

She starred as herself and went on to work with Scorsese two more times with After Hours in 19's The Last Temptation of Christ. Verna Bloom went on to star in Children's Games, also in 1969 before starring in Martin Scorsese's Vietnam protest documentary Street Scenes, also known as Street Scenes 1970. After stints on Broadway and theater performances, she made her first jump into the land of film after Studs Terkel urged her to do so, making her big screen debut in Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool in 1969. In the 1960s, she moved to New York, and when her acting career started with her role as Charlotte Corday in the Broadway revival of Marat/Sade. After graduation, Bloom left Massachusetts for Denver, Colorado, which is where she started a local theater. Verna Bloom was born in 1938 in Lynn, Massachusetts, where she later attended and graduated from Boston University.

However, her role as the drunken wife to Dean Wormer, Marion Wormer, in 1978's Animal House is arguably her most memorable role.
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The actress appeared in a number of TV shows and movies over the years, but Bloom is probably best-known for starring in 1973's High Plains Drifter alongside Clint Eastwood. She died on January 9th in Bar Harbor, Maine, according to her family, but no other details have been revealed. After a battle with dementia, actress Verna Bloom has sadly passed away.
