Nance O'Neil
Acting
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
1939A Criminal at Large
Lady Lebanon
1932False Faces
Mrs. Finn
1932Westward Passage
Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
1931Cimarron
Felice Venable
1931Secret Service
Mrs. Varney
1931The Good Bad Girl
Mrs. Henderson
1931Transgression
Honora 'Nora' Maury
1931A Woman of Experience
Countess Runyi
1931Their Mad Moment
Grand Mere
1931The Royal Bed
Martha, the Queen
1931Resurrection
Princess Marya
1930The Eyes of the World
Myra Willard
1930Ladies of Leisure
Mrs. Strong
1930The Lady of Scandal
Lady Trench
1930Call of the Flesh
Mother Superior
1930The Florodora Girl
Mrs. Vibart
1930The Rogue Song
Princess Alexandra
1929His Glorious Night
Eugenie
1918The Fall of the Romanoffs
Czarina Alexandra
1917Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
1917The Seventh Sin
Alma
1917Mrs. Balfame
Mrs. Balfame
1917Hedda Gabler
1916The Iron Woman
Sarah Maitland