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".
Acted in 29
1930s
- 1939
A Criminal at Large
Lady Lebanon
- 1932
False Faces
Mrs. Finn
- 1931
Secret Service
Mrs. Varney
Their Mad Moment
Grand Mere
A Woman of Experience
Countess Runyi
Transgression
Honora 'Nora' Maury
The Good Bad Girl
Mrs. Henderson
Resurrection
Princess Marya
The Royal Bed
Martha, the Queen
- 1930
The Eyes of the World
Myra Willard
Call of the Flesh
Mother Superior
The Lady of Scandal
Lady Trench
The Rogue Song
Princess Alexandra
1920s
- 1929
His Glorious Night
Eugenie
1910s
- 1918
The Fall of the Romanoffs
Czarina Alexandra
- 1917
Hedda Gabler
Movie
Mrs. Balfame
Mrs. Balfame
The Seventh Sin
Alma
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
Movie
- 1916
The Iron Woman
Sarah Maitland
The Toilers
Jane Brett
The Witch
Zora Fernandez
- 1915
Kreutzer Sonata
Miriam Friedlander
- 1913
The Count of Monte Cristo
Mercedes
