
9 in Bar Harbor, Maine, her rep confirmed to Variety. A native of Lynn, Massachusetts, she studied acting in Boston and New York before embarking on a. Verna Bloom, who appeared in Animal House and worked with the likes of Martin Scorsese, died Jan. She is survived by husband Jay Cocks, a former film critic and two-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter and son Sam. Verna Bloom is an actress who played Molly Lapham Cregg in the episode The Long Goodbye.She also appeared in the motion pictures National Lampoons Animal House (with Tim Matheson) and The Last Temptation of Christ. American actress Verna Bloom found fame with roles in some of the most iconic films of her time. 7, 1938 in Lynn, Mass., and graduated from Boston University in 1959, according to Deadline. She also worked with director Martin Scorsese in the comedy “After Hours” in 1985. She died on Januin Bar Harbor, Maine, USA. She was married to Jay Cocks and Richard Collier. She was an actress, known for National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and High Plains Drifter (1973). One memorable scene showed her engaged in innuendo-laden banter in a supermarket’s vegetable aisle with college senior Eric “Otter” Stratton, played by Tim Matheson, Deadline reported.īloom also played the lover of Clint Eastwood in “High Plains Drifter” in 1973. Verna Bloom was born on Augin Lynn, Massachusetts, USA as Verna Frances Bloom. In “Animal House,” Bloom played the booze-loving Marion Wormer, wife of the dean of fictional Faber College. The cause of her death was complications of dementia, her family told Variety, as her representative confirmed Bloom’s passing.

She was 80 years old and died Wednesday in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Verna Bloom, known for her role in the 1978 comedy classic “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” has died, according to reports.
