Acting · Oakland, California, USA · Born October 6, 1874
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".
MovieA Criminal at Large
1939
as Lady Lebanon
MovieFalse Faces
1932
as Mrs. Finn
MovieWestward Passage
1932
as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
MovieSecret Service
1931
as Mrs. Varney
MovieTheir Mad Moment
1931
as Grand Mere
MovieA Woman of Experience
1931
as Countess Runyi
MovieTransgression
1931
as Honora 'Nora' Maury
MovieThe Good Bad Girl
1931
as Mrs. Henderson
MovieResurrection
1931
as Princess Marya
MovieCimarron
1931
as Felice Venable
MovieThe Royal Bed
1931
as Martha, the Queen
MovieThe Eyes of the World
1930
as Myra Willard
MovieCall of the Flesh
1930
as Mother Superior
MovieThe Florodora Girl
1930
as Mrs. Vibart
MovieThe Lady of Scandal
1930
as Lady Trench
MovieLadies of Leisure
1930
as Mrs. Strong
MovieThe Rogue Song
1930
as Princess Alexandra
MovieHis Glorious Night
1929
as Eugenie
MovieThe Fall of the Romanoffs
1918
as Czarina Alexandra
MovieHedda Gabler
1917
MovieMrs. Balfame
1917
as Mrs. Balfame
MovieThe Seventh Sin
1917
as Alma
MovieSeven Deadly Sins: Greed
1917
MovieThe Iron Woman
1916
as Sarah Maitland
MovieThe Toilers
1916
as Jane Brett
MovieThe Witch
1916
as Zora Fernandez
MoviePrincess Romanoff
1915
as Princess Fedora Romanoff
MovieKreutzer Sonata
1915
as Miriam Friedlander
MovieThe Count of Monte Cristo
1913
as Mercedes
