
Nance O'Neil
Known for acting · Born 6 October 1874 · Died 7 February 1965 · aged 90 · Oakland, California, USA
29 credits
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".
Known for

Cimarron
1931

Ladies of Leisure
1930

The Rogue Song
1930

The Count of Monte Cristo
1913

Kreutzer Sonata
1915

Resurrection
1931

The Royal Bed
1931

The Lady of Scandal
1930

Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
1917

Hedda Gabler
1917

The Toilers
1916

Princess Romanoff
1915