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