[2] She played Nora in Paris in 1899, where a critic marveled at her interpretation of the character: "Sorma has no need to resort to the tricks and devices of the art of acting; she had but to live and to reproduce that nature which she had assimilated to her own personality," concluding that "a great performance like hers dissolves all criticism into praise, and the highest tribute of all is speechless admiration.

[5] Other stage appearances by Sorma were roles in The Sunken Bell, Der Strom,[6] Liebelei, The Taming of the Shrew, Diplomacy, Chic, Hero and Leander, Die Konigskinder, Mädchentraum, Cyprienne, and Morituri.

In 1903, she was hospitalized with "a severe nervous malady", attributed to marital difficulties,[12] after rumors of his gambling debts and her affair with actor Harry Walden.

[15] Meanwhile, her son in the United States was considered a security threat because of his German birth, and held in an internment camp in Georgia, until his wealthy American in-laws, the Swift family of Chicago, argued for his release.

Laurel Denton is a professional horsewoman and rancher and has served as president of the Arizona Quarter Horse Association and editor of that organization's magazine.