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