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Nance O'Neil
Born · October 6, 1874
Died · February 7, 1965 (90 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA
Bio
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".
A Criminal at Large
Lady Lebanon
0.0
1939
False Faces
Mrs. Finn
4.3
1932
Westward Passage
Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
5.8
1932
Secret Service
Mrs. Varney
6.0
1931
Their Mad Moment
Grand Mere
5.0
1931
A Woman of Experience
Countess Runyi
5.2
1931
Transgression
Honora 'Nora' Maury
4.0
1931
The Good Bad Girl
Mrs. Henderson
5.5
1931
Resurrection
Princess Marya
6.0
1931
Cimarron
Felice Venable
5.6
1931
The Royal Bed
Martha, the Queen
4.4
1931
The Eyes of the World
Myra Willard
0.0
1930
Call of the Flesh
Mother Superior
4.5
1930
The Florodora Girl
Mrs. Vibart
5.0
1930
The Lady of Scandal
Lady Trench
5.1
1930
Ladies of Leisure
Mrs. Strong
6.0
1930
The Rogue Song
Princess Alexandra
5.5
1930
His Glorious Night
Eugenie
0.0
1929
The Fall of the Romanoffs
Czarina Alexandra
0.0
1918
Hedda Gabler
0.0
1917
Mrs. Balfame
Mrs. Balfame
0.0
1917
The Seventh Sin
Alma
0.0
1917
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
0.0
1917
The Iron Woman
Sarah Maitland
0.0
1916
The Witch
Zora Fernandez
0.0
1916
Kreutzer Sonata
Miriam Friedlander
3.5
1915
The Count of Monte Cristo
Mercedes
4.0
1913