Nance O'Neil
ActingAlso Known As
Gertrude Lamson, Nancy O'Neil
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".
Movies
(29 total)
Cimarron
as Felice Venable
Ladies of Leisure
as Mrs. Strong
The Royal Bed
as Martha, the Queen
The Lady of Scandal
as Lady Trench
The Florodora Girl
as Mrs. Vibart
Transgression
as Honora 'Nora' Maury
The Rogue Song
as Princess Alexandra
Westward Passage
as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
False Faces
as Mrs. Finn
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Mercedes
The Good Bad Girl
as Mrs. Henderson
A Woman of Experience
as Countess Runyi
Kreutzer Sonata
as Miriam Friedlander
Secret Service
as Mrs. Varney
Call of the Flesh
as Mother Superior
Their Mad Moment
as Grand Mere
Resurrection
as Princess Marya
The Eyes of the World
as Myra Willard
The Fall of the Romanoffs
as Czarina Alexandra
