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".
Filmography
Cast Credits
A Criminal at Large
Character: Lady Lebanon
MOVIE • 1939
False Faces
Character: Mrs. Finn
MOVIE • 1932
Westward Passage
Character: Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1932
Secret Service
Character: Mrs. Varney
MOVIE • 1931
Their Mad Moment
Character: Grand Mere
MOVIE • 1931
A Woman of Experience
Character: Countess Runyi
MOVIE • 1931
Transgression
Character: Honora 'Nora' Maury
MOVIE • 1931
The Good Bad Girl
Character: Mrs. Henderson
MOVIE • 1931
Resurrection
Character: Princess Marya
MOVIE • 1931
Cimarron
Character: Felice Venable
MOVIE • 1931
The Royal Bed
Character: Martha, the Queen
MOVIE • 1931
The Eyes of the World
Character: Myra Willard
MOVIE • 1930
Call of the Flesh
Character: Mother Superior
MOVIE • 1930
The Florodora Girl
Character: Mrs. Vibart
MOVIE • 1930
The Lady of Scandal
Character: Lady Trench
MOVIE • 1930
Ladies of Leisure
Character: Mrs. Strong
MOVIE • 1930
The Rogue Song
Character: Princess Alexandra
MOVIE • 1930
His Glorious Night
Character: Eugenie
MOVIE • 1929
The Fall of the Romanoffs
Character: Czarina Alexandra
MOVIE • 1918
Hedda Gabler
Character:
MOVIE • 1917