Nance O'Neil
Birthday
1874/10/06
Day of death
1965/02/07 (90 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Also know as
Gertrude Lamson, Nancy O'Neil
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".
Acting
(1930) The Eyes of the World
as Myra Willard
(1931) Cimarron
as Felice Venable
(1918) The Fall of the Romanoffs
as Czarina Alexandra
(1930) Ladies of Leisure
as Mrs. Strong
(1917) Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
as ---
(1917) The Seventh Sin
as Alma
(1917) Mrs. Balfame
as Mrs. Balfame
(1931) Secret Service
as Mrs. Varney
(1930) The Lady of Scandal
as Lady Trench
(1931) The Good Bad Girl
as Mrs. Henderson
(1930) Call of the Flesh
as Mother Superior
(1930) The Florodora Girl
as Mrs. Vibart
(1931) Transgression
as Honora 'Nora' Maury
(1916) The Iron Woman
as Sarah Maitland
(1929) His Glorious Night
as Eugenie
(1930) The Rogue Song
as Princess Alexandra
(1932) False Faces
as Mrs. Finn
(1913) The Count of Monte Cristo
as Mercedes
(1932) Westward Passage
as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
(1931) A Woman of Experience
as Countess Runyi
(1916) The Witch
as Zora Fernandez
(1931) Their Mad Moment
as Grand Mere
(1931) The Royal Bed
as Martha, the Queen
(1931) Resurrection
as Princess Marya
(1939) A Criminal at Large
as Lady Lebanon
(1917) Hedda Gabler
as ---
(1915) Kreutzer Sonata
as Miriam Friedlander