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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The Good Bad Girl | Mrs. Henderson | 1931-05-20 |
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Resurrection | Princess Marya | 1931-01-27 |
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Transgression | Honora 'Nora' Maury | 1931-06-27 |
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Cimarron | Felice Venable | 1931-01-26 |
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Secret Service | Mrs. Varney | 1931-11-14 |
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Their Mad Moment | Grand Mere | 1931-07-12 |
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The Royal Bed | Martha, the Queen | 1931-01-15 |
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A Woman of Experience | Countess Runyi | 1931-07-08 |
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The Rogue Song | Princess Alexandra | 1930-01-17 |
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The Eyes of the World | Myra Willard | 1930-08-30 |
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The Florodora Girl | Mrs. Vibart | 1930-05-31 |
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Ladies of Leisure | Mrs. Strong | 1930-04-05 |
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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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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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Seven Deadly Sins: Greed | 1917-02-12 | |
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Mrs. Balfame | Mrs. Balfame | 1917-04-09 |
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Hedda Gabler | 1917-05-07 | |
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The Seventh Sin | Alma | 1917-03-17 |
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The Iron Woman | Sarah Maitland | 1916-10-02 |
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The Witch | Zora Fernandez | 1916-02-27 |
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Kreutzer Sonata | Miriam Friedlander | 1915-03-01 |
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The Count of Monte Cristo | Mercedes | 1913-11-01 |
