Actor
Nance O'Neil
152 years · Oakland, California, USA · 29 films
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".
Best known for
Filmography 29
A Criminal at Large
1939 · Lady Lebanon
False Faces
1932 · Mrs. Finn
Westward Passage
1932 · Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
On TCM
Secret Service
1931 · Mrs. Varney
Their Mad Moment
1931 · Grand Mere
A Woman of Experience
1931 · Countess Runyi
Transgression
1931 · Honora 'Nora' Maury
The Good Bad Girl
1931 · Mrs. Henderson
Resurrection
1931 · Princess Marya
Cimarron
1931 · Felice Venable
On TCM
The Royal Bed
1931 · Martha, the Queen
On Filmtap
The Eyes of the World
1930 · Myra Willard
Call of the Flesh
1930 · Mother Superior
On Fawesome
The Florodora Girl
1930 · Mrs. Vibart
On Tubi TV
The Lady of Scandal
1930 · Lady Trench
On Tubi TV
Ladies of Leisure
1930 · Mrs. Strong
On Plex
The Rogue Song
1930 · Princess Alexandra
His Glorious Night
1929 · Eugenie
The Fall of the Romanoffs
1918 · Czarina Alexandra
Hedda Gabler
1917 · Actor
Mrs. Balfame
1917 · Mrs. Balfame
The Seventh Sin
1917 · Alma
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
1917 · Actor
The Iron Woman
1916 · Sarah Maitland