Nance O'Neil

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Nance O'Neil

Acting October 6, 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…

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Cimarron

Cimarron

5.5 1931 Movie
Ladies of Leisure

Ladies of Leisure

6.2 1930 Movie
Westward Passage

Westward Passage

6.3 1932 Movie
The Lady of Scandal

The Lady of Scandal

5.5 1930 Movie
The Royal Bed

The Royal Bed

4.3 1931 Movie
The Toilers

The Toilers

7.0 1916 Movie
A Woman of Experience

A Woman of Experience

6.2 1931 Movie
Princess Romanoff

Princess Romanoff

1.0 1915 Movie
The Florodora Girl

The Florodora Girl

5.5 1930 Movie
False Faces

False Faces

4.4 1932 Movie
The Good Bad Girl

The Good Bad Girl

6.5 1931 Movie
The Rogue Song

The Rogue Song

6.5 1930 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1939
    A Criminal at Large

    Movie Lady Lebanon

  2. 1932
    False Faces

    Movie Mrs. Finn

  3. 1932
    Westward Passage

    Movie Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)

  4. 1931
    Secret Service

    Movie Mrs. Varney

  5. 1931
    Their Mad Moment

    Movie Grand Mere

  6. 1931
    A Woman of Experience

    Movie Countess Runyi

  7. 1931
    Transgression

    Movie Honora 'Nora' Maury

  8. 1931
    The Good Bad Girl

    Movie Mrs. Henderson

  9. 1931
    Resurrection

    Movie Princess Marya

  10. 1931
    Cimarron

    Movie Felice Venable

  11. 1931
    The Royal Bed

    Movie Martha, the Queen

  12. 1930
    The Eyes of the World

    Movie Myra Willard

  13. 1930
    Call of the Flesh

    Movie Mother Superior

  14. 1930
    The Florodora Girl

    Movie Mrs. Vibart

  15. 1930
    The Lady of Scandal

    Movie Lady Trench

  16. 1930
    Ladies of Leisure

    Movie Mrs. Strong

More credits
  1. 1930
    The Rogue Song

    Movie Princess Alexandra

  2. 1929
    His Glorious Night

    Movie Eugenie

  3. 1918
    The Fall of the Romanoffs

    Movie Czarina Alexandra

  4. 1917
    Hedda Gabler

    Movie

  5. 1917
    Mrs. Balfame

    Movie Mrs. Balfame

  6. 1917
    The Seventh Sin

    Movie Alma

  7. 1917
    Seven Deadly Sins: Greed

    Movie

  8. 1916
    The Iron Woman

    Movie Sarah Maitland

  9. 1916
    The Toilers

    Movie Jane Brett

  10. 1916
    The Witch

    Movie Zora Fernandez

  11. 1915
    Princess Romanoff

    Movie Princess Fedora Romanoff

  12. 1915
    Kreutzer Sonata

    Movie Miriam Friedlander

  13. 1913
    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Movie Mercedes