Nance O'Neil
Acting • Born 1874-10-06 – Died 1965-02-07
Biography
Nance O'Neil, born Gertrude Lamson, was an American stage and screen actress. When she decided to become an actress, her religious father, George Lamson, an auctioneer, denounced his daughter in church for going on the stage and asked the congregation to pray for her. O'Neil's first performance in a professional production was in the role of a nun in Sarah at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco on October 16, 1893. At the height of her career, she was promoted on theatre bills and in period trade publications and newspapers as the "American Sarah Bernhardt".
Filmography
29 credits
The Eyes of the World
Movie • 1930
Myra Willard
Cimarron
Movie • 1931
Felice Venable
The Fall of the Romanoffs
Movie • 1918
Czarina Alexandra
Ladies of Leisure
Movie • 1930
Mrs. Strong
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
Movie • 1917
The Seventh Sin
Movie • 1917
Alma
Mrs. Balfame
Movie • 1917
Mrs. Balfame
Secret Service
Movie • 1931
Mrs. Varney
The Lady of Scandal
Movie • 1930
Lady Trench
The Good Bad Girl
Movie • 1931
Mrs. Henderson
Call of the Flesh
Movie • 1930
Mother Superior
The Florodora Girl
Movie • 1930
Mrs. Vibart
Transgression
Movie • 1931
Honora 'Nora' Maury
The Iron Woman
Movie • 1916
Sarah Maitland
His Glorious Night
Movie • 1929
Eugenie
The Rogue Song
Movie • 1930
Princess Alexandra
False Faces
Movie • 1932
Mrs. Finn
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie • 1913
Mercedes
Westward Passage
Movie • 1932
Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
A Woman of Experience
Movie • 1931
Countess Runyi
The Witch
Movie • 1916
Zora Fernandez
Their Mad Moment
Movie • 1931
Grand Mere
The Royal Bed
Movie • 1931
Martha, the Queen
Resurrection
Movie • 1931
Princess Marya
A Criminal at Large
Movie • 1939
Lady Lebanon
Hedda Gabler
Movie • 1917
Kreutzer Sonata
Movie • 1915
Miriam Friedlander
The Toilers
Movie • 1916
Jane Brett
Princess Romanoff
Movie • 1915
Princess Fedora Romanoff