In October 1906 Blinn was the leading woman in the Ezra Kendall production of Swell, Elegant Jones.

Brinn acted in stage roles opposite Richard Mansfield, Robert Mantel, and Willard Mack.

Blinn came to Los Angeles, California, in February 1912 as the leading lady of the Burbank Stock Company.

Blinn's career as a performer in movies began with a role as "Countess de Moray" in A Wife's Sacrifice (1916).

On June 4, 1895, Genevieve Nannery married lumberman Irving L. Blinn[1] from Los Angeles, California.