Name
Nance O'Neil
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1874-10-06
Deathday
1965-02-07 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
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".
Known For
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Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching...
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A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family...
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The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daught...
- 1930 The Eyes of the World as Myra Willard
- 1931 Cimarron as Felice Venable
- 1918 The Fall of the Romanoffs as Czarina Alexandra
- 1930 Ladies of Leisure as Mrs. Strong
- 1917 Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
- 1917 The Seventh Sin as Alma
- 1917 Mrs. Balfame as Mrs. Balfame
- 1931 Secret Service as Mrs. Varney
- 1930 The Lady of Scandal as Lady Trench
- 1931 The Good Bad Girl as Mrs. Henderson
- 1930 Call of the Flesh as Mother Superior
- 1930 The Florodora Girl as Mrs. Vibart
- 1931 Transgression as Honora 'Nora' Maury
- 1916 The Iron Woman as Sarah Maitland
- 1929 His Glorious Night as Eugenie
- 1930 The Rogue Song as Princess Alexandra
- 1932 False Faces as Mrs. Finn
- 1913 The Count of Monte Cristo as Mercedes
- 1932 Westward Passage as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
- 1931 A Woman of Experience as Countess Runyi
- 1916 The Witch as Zora Fernandez
- 1931 Their Mad Moment as Grand Mere
- 1931 The Royal Bed as Martha, the Queen
- 1931 Resurrection as Princess Marya
- 1939 A Criminal at Large as Lady Lebanon
- 1917 Hedda Gabler
- 1915 Kreutzer Sonata as Miriam Friedlander
- 1916 The Toilers as Jane Brett
- 1915 Princess Romanoff as Princess Fedora Romanoff
