Verna Bloom: Verna Bloom. Actress: National Lampoon's Animal House. Verna Bloom was born on 7 August 1938 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), High Plains Drifter (1973) and After Hours (1985). She was married to Jay Cocks and Richard Collier. She died on 9 January 2019 in Bar Harbor, Maine, USA.