Holbrook Blinn
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| Born | January 23, 1872 |
| Died | June 24, 1928 (aged 56) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1897–1927 |
Holbrook Blinn (January 23, 1872 – June 24, 1928) was an American stage and film actor.[1]
Biography
Blinn was born in San Francisco. His father was Charles H. Blinn,[2] a Civil War veteran and his mother Nellie Hollbrook[3] was an actress. He appeared on the legitimate stage as a child, and played throughout the United States and in London. He appeared in silent films, and was the director of popular one-act plays at New York's Princess Theatre.
In 1900, he appeared in London in Ib and Little Christina. His Broadway stage successes include The Duchess of Dantzic (1903, as Napoleon), Salvation Nell (1908) in a breakout performance as the brutish husband of Mrs. Fiske, Within the Law (1912), Molière (1919), A Woman of No Importance (1916), The Lady of the Camellias (1917), and Getting Together (1918).
Some of his finest silent screen accomplishments are in McTeague (1916), The Bad Man (1923), Rosita (1923), Yolanda (1924), and Janice Meredith (1924), the latter two films both starring Marion Davies.
Death
Blinn died from complications of a fall off his horse near Journey's End, his Croton-on-Hudson, New York home, and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
Selected filmography
- McTeague (1916)
- Rosita (1923)
- Yolanda (1924)
- Janice Meredith (1924)
- The Telephone Girl (1927)
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
- Great Stars of the American Stage, Profile #65 by Daniel C. Blum c.1952;1954 edition 2nd printing
References
- ^ Holbrook Blinn; findagrave.com
- ^ Charles H. Blinn; findagrave.com Retrieved June 28, 2015
- ^ Nellie Blinn; findagrave.com Retrieved June 28, 2015
External links
- Holbrook Blinn at IMDb
- Holbrook Blinn at the Internet Broadway Database
- Holbrook Blinn at AllMovie
- portrait of Holbrook Blinn(moviecard)
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