Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
10/6/1874
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Also Known As
Gertrude LamsonNancy O'Neil
Nance 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".
Known For
Cimarron
as Felice Venable
Secret Service
as Mrs. Varney
The Witch
as Zora Fernandez
Princess Romanoff
as Princess Fedora Romanoff
The Eyes of the World
as Myra Willard
The Iron Woman
as Sarah Maitland
The Lady of Scandal
as Lady Trench
Ladies of Leisure
as Mrs. Strong
The Royal Bed
as Martha, the Queen
Transgression
as Honora 'Nora' Maury
Call of the Flesh
as Mother Superior
The Good Bad Girl
as Mrs. Henderson
False Faces
as Mrs. Finn
Westward Passage
as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Mercedes
A Woman of Experience
as Countess Runyi
The Rogue Song
as Princess Alexandra
The Florodora Girl
as Mrs. Vibart
His Glorious Night
as Eugenie
Their Mad Moment
as Grand Mere