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