Nance O'Neil
October 6, 1874 (150 years old) in 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".
Known For
Credits
- 1939 · A Criminal at Large as Lady Lebanon
- 1932 · False Faces as Mrs. Finn
- 1932 · Westward Passage as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
- 1931 · Secret Service as Mrs. Varney
- 1931 · Their Mad Moment as Grand Mere
- 1931 · A Woman of Experience as Countess Runyi
- 1931 · Transgression as Honora 'Nora' Maury
- 1931 · The Good Bad Girl as Mrs. Henderson
- 1931 · Resurrection as Princess Marya
- 1931 · Cimarron as Felice Venable
- 1931 · The Royal Bed as Martha, the Queen
- 1930 · The Eyes of the World as Myra Willard
- 1930 · Call of the Flesh as Mother Superior
- 1930 · The Florodora Girl as Mrs. Vibart
- 1930 · The Lady of Scandal as Lady Trench
- 1930 · Ladies of Leisure as Mrs. Strong
- 1930 · The Rogue Song as Princess Alexandra
- 1929 · His Glorious Night as Eugenie
- 1918 · The Fall of the Romanoffs as Czarina Alexandra
- 1917 · Hedda Gabler as
- 1917 · Mrs. Balfame as Mrs. Balfame
- 1917 · The Seventh Sin as Alma
- 1917 · Seven Deadly Sins: Greed as
- 1916 · The Iron Woman as Sarah Maitland
- 1916 · The Witch as Zora Fernandez
- 1915 · Kreutzer Sonata as Miriam Friedlander
- 1913 · The Count of Monte Cristo as Mercedes