Nance O'Neil
Acting · Born Oct 6, 1874 · Died Feb 7, 1965 (90) · Oakland, California, USA
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
Films
A Criminal at Large
1939
False Faces
19324.4
Westward Passage
19326.3
Secret Service
19316.7
Their Mad Moment
19317.5
A Woman of Experience
19316.2
Transgression
19314.3
The Good Bad Girl
19316.5
Resurrection
19316.5
Cimarron
19315.5
The Royal Bed
19314.3
The Eyes of the World
19309.0
Call of the Flesh
19305.7
The Florodora Girl
19305.5
The Lady of Scandal
19305.5
Ladies of Leisure
19306.2
The Rogue Song
19306.5
His Glorious Night
19297.0
The Fall of the Romanoffs
1918
Hedda Gabler
191710.0
Mrs. Balfame
1917
The Seventh Sin
19177.0
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
191710.0
The Iron Woman
1916
The Toilers
19167.0
The Witch
1916
Princess Romanoff
19151.0
Kreutzer Sonata
19152.7
The Count of Monte Cristo
19134.0