Nance O'Neil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 6, 1874
- Died
- February 7, 1965 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Oakland, California, USA
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".
Known For
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Filmography
A Criminal at Large
Movie · as Lady Lebanon
False Faces
Movie · as Mrs. Finn
Westward Passage
Movie · as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
Cimarron
Movie · as Felice Venable
Secret Service
Movie · as Mrs. Varney
The Good Bad Girl
Movie · as Mrs. Henderson
Transgression
Movie · as Honora 'Nora' Maury
A Woman of Experience
Movie · as Countess Runyi
Their Mad Moment
Movie · as Grand Mere
The Royal Bed
Movie · as Martha, the Queen
Resurrection
Movie · as Princess Marya
The Eyes of the World
Movie · as Myra Willard
Ladies of Leisure
Movie · as Mrs. Strong
The Lady of Scandal
Movie · as Lady Trench
Call of the Flesh
Movie · as Mother Superior
The Florodora Girl
Movie · as Mrs. Vibart
The Rogue Song
Movie · as Princess Alexandra
His Glorious Night
Movie · as Eugenie
The Fall of the Romanoffs
Movie · as Czarina Alexandra
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
Movie
The Seventh Sin
Movie · as Alma
Mrs. Balfame
Movie · as Mrs. Balfame
Hedda Gabler
Movie
The Iron Woman
Movie · as Sarah Maitland
The Witch
Movie · as Zora Fernandez
The Toilers
Movie · as Jane Brett
Kreutzer Sonata
Movie · as Miriam Friedlander
Princess Romanoff
Movie · as Princess Fedora Romanoff
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · as Mercedes