Portrait of Verna Bloom

Verna Bloom

Acting

Biography

Verna Bloom (August 7, 1938 - January 9, 2019) was an American actress. She co-starred in the 1973 film High Plains Drifter with Clint Eastwood and the 1974 made for TV movie Where Have All The People Gone? with Peter Graves and Kathleen Quinlan. She has had roles in more than 30 films and television episodes since the 1960s, including playing Mary, mother of Jesus, in The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988 and Marion Wormer in Animal House in 1978.

Born: August 7, 1938

Place of Birth: Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Filmography

1999
The West Wing

as Molly Lapham

1998
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

as Self - Mrs. Dean Wormer

1993
1988
The Last Temptation of Christ

as Mary, Mother of Jesus

1985
1985
The Equalizer

as Marian Grey

1985
1985
1982
1980
Playing for Time

as Paulette

1978
Animal House

as Marion Wormer

1977
Contract on Cherry Street

as Emily Hovannes

1975
The Blue Knight

as Moody Larkin

1973
Kojak

as Carrie Zachary

1973
Badge 373

as Maureen

1973
High Plains Drifter

as Sarah Belding

1971
The Hired Hand

as Hannah Collings

1969
Medium Cool

as Eileen

1959
Bonanza

as Ellen Masters