# Verna Bloom has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573 "2019-01-11T05:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573/1 "2019-01-11T05:12:40Z")
[Verna Bloom, Actress in ‘Animal House,’ ‘High Plains Drifter,’ Dies at 80](https://variety.com/2019/film/news/verna-bloom-dead-dies-animal-house-1203104909/) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573/2 "2019-01-11T06:58:33Z")
Wow. Mrs. Wormer. Rest well, Verna Bloom. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573/3 "2019-01-11T09:41:33Z")
RIP:( ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573/4 "2019-01-11T10:23:06Z")
I only remember one line she said in _Animal House_ and it would not be appropriate to repeat it here. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573/5 "2019-01-11T14:02:12Z")
[Here’s](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089244/) her IMDb page. Last acting work in 2003. _The West Wing_ and something called _Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update_. Never heard of that one before. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573/6 "2019-01-11T14:24:45Z")
Wow, so she was only about 40 when she was in Animal House? She seemed much older than that. RIP Mrs Wormer. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573/7 "2019-01-11T16:15:41Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Last acting work in 2003. _The West Wing_ and something called _Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update_. > > Never heard of that one before. I believe it was a bonus feature for the 25th anniversary bluray edition of _Animal House_. (Wanna feel old? The 25th anniversary edition of Animal House came out 15 years ago.) I remember her appearance on _The West Wing_. She played C.J.'s stepmother. (By coincidence, Donald Moffat, who played C.J.'s father, died just three weeks ago.) Bloom had apparently retired and it was her first role in ten years. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573/8 "2019-01-12T20:18:13Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Wow, so she was only about 40 when she was in Animal House? She seemed much older than that. RIP Mrs Wormer. She was old enough to be Stratton’s mother… _Almost!_ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573/9 "2019-01-13T03:08:56Z")
Ah, Mrs. Wormer, the woman who taught me the difference between sensu_al_ and sensu_ous_. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573/10 "2019-01-13T09:37:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I believe it was a bonus feature for the 25th anniversary bluray edition of _Animal House_. (Wanna feel old? The 25th anniversary edition of Animal House came out 15 years ago.) I have that edition on DVD. Yes, various actors from the movie reprised their roles 25 years later. Boon and Katie talked about their marriages and divorces, Dean Wormer (now in a nursing home) attacks the reporter when he mentions Delta House, and Hoover reveals that he is now a DA. Babs is still a tour guide at Universal Studios. And Marion Wormer, who is, at this point, in her 60s, is dressing like a tramp and spending her days in a bar, getting drunk and falling off barstools. When she’s not trying to pick up men, such as the reporter. Verna Bloom played this role perfectly–you could believe that this was what Marion Wormer would have become, 25 years later. It’s a fun little bonus feature. If you get the chance, check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573/11 "2019-01-14T14:14:42Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > She was old enough to be Stratton’s mother… _Almost!_ And yet, she was only nine years older than Tim Matheson.