Cast
Nance O'Neil
Acting
Cast
Nance O'Neil
Known for
Acting
Born
1874-10-06
From
Oakland, California, USA
Died
1965-02-07
Also 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".
Transgression
as Honora 'Nora' Maury
The Witch
as Zora Fernandez
Cimarron
as Felice Venable
Resurrection
as Princess Marya
Ladies of Leisure
as Mrs. Strong
Hedda Gabler
His Glorious Night
as Eugenie
Secret Service
as Mrs. Varney
False Faces
as Mrs. Finn
Mrs. Balfame
as Mrs. Balfame
Their Mad Moment
as Grand Mere
The Rogue Song
as Princess Alexandra
The Florodora Girl
as Mrs. Vibart
Kreutzer Sonata
as Miriam Friedlander
The Good Bad Girl
as Mrs. Henderson
Westward Passage
as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
A Woman of Experience
as Countess Runyi
The Lady of Scandal
as Lady Trench
The Fall of the Romanoffs
as Czarina Alexandra
The Eyes of the World
as Myra Willard
Call of the Flesh
as Mother Superior
The Royal Bed
as Martha, the Queen
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Mercedes
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
The Iron Woman
as Sarah Maitland
A Criminal at Large
as Lady Lebanon
The Seventh Sin
as Alma
Princess Romanoff
as Princess Fedora Romanoff
The Toilers
as Jane Brett