Nance O'Neil
Acting
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
Movies (29)
A Criminal at Large1939Lady Lebanon
False Faces1932Mrs. Finn
Westward Passage1932Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
Secret Service1931Mrs. Varney
Their Mad Moment1931Grand Mere
A Woman of Experience1931Countess Runyi
Transgression1931Honora 'Nora' Maury
The Good Bad Girl1931Mrs. Henderson
Resurrection1931Princess Marya
Cimarron1931Felice Venable
The Royal Bed1931Martha, the Queen
The Eyes of the World1930Myra Willard
Call of the Flesh1930Mother Superior
The Florodora Girl1930Mrs. Vibart
The Lady of Scandal1930Lady Trench
Ladies of Leisure1930Mrs. Strong
The Rogue Song1930Princess Alexandra
His Glorious Night1929Eugenie
The Fall of the Romanoffs1918Czarina Alexandra
Hedda Gabler1917
Mrs. Balfame1917Mrs. Balfame
The Seventh Sin1917Alma- Seven Deadly Sins: Greed1917
The Iron Woman1916Sarah Maitland
The Toilers1916Jane Brett
The Witch1916Zora Fernandez
Princess Romanoff1915Princess Fedora Romanoff
Kreutzer Sonata1915Miriam Friedlander
The Count of Monte Cristo1913Mercedes