 1994-1995: As the World Turns as Orlena Grimaldi (5 episodes)
- 1997: Family Money as Fran Pye
- 1998: Imogens Face as Elinor
- 2000: Tales From The Madhouse as Pilate's Wife
- 2004: Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Marion Whitney
- 2005: Jericho as Marie Hewitt
- 2005-2013: Doc Martin as Margaret Ellingham (4 episodes)
- 2006: Marple as Aunt Ada
- 2006: The Ten Commandments as Rani
- 2006-2007: Trial and Retribution as Helen Masters (2 episodes)
- 2008: New Tricks as Helen Brownlow
- 2009-2010: Doctor Who as The Woman (2 episodes)
- 2010: The Bill as Jill Peters
- 2013: CASUAL+Y as Helen Barber
- 2015: Midsomer Murders as Matilda Stowe
- 2019: Summer of Rockets as Aunt Mary
Shorts
- 1981: Beauty And The Beast 1981 as Beauty
- 1990: Pas De Deux 1990 as Maria Cruz
Theatre Roles
- 1956-1957: King Richard II as Queen To King Richard
- 1956-1957: Romeo and Juliet as Juliet
- 1959: Rashomon as Wife
- 1971: A Doll's House as Nora Helmer
- 1971: Hedda Gabler as Hedda Tesman
- 1972: Vivat Vivat Regina as Mary Queen of Scots
- 1976: The Innocents as Miss Bolton
- 1998-1999: Electra as Clytemnestra