Nance O'Neil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 6, 1874, Oakland, California, USA
- Died
- February 7, 1965
- Movies
- 29
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".
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1939 | A Criminal at Large | Lady Lebanon |
| 1932 | False Faces | Mrs. Finn |
| 1932 | Westward Passage | Mrs. von Stael (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Secret Service | Mrs. Varney |
| 1931 | Their Mad Moment | Grand Mere |
| 1931 | A Woman of Experience | Countess Runyi |
| 1931 | Transgression | Honora 'Nora' Maury |
| 1931 | The Good Bad Girl | Mrs. Henderson |
| 1931 | Resurrection | Princess Marya |
| 1931 | Cimarron | Felice Venable |
| 1931 | The Royal Bed | Martha, the Queen |
| 1930 | The Eyes of the World | Myra Willard |
| 1930 | Call of the Flesh | Mother Superior |
| 1930 | The Florodora Girl | Mrs. Vibart |
| 1930 | The Lady of Scandal | Lady Trench |
| 1930 | Ladies of Leisure | Mrs. Strong |
| 1930 | The Rogue Song | Princess Alexandra |
| 1929 | His Glorious Night | Eugenie |
| 1918 | The Fall of the Romanoffs | Czarina Alexandra |
| 1917 | Hedda Gabler | |
| 1917 | Mrs. Balfame | Mrs. Balfame |
| 1917 | The Seventh Sin | Alma |
| 1917 | Seven Deadly Sins: Greed | |
| 1916 | The Iron Woman | Sarah Maitland |
| 1916 | The Toilers | Jane Brett |
| 1916 | The Witch | Zora Fernandez |
| 1915 | Princess Romanoff | Princess Fedora Romanoff |
| 1915 | Kreutzer Sonata | Miriam Friedlander |
| 1913 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Mercedes |
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