Nance O'Neil
Born: 1874-10-06
• 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".
Filmography
A Criminal at Large
False Faces
Westward Passage
Secret Service
Their Mad Moment
A Woman of Experience
Transgression
The Good Bad Girl
Resurrection
Cimarron
The Royal Bed
The Eyes of the World
Call of the Flesh
The Florodora Girl
The Lady of Scandal
Ladies of Leisure
The Rogue Song
His Glorious Night
The Fall of the Romanoffs
Hedda Gabler
Mrs. Balfame
The Seventh Sin
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
The Iron Woman
The Toilers
The Witch
Princess Romanoff
Kreutzer Sonata
The Count of Monte Cristo