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  • Richard III
  • Richard III review by from Sutton Ely Cambs
    Rated - 5 stars Excellent 27 February 2005
    ...le digital restoration but Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Claire Bloom made renting this movie the bargain of the year for me. Yes this film did remin...  
  • Queenie
  • Queenie review by from The Trent Valley, Staffordshire
    Rated - 3 stars Politically incorrect 26 April 2005
    ...es in a 1930s scene. The violent orange make-up which attempted to transform Claire Bloom et al into Asians seems rather inappropriate today! ...  
  • Charlie Chaplin - Limelight
  • Charlie Chaplin - Limelight review by A customer from UK
    Rated - 5 stars Customer Review 23 June 2008
    ...tment of the themes of love,loyalty and fame.Though I am not normally a fan of Claire Bloom I think Chaplin drew from her a touching,gentle and masterly performance to mat...  

Claire Bloom - filmography


  • A Joanna Trollope - Village Affair (1995)
    Starring: Sophie Ward,  Kerry Fox,  Nathanial Parker
    Director: Moira Armstrong
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Alice Jordan's life is perfect with a handsome husband, three lovely children and a house set in the heart of an English village - perfect, that is, except for one thing. She lacks a perfect love to make her feel alive, but when she finds it, it is not in the arms of another man... Based on the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 724 members
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  • Remember on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Donna Mills,  Stephen Collins,  Derek de Lint
    Director: John Herzfeld
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    News reporter Nicky Wells is shocked when she discovers her former fiance, who apparently committed suicide just before their wedding, is alive and living in Barcelona and involved with an international terrorist gang. This discovery could cost Nicky her life. She teams up with a photographer in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 140 members
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  • Miss Marple - The Mirror Crack'd from Si... on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Joan Hickson,  Claire Bloom,  Glynis Barber
    Director: Norman Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    After the death of her husband, Dolly Bantry sold Gossington Hall to the former film star Marina Gregg and her husband. When the glamorous couple decide to throw a benefit for the local hospital, the grounds are thronged with curious visitors, and for one of them, the day ends in tragedy...
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 737 members
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  • Queenie on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Kirk Douglas,  Mia Sara,  Joel Grey
    Director: Larry Peerce
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on the best-seller by Michael Korda, this epic tells of a young woman who rose from the slums of Calcutta to the heights of Hollywood, only to be tormented by her turbulent past.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 75 members
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  • The Lady And The Highwayman on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Emma Samms,  Oliver Reed,  Claire Bloom
    Director: John Hough
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in the turbulent 17th Century reign of King Charles II, this film tells of Lady Panthea Vyre who has attracted the attention of the King and the eye of the folk hero and highwayman, Silver Blade, who, unknown to her, is really a relative of hers and rightful heir to the family estate and title. ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 214 members
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  • Charly on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Cliff Robertson,  Claire Bloom,  Lilia Skala
    Director: Ralph Nelson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Robertson delivers a heartbreaking performance as a retarded man who gains super intelligence from an experimental procedure, only to experience his newfound grasp of the world slowly ebbing away. Bloom also fine as the caseworker who loses her heart to her charge. Based on Daniel Keyes's FLOWERS ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 246 members
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  • The Haunting on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Julie Harris,  Claire Bloom,  Richard Johnson
    Director: Robert Wise
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dr Markway (Richard Johnson), a paranormal investigator, invites a pair of psychic researchers to help him examine the restless spirits at Hill House, a sinister family estate haunted by the angry souls from its troubled past. The owner insists her nephew (Russ Tamblyn) join the team of Theodora (..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 2,083 members
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  • Look Back In Anger on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Richard Burton,  Gary Raymond,  Mary Ure
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Jimmy Porter (Richard Burton), the archetypal "angry young man" is a university graduate living with his wife Allison (Mary Ure) in squalor. He reviles society, the upper classes, the State, the Church and everything else that he sees as governed by hypocrisy. For a living, the disgruntled Jimmy ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 62 members
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  • Richard III on DVD (1955)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  John Gielgud,  Ralph Richardson
    Director: Laurence Olivier
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Soon after Edward IV is crowned King, his brother, Richard, a hunchback, twisted in mind as well as body, starts scheming for the throne of England. He woos and wins Lady Anne and then poisons Edward's mind against their brother, Clarence, later organising his death. But even after his coronation, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 727 members
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  • Alexander The Great on DVD (1955)
    Starring: Richard Burton,  Claire Bloom,  Barry Jones
    Director: Robert Rossen
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Richard Burton stars in this epic portrayal of the legendary Greek military leader Alexander the Great. After his mother assassinates his tyrannical father, Alexander inherits the crown and begins his conquest of all the known world, which lead many to believe he was part god.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 456 members
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  • Shadowlands
    Starring: Claire Bloom,  Alan MacNaughton,  David Waller
    Director: Norman Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The original BBC production of this dramatic film which enters the private world of the legendary C.S. Lewis and tells the poignant, tragic story of his relationship with Joy Davidman, an American poet. Winner of two British Academy Awards and an international Emmy.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 8 members
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  • Anastasia - The Mystery Of Anna on DVD
    Starring: Amy Irving,  Olivia De Havilland,  Omar Sharif
    Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The true story of Anna Anderson, who in 1919 was dragged from a Berlin river after an unsuccessful suicide attempt. After months of amnesia, something triggers her memory. Gradually she reveals that she believes she is Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the last Czar of Russia.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 150 members
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  • Henry VIII on DVD
    Starring: Claire Bloom,  Timothy West,  Julian Glover
    Director: Kevin Billington
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Henry is a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 85 members
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  • Jericho - Series 1, Episode 3 - To Murde... to Watch Now (2005)
    Starring: Robert Lindsay,  Brooke Kinsella,  Jane Horrocks
    Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 94 minutes
    DI Jericho investigates the killing of pro-nuclear scientist Charles Hewitt who had previously been targeted by 'ban the bomb' campaigners. However, a second murder means the attacks cannot be politically motivated, and his personal involvement soon puts the entire case at risk
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Claire Bloom facts

5 most recent films

Agatha Christie's Marple - By The Pricking Of My Thumbs - 3.5 stars
Daylight - HD DVD Version - 3.0 stars
A Joanna Trollope - Village Affair - 3.0 stars
Mighty Aphrodite - 3.5 stars
Remember - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Brideshead Revisited - 4.0 stars
Miss Marple - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side - 3.5 stars
Spy Who Came In From The Cold - 3.5 stars
Look Back In Anger - 3.5 stars
James Mason - The Screen Icons Collection - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Buccaneer - 2.0 stars
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm - 3.0 stars
The BBC TV Shakespeare Collection - 3.5 stars
The Man Between - 3.5 stars
Shadowlands - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Laurence Olivier - 14 times - show films
Anthony Andrews - 13 times - show films
John Le Mesurier - 12 times - show films
Jeremy Irons - 12 times - show films
Michael Gough - 12 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Lindsay-Hogg - 12 times - show films
Charles Sturridge - 12 times - show films
Nicholas Renton - 2 times - show films
Carol Reed - 2 times - show films
Norman Stone - 2 times - show films