Nance 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".

Known For

Cimarron

Ladies of Leisure

The Royal Bed

Westward Passage

His Glorious Night

Transgression

The Lady of Scandal

The Good Bad Girl

All Movies (29)

• A Criminal at Large1939 · as Lady Lebanon
• False Faces1932 · as Mrs. Finn
• Westward Passage1932 · as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
• Secret Service1931 · as Mrs. Varney
• Their Mad Moment1931 · as Grand Mere
• A Woman of Experience1931 · as Countess Runyi
• Transgression1931 · as Honora 'Nora' Maury
• The Good Bad Girl1931 · as Mrs. Henderson
• Resurrection1931 · as Princess Marya
• Cimarron1931 · as Felice Venable
• The Royal Bed1931 · as Martha, the Queen
• The Eyes of the World1930 · as Myra Willard
• Call of the Flesh1930 · as Mother Superior
• The Florodora Girl1930 · as Mrs. Vibart
• The Lady of Scandal1930 · as Lady Trench
• Ladies of Leisure1930 · as Mrs. Strong
• The Rogue Song1930 · as Princess Alexandra
• His Glorious Night1929 · as Eugenie
• The Fall of the Romanoffs1918 · as Czarina Alexandra
• Hedda Gabler1917
• Mrs. Balfame1917 · as Mrs. Balfame
• The Seventh Sin1917 · as Alma
• Seven Deadly Sins: Greed1917
• The Iron Woman1916 · as Sarah Maitland
• The Toilers1916 · as Jane Brett
• The Witch1916 · as Zora Fernandez
• Princess Romanoff1915 · as Princess Fedora Romanoff
• Kreutzer Sonata1915 · as Miriam Friedlander
• The Count of Monte Cristo1913 · as Mercedes