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".

Movies & TV Shows

1. Cimarron (1931) — Felice Venable
2. Ladies of Leisure (1930) — Mrs. Strong
3. The Royal Bed (1931) — Martha, the Queen
4. The Lady of Scandal (1930) — Lady Trench
5. The Florodora Girl (1930) — Mrs. Vibart
6. Transgression (1931) — Honora 'Nora' Maury
7. The Rogue Song (1930) — Princess Alexandra
8. Westward Passage (1932) — Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
9. False Faces (1932) — Mrs. Finn
10. A Woman of Experience (1931) — Countess Runyi
11. The Good Bad Girl (1931) — Mrs. Henderson
12. The Count of Monte Cristo (1913) — Mercedes
13. Secret Service (1931) — Mrs. Varney
14. Call of the Flesh (1930) — Mother Superior
15. Kreutzer Sonata (1915) — Miriam Friedlander
16. His Glorious Night (1929) — Eugenie
17. Their Mad Moment (1931) — Grand Mere
18. Resurrection (1931) — Princess Marya
19. The Eyes of the World (1930) — Myra Willard
20. Seven Deadly Sins: Greed (1917)
21. The Seventh Sin (1917) — Alma
22. Hedda Gabler (1917)
23. The Toilers (1916) — Jane Brett
24. Princess Romanoff (1915) — Princess Fedora Romanoff
25. The Fall of the Romanoffs (1918) — Czarina Alexandra
26. Mrs. Balfame (1917) — Mrs. Balfame
27. The Iron Woman (1916) — Sarah Maitland
28. The Witch (1916) — Zora Fernandez
29. A Criminal at Large (1939) — Lady Lebanon