Cast & creator
Verna Bloom
Best known for The West Wing, Bonanza, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
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.
Also known as: Verna Frances Bloom
20
film credits
9
television credits
29
1959–2003 · acting roles
7.1
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (29)
Showing 29 of 29 credits
The West Wing
Molly Lapham
1999
Bonanza
Ellen Masters
1959
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Maude Bray
1993
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Equalizer
Marian Grey
1985The Equalizer
Ellen
1985
Lou Grant
1977
Kojak
Carrie Zachary
1973
Police Story
1973
After Hours
June
1985
Animal House
Marion Wormer
1978
High Plains Drifter
Sarah Belding
1973
The Last Temptation of Christ
Mary, Mother of Jesus
1988
The Journey of Natty Gann
Farm Woman
1985
Honkytonk Man
Emmy
1982
Medium Cool
Eileen
1969
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Jean Hodges
1975
Playing for Time
Paulette
1980
Particular Men
Evelyn
1972
Contract on Cherry Street
Emily Hovannes
1977
Where Have All the People Gone
Jenny
1974Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
Marion Wormer
2003
The Blue Knight
Moody Larkin
1975
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Self - Mrs. Dean Wormer
1998
Street Scenes 1970
Self
1970
Badge 373
Maureen
1973
The Hired Hand
Hannah Collings
1971
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Bertha
1981
Return of the "Hired Hand"
Herself
2003