Nance O'Neil
Born: 1874-10-06 in Oakland, California, USA
Died: 1965-02-07
Known For: 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
1939
- A Criminal at Large as Lady Lebanon
1932
- Westward Passage as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
- False Faces as Mrs. Finn
1931
- Cimarron as Felice Venable
- The Good Bad Girl as Mrs. Henderson
- A Woman of Experience as Countess Runyi
- Resurrection as Princess Marya
- Transgression as Honora 'Nora' Maury
- Their Mad Moment as Grand Mere
- The Royal Bed as Martha, the Queen
- Secret Service as Mrs. Varney
1930
- The Lady of Scandal as Lady Trench
- Ladies of Leisure as Mrs. Strong
- The Eyes of the World as Myra Willard
- Call of the Flesh as Mother Superior
- The Florodora Girl as Mrs. Vibart
- The Rogue Song as Princess Alexandra
1929
- His Glorious Night as Eugenie
1918
- The Fall of the Romanoffs as Czarina Alexandra
1917
- Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
- Hedda Gabler
- Mrs. Balfame as Mrs. Balfame
- The Seventh Sin as Alma
1916
- The Toilers as Jane Brett
- The Witch as Zora Fernandez
- The Iron Woman as Sarah Maitland
1915
- Princess Romanoff as Princess Fedora Romanoff
- Kreutzer Sonata as Miriam Friedlander
1913
- The Count of Monte Cristo as Mercedes