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