Nance O'Neil

Acting

Born October 6, 1874, Oakland, California, USA

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

• 1939A Criminal at Large — Lady Lebanon
• 1932False Faces — Mrs. Finn
• 1932Westward Passage — Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
• 1931A Woman of Experience — Countess Runyi
• 1931Cimarron — Felice Venable
• 1931Resurrection — Princess Marya
• 1931Secret Service — Mrs. Varney
• 1931The Good Bad Girl — Mrs. Henderson
• 1931The Royal Bed — Martha, the Queen
• 1931Their Mad Moment — Grand Mere
• 1931Transgression — Honora 'Nora' Maury
• 1930Call of the Flesh — Mother Superior
• 1930Ladies of Leisure — Mrs. Strong
• 1930The Eyes of the World — Myra Willard
• 1930The Florodora Girl — Mrs. Vibart
• 1930The Lady of Scandal — Lady Trench
• 1930The Rogue Song — Princess Alexandra
• 1929His Glorious Night — Eugenie
• 1918The Fall of the Romanoffs — Czarina Alexandra
• 1917Hedda Gabler
• 1917Mrs. Balfame — Mrs. Balfame
• 1917Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
• 1917The Seventh Sin — Alma
• 1916The Iron Woman — Sarah Maitland
• 1916The Toilers — Jane Brett
• 1916The Witch — Zora Fernandez
• 1915Kreutzer Sonata — Miriam Friedlander
• 1915Princess Romanoff — Princess Fedora Romanoff
• 1913The Count of Monte Cristo — Mercedes