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".
Filmography
A Criminal at Large
1939
as Lady Lebanon
False Faces
1932
as Mrs. Finn
Westward Passage
1932
as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
Secret Service
1931
as Mrs. Varney
Their Mad Moment
1931
as Grand Mere
A Woman of Experience
1931
as Countess Runyi
Transgression
1931
as Honora 'Nora' Maury
The Good Bad Girl
1931
as Mrs. Henderson
Resurrection
1931
as Princess Marya
Cimarron
1931
as Felice Venable
The Royal Bed
1931
as Martha, the Queen
The Eyes of the World
1930
as Myra Willard
Call of the Flesh
1930
as Mother Superior
The Florodora Girl
1930
as Mrs. Vibart
The Lady of Scandal
1930
as Lady Trench
Ladies of Leisure
1930
as Mrs. Strong
The Rogue Song
1930
as Princess Alexandra
His Glorious Night
1929
as Eugenie
The Fall of the Romanoffs
1918
as Czarina Alexandra
Hedda Gabler
1917
Mrs. Balfame
1917
as Mrs. Balfame
The Seventh Sin
1917
as Alma
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
1917
The Iron Woman
1916
as Sarah Maitland