Nance O'Neil

Known for ActingBorn 1874-10-06Died 1965-02-07Oakland, 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".Read more

Movies & web series

Seven Deadly Sins: Greed

Hedda Gabler

The Eyes of the World

His Glorious Night

Their Mad Moment

The Seventh Sin

The Toilers

Secret Service

The Good Bad Girl

Resurrection

The Rogue Song

Westward Passage

A Woman of Experience

Ladies of Leisure

Call of the Flesh

Cimarron

The Florodora Girl

The Lady of Scandal

False Faces

Transgression

The Royal Bed

The Count of Monte Cristo

Kreutzer Sonata

A Criminal at Large

The Fall of the Romanoffs

Mrs. Balfame

The Iron Woman

The Witch

Princess Romanoff