Diamond Donner

Singer, Theater Actor

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Who is Diamond Donner?

Diamond Donner was a supporting actress in Broadway and vaudeville entertainment in the early 20th century.

She accompanied Irene Bentley and a large company of actors who appeared at the Madison Square Theatre, Broadway and 24th Street, in December 1903. The troupe staged a production of The Girl from Dixie. In September 1903 she appeared in The Prince of Pilsen at the Tremont Theatre in Boston. Donner acted the part of Janet Gramercy, fiancee of Algy de Peyster, in the musical The Man From China. Its New York City debut came on May 2, 1904 at the Majestic Theatre. The play featured Charles A. Bigelow as Peter Pudge, a wandering musician and John A. Armstrong as Algy. There were twenty-seven musical numbers divided equally between two acts.

Klaw & Erlanger opened the New Amsterdam Aerial Theatre and Gardens with a local review, Lifting the Lid, on Monday, June 5, 1905. The entertainment was produced by John J. McNally and featured Fay Templeton, Donner, Louis Harrison, Virginia Earle, and others. The venue was a successful attraction the previous summer and had been improved with new decorations and alterations.

Donner was a cast member of Klaw & Erlanger's revival of Humpty Dumpty when it was staged at the New York Theatre in March 1906. Earlier the play was presented at Drury Lane and at the New Amsterdam Theatre the previous summer. Frank Moulan continued in the role of Little Mary as did William C. Schrode, who depicted the Clown.

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