---
name: "Verna Bloom"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/verna-bloom"
fi1m_id: "verna-bloom"
imdb_id: "nm0089244"
tmdb_id: 55192
wikidata_id: "Q522933"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 August 1938"
died: "9 January 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T17:14:59.201196+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Verna Bloom

## Identity

Verna Bloom

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/verna-bloom
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** verna-bloom
- **IMDb ID:** nm0089244
- **TMDB ID:** 55192
- **Wikidata ID:** Q522933
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verna_Bloom, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q522933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089244/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55192

Actor. Born 7 August 1938 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. Died 9 January 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 August 1938, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 9 January 2019
- **Active:** 1971–1985
- **Also known as:** Verna Frances Bloom
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (2), 1980s 80 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $11m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verna_Bloom, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q522933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089244/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55192

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*After Hours*](https://film.one/film/after-hours.md) (80)

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## Biography

Verna Bloom (also credited as Verna Frances Bloom) was an American actress. Born on 7 August 1938 in Lynn, Massachusetts, she graduated from Boston University’s School of Fine Arts in 1959 and trained at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. She made her Broadway debut in 1967 in *The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade*.

Bloom’s film career began with *Medium Cool* (1969). She appeared in *High Plains Drifter* (1973), *National Lampoon’s Animal House* (1978) as Marion Wormer, Martin Scorsese’s *After Hours* (1985) as June, and *The Last Temptation of Christ* (1988) as Mary, Mother of Jesus. Her television credits include episodes of *Bonanza* (1969), *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993) and *The West Wing* (2003). She was married to screenwriter Jay Cocks from 1972 until her death on 9 January 2019 in Bar Harbor, Maine.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *After Hours* (1985), Fi1m 80, as June — [page](https://film.one/film/after-hours.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, as Carrie Zachary — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *The Hired Hand* (1971), Fi1m 80, as Hannah Collings — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hired-hand.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update* (2003), as Marion Wormer
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, as Molly Lapham — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), series, as Maude Bray
- *The Last Temptation of Christ* (1988), as Mary, Mother of Jesus
- *The Journey of Natty Gann* (1985), as Farm Woman
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Marian Grey, Ellen
- *After Hours* (1985), as June — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/after-hours.md)
- *Honkytonk Man* (1982), as Emmy
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *Rivkin: Bounty Hunter* (1981), as Bertha
- *Playing for Time* (1980), as Paulette
- *Animal House* (1978), as Marion Wormer
- *Contract on Cherry Street* (1977), as Emily Hovannes
- *Lou Grant* (1977), series, Actor
- *The Blue Knight* (1975), as Moody Larkin
- *Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic* (1975), as Jean Hodges
- *Where Have All the People Gone* (1974), as Jenny
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Carrie Zachary — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Badge 373* (1973), as Maureen
- *High Plains Drifter* (1973), as Sarah Belding
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *Particular Men* (1972), as Evelyn
- *The Hired Hand* (1971), as Hannah Collings — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hired-hand.md)
- *Medium Cool* (1969), as Eileen
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Ellen Masters

## Gallery

- ![Verna Bloom](https://film.one/media/person/118434/gallery-92b3f3e79173.jpg) Verna Bloom — Image via TMDB
- ![Verna Bloom](https://film.one/media/person/118434/gallery-80d237fd406e.jpg) Verna Bloom — Image via TMDB

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