
Actor
Nance O'Neil
Born 1874 · Oakland, California, USA
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".
Acting

Cimarron
Felice Venable · 1931

Ladies of Leisure
Mrs. Strong · 1930

The Eyes of the World
Myra Willard · 1930

His Glorious Night
Eugenie · 1929

Their Mad Moment
Grand Mere · 1931

The Rogue Song
Princess Alexandra · 1930

Westward Passage
Mrs. von Stael (uncredited) · 1932

The Good Bad Girl
Mrs. Henderson · 1931

Secret Service
Mrs. Varney · 1931

A Woman of Experience
Countess Runyi · 1931

The Toilers
Jane Brett · 1916

The Seventh Sin
Alma · 1917

The Lady of Scandal
Lady Trench · 1930

Resurrection
Princess Marya · 1931

The Florodora Girl
Mrs. Vibart · 1930

Call of the Flesh
Mother Superior · 1930

The Royal Bed
Martha, the Queen · 1931

Transgression
Honora 'Nora' Maury · 1931

False Faces
Mrs. Finn · 1932

The Count of Monte Cristo
Mercedes · 1913

Kreutzer Sonata
Miriam Friedlander · 1915

The Witch
Zora Fernandez · 1916

The Fall of the Romanoffs
Czarina Alexandra · 1918

A Criminal at Large
Lady Lebanon · 1939