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
Transgression as Honora 'Nora' Maury
Their Mad Moment as Grand Mere
Resurrection as Princess Marya
Secret Service as Mrs. Varney
The Royal Bed as Martha, the Queen

1930

Ladies of Leisure as Mrs. Strong
The Eyes of the World as Myra Willard
The Florodora Girl as Mrs. Vibart
The Lady of Scandal as Lady Trench
The Rogue Song as Princess Alexandra
Call of the Flesh as Mother Superior

1929

His Glorious Night as Eugenie

1918

The Fall of the Romanoffs as Czarina Alexandra

1917

1916

The Toilers as Jane Brett
The Iron Woman as Sarah Maitland
The Witch as Zora Fernandez

1915

Princess Romanoff as Princess Fedora Romanoff
Kreutzer Sonata as Miriam Friedlander

1913

The Count of Monte Cristo as Mercedes