Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom played the Woman in the Doctor Who story The End of Time.

Since the late 1940s, Bloom has been one of Britain's most acclaimed actresses. She became internationally known in 1952 when she co-starred with Charlie Chaplin in Limelight and went on to a prolific film and TV career on both sides of the Atlantic, appearing in productions ranging from Richard III to a 1969 film adaptation of the science fiction story The Illustrated Man. Among her other varied productions include Backstairs at the White House, Brideshead Revisited, the US soap opera As the World Turns and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

External links

• Claire Bloom at the Internet Movie Database
• Daily Mail interview