- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 6, 1874
- Place of Birth
- Oakland, California, USA
- Died
- February 7, 1965
Nance O'Neil
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
movieA Criminal at Large
1939 · Lady Lebanon
movieFalse Faces
1932 · Mrs. Finn
movieWestward Passage
1932 · Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
movieSecret Service
1931 · Mrs. Varney
movieTheir Mad Moment
1931 · Grand Mere
movieA Woman of Experience
1931 · Countess Runyi
movieTransgression
1931 · Honora 'Nora' Maury
movieThe Good Bad Girl
1931 · Mrs. Henderson
movieResurrection
1931 · Princess Marya
movieCimarron
1931 · Felice Venable
movieThe Royal Bed
1931 · Martha, the Queen
movieThe Eyes of the World
1930 · Myra Willard
movieCall of the Flesh
1930 · Mother Superior
movieThe Florodora Girl
1930 · Mrs. Vibart
movieThe Lady of Scandal
1930 · Lady Trench
movieLadies of Leisure
1930 · Mrs. Strong
movieThe Rogue Song
1930 · Princess Alexandra
movieHis Glorious Night
1929 · Eugenie
movieThe Fall of the Romanoffs
1918 · Czarina Alexandra
movieHedda Gabler
1917
movieMrs. Balfame
1917 · Mrs. Balfame
movieThe Seventh Sin
1917 · Alma
movieSeven Deadly Sins: Greed
1917
movieThe Iron Woman
1916 · Sarah Maitland
movieThe Toilers
1916 · Jane Brett
movieThe Witch
1916 · Zora Fernandez
moviePrincess Romanoff
1915 · Princess Fedora Romanoff
movieKreutzer Sonata
1915 · Miriam Friedlander
movieThe Count of Monte Cristo
1913 · Mercedes