Holbrook Blinn (January 23, 1872 â€" June 24, 1928) was an American
stage and film actor.Blinn was born in San Francisco, California. His
father was Charles H. Blinn, a Civil War veteran and his mother Nellie
Hollbrook 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.
stage and film actor.Blinn was born in San Francisco, California. His
father was Charles H. Blinn, a Civil War veteran and his mother Nellie
Hollbrook 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.
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