1874-10-06 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".
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A Criminal at Large | Lady Lebanon | 1939-11-17 |
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False Faces | Mrs. Finn | 1932-10-12 |
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Westward Passage | Mrs. von Stael (uncredited) | 1932-05-27 |
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Cimarron | Felice Venable | 1931-01-26 |
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The Royal Bed | Martha, the Queen | 1931-01-15 |
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Resurrection | Princess Marya | 1931-01-27 |
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Their Mad Moment | Grand Mere | 1931-07-12 |
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A Woman of Experience | Countess Runyi | 1931-07-08 |
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The Good Bad Girl | Mrs. Henderson | 1931-05-20 |
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Transgression | Honora 'Nora' Maury | 1931-06-27 |
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Secret Service | Mrs. Varney | 1931-11-14 |
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The Rogue Song | Princess Alexandra | 1930-01-17 |
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The Florodora Girl | Mrs. Vibart | 1930-05-31 |
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The Eyes of the World | Myra Willard | 1930-08-30 |
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The Lady of Scandal | Lady Trench | 1930-05-24 |
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Call of the Flesh | Mother Superior | 1930-08-16 |
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Ladies of Leisure | Mrs. Strong | 1930-04-05 |
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His Glorious Night | Eugenie | 1929-09-28 |
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The Fall of the Romanoffs | Czarina Alexandra | 1918-01-01 |
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Mrs. Balfame | Mrs. Balfame | 1917-04-09 |
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The Seventh Sin | 1917-03-17 | |
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Seven Deadly Sins: Greed | 1917-02-12 | |
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Hedda Gabler | 1917-05-07 | |
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The Iron Woman | 1916-10-02 | |
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Kreutzer Sonata | Miriam Friedlander | 1915-03-01 |
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The Count of Monte Cristo | Mercedes | 1913-11-01 |
