Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1874-10-06
Day of Death
1965-02-07
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
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 (29)
⭐ 0
Role:
Lady Lebanon
A Criminal at Large
1939
⭐ 4.4
Role:
Mrs. Finn
False Faces
1932
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
Westward Passage
1932
⭐ 6.7
Role:
Mrs. Varney
Secret Service
1931
⭐ 7.5
Role:
Grand Mere
Their Mad Moment
1931
⭐ 6.2
Role:
Countess Runyi
A Woman of Experience
1931
⭐ 4.3
Role:
Honora 'Nora' Maury
Transgression
1931
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Mrs. Henderson
The Good Bad Girl
1931
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Princess Marya
Resurrection
1931
⭐ 5.6
Role:
Felice Venable
Cimarron
1931
⭐ 4.3
Role:
Martha, the Queen
The Royal Bed
1931
⭐ 9.0
Role:
Myra Willard
The Eyes of the World
1930
⭐ 5.7
Role:
Mother Superior
Call of the Flesh
1930
⭐ 5.5
Role:
Mrs. Vibart
The Florodora Girl
1930
⭐ 5.5
Role:
Lady Trench
