Nora Dunblane

Nora Dunblane was born in Brooklyn.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29594612/nora_dunblane_1903/ "A Brooklyn Actress"] The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (December 20, 1903): 31. via Newspapers.com She attended Miss Rounds' School and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (graduating in 1899), and was involved with the Brooklyn Cantata Club.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29586476/nora_dunblane_1903/ "Plays and Players"] Brooklyn Life (December 26, 1903): 28. via Newspapers.com

After graduating, she was active in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni society, and served on its library committee in 1904, with elocutionist Helena Zachos.[https://books.google.com/books?id=uCY_AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22American+Academy+of+Dramatic+Arts%22+Dunblane&pg=PA73 Annual Catalogue, American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Empire Theatre] (1904): 73, 75.

Dunblane was a "clever young American actress" on Broadway at the turn into the 20th century, often seen in soubrette roles.[https://books.google.com/books?id=f8VTvexpGpgC&dq=%22Nora+Dunblane%22&pg=PA161 "Nora Dunblane"] Broadway Magazine (December 1900): 161.[https://books.google.com/books?id=4DZKAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Nora+Dunblane%22&pg=PT153 "Nora Dunblane"] The Judge (September 14, 1901): 4. Dunblane's stage credits included roles in Cyrano de Bergerac (1898) with Richard Mansfield,Paul Wilstach, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PdQ6e1KsGUQC&q=Dunblane&pg=PA539 "Richard Mansfield"] Scribner's Magazine (November 1908): 539. Hearts are Trumps (1900),[https://books.google.com/books?id=IHIeAQAAMAAJ&dq=writer+Nora+Dunblane&pg=PA433 "Stage Folk"] The International (April 1900): 433. The Cuckoo (1900),[https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=NYC19000331.2.20&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-Nora+Dunblane------- "Nora Dunblane"] The New York Clipper (March 31, 1900): 4. via Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection Her Majesty (1900),[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29594685/nora_dunblane_1900/ "A Stage Favorite"] Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (October 22, 1900): 2. via Newspapers.com Lovers' Lane (1901),[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29586384/nora_dunblane_1901/ "An Actress of Promise"] The Tri-City Herald (December 20, 1901): 1. via Newspapers.com Her Atonement (1899 and 1901),[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29607702/nora_dunblane_1899/ "A New London Comedy"] New York Times (February 12, 1899) 15. via Newspapers.comThomas Allston Brown, [https://books.google.com/books?id=XTamwC54BNoC&dq=%22Nora+Dunblane%22&pg=PA114 A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901, Volume 2] (Dodd, Mead 1903): 114. The Worst Woman in London (1903), Much Ado About Nothing (1903),"Second Play as in Queen Elizabeth's Time" New York Times (February 3, 1903): 9. {{ProQuest| }} His Sister's Shame (1903),[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29594558/nora_dunblane_1903/ "The Theatres"] Philadelphia Inquirer (September 6, 1903): 28. via Newspapers.com and Don Carlos (1905).[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29594963/nora_dunblane_1905/ "At the Playhouses"] Omaha Daily Bee (November 11, 1905): 6. via Newspapers.com

In 1900, she performed in an all-star benefit at Carnegie Hall, raising funds for Roman Catholic orphanages."Orphan Asylums' Benefit" New York Times (November 18, 1900): 22. {{ProQuest| }}

Dunblane was a writer during and after her acting days. Her short fiction, often romance stories, appeared in magazines and newspapers, with titles including "The Girl in the Bookshop" (1903),[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29595861/nora_dunblane_1903/ "Dramatic Notes"] The Nebraska State Journal (March 22, 1903): 13. via Newspapers.com "Beating the Game" (1907),Nora Dunblane, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29595937/nora_dunblane_1907/ "Beating the Game"] New-York Tribune (November 10, 1907): 32. via Newspapers.com "Studio Number Six: The Story of a Musician" (1907),Nora Dunblane, [https://books.google.com/books?id=lj5SAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Nora+Dunblane%22&pg=PA184 "Studio Number Six: The Story of a Musician"], in Alfred Ludlow White, ed., Short Stories: A Magazine of Select Fiction (November 1907): 184–192. "Romance at Ryerson's" (1908),Nora Dunblane, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29595500/nora_dunblane_1908/ "The Romance at Ryerson's"] The Lafourche Comet (March 12, 1908): 3. via Newspapers.com "Two Ways of Love" (1912),Nora Dunblane, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29596802/nora_dunblane_1912/ "Two Ways of Love"] The Buffalo Times (January 28, 1912): 64. via Newspapers.com "Love's Command" (1913), "Otilla's Triumph" (1914),Nora Dunblane, [https://books.google.com/books?id=f4IeAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Nora+Dunblane%22+married&pg=RA5-PA7 "Otilla's Triumph"] The Woman's Magazine (June 1914): 7. "The White Gardenia" (1915), "The Girl Who Was Charming" (1915),[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29597426/nora_dunblane_1915/ "Literary Notes"] The Wilkes-Barre Record (March 29, 1915): 14. via Newspapers.com and "Jasmine's Decision" (1915).Nora Dunblane, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29595694/nora_dunblane_1915/ "Jasmine's Decision"] The Des Moines Register (September 19, 1915): 52. via Newspapers.com

The band Tommy McClymont & The Panacea Jamband recorded a song, "Nora Dunblane", about the actress, on their album May the Ladies Treat You Kindly (2016). (McClymont is from Dunblane, Scotland, and was inspired to write the song by a photograph of the actress.)

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