Nance O'Neil
Gender: Female
Birthday: 1874-10-06 - 1965-02-07
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA
Also Known As: Gertrude Lamson, Nancy O'Neil
Biography
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".
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Known For
1932Westward Passage
1915Princess Romanoff
1930Ladies of Leisure
1931Cimarron
1916The Toilers
1931The Good Bad Girl
1930The Florodora Girl
1918The Fall of the Romanoffs
1930The Eyes of the World
1917Hedda Gabler
1930Call of the Flesh
1930The Lady of Scandal
1929His Glorious Night
1917Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
1915Kreutzer Sonata
1931A Woman of Experience
1939A Criminal at Large
1913