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Jean Chamblin


Born
in Austin, Nevada, USA, The United States
October 21, 1876

Genre
Fiction, Romance


Jean DuPuy Chamblin (Nevada, 1876 aft. 1950), with family roots in Virginia and France, dedicated her life to theater, writing, and activism. She achieved episodic success as an actress, playing alongside actors and actresses such as Tyrone Power Sr. and Mrs. Fiske (in 1899, at The Fifth Avenue Theatre, in Becky Sharp, with the role of Marquise de Steyne). In 1919 she traveled to France to work for the American Expeditionary Force as Secretary of the National War Work Council of the YMCA. She traveled multiple times throughout her life, both in the US, as an actress, and abroad, especially in Europe.

In 1902 she visited the Azores, as did her character Kate perhaps escaping the realization of her obscurity as an actress. She left New York on ...more

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“My dear, I've found 'em!

They're here, every one of these nine Azores. Little islands full of prayers and shrines and vesper chimes, strung on a thread of water, like the decades in the windings of a Rosary of the Sea.”
― Jean Chamblin, Lady Bobs, Her Brother, and I: A Romance of the Azores
tags: azores, portugal
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