Nance O'Neil
Known for 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".
Filmography
Cimarron
1931
as Felice Venable
Ladies of Leisure
1930
as Mrs. Strong
Kreutzer Sonata
1915
as Miriam Friedlander
The Florodora Girl
1930
as Mrs. Vibart
The Lady of Scandal
1930
as Lady Trench
The Royal Bed
1931
as Martha, the Queen
False Faces
1932
as Mrs. Finn
A Woman of Experience
1931
as Countess Runyi
Transgression
1931
as Honora 'Nora' Maury
Secret Service
1931
as Mrs. Varney
Westward Passage
1932
as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
The Rogue Song
1930
as Princess Alexandra
The Eyes of the World
1930
as Myra Willard
The Iron Woman
1916
as Sarah Maitland
The Seventh Sin
1917
as Alma
Resurrection
1931
as Princess Marya
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
1917
The Good Bad Girl
1931
as Mrs. Henderson
Their Mad Moment
1931
as Grand Mere
A Criminal at Large
1939
as Lady Lebanon