Acting

Nance O'Neil

Born 1874-10-06

Oakland, California, USA

Department: 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".

1929

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (29 titles)

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