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

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Westward Passage

1932 ⭐ 6.3

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Secret Service

1931 ⭐ 6.7

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Their Mad Moment

1931 ⭐ 7.5

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A Woman of Experience

1931 ⭐ 6.2

Career timeline

1939

A Criminal at Large

Lady Lebanon · 1939

1932

False Faces

Mrs. Finn · 1932

⭐ 4.4

Westward Passage

Mrs. von Stael (uncredited) · 1932

⭐ 6.3

1931

Secret Service

Mrs. Varney · 1931

⭐ 6.7

Their Mad Moment Notable

Grand Mere · 1931

⭐ 7.5

A Woman of Experience

Countess Runyi · 1931

⭐ 6.2

1930

The Eyes of the World Notable

Myra Willard · 1930

⭐ 9.0

Call of the Flesh

Mother Superior · 1930

⭐ 5.7

The Florodora Girl

Mrs. Vibart · 1930

⭐ 5.5

1929

His Glorious Night Notable

Eugenie · 1929

⭐ 8.0

1918

The Fall of the Romanoffs

Czarina Alexandra · 1918

1917

Hedda Gabler Notable

1917

⭐ 10.0

Mrs. Balfame

Mrs. Balfame · 1917

The Seventh Sin Notable

Alma · 1917

⭐ 7.0

1916

The Iron Woman

Sarah Maitland · 1916

The Toilers Notable

Jane Brett · 1916

⭐ 7.0

The Witch

Zora Fernandez · 1916

1915

Princess Romanoff

Princess Fedora Romanoff · 1915

Kreutzer Sonata

Miriam Friedlander · 1915

⭐ 2.7

1913

The Count of Monte Cristo

Mercedes · 1913

⭐ 4.0

Frequently appears with

Ann Harding

Olivia Van Tyne Allen Ott

Laurence Olivier

Nicholas 'Nick' Allen

Zasu Pitts

Mrs. Truesdale

Irving Pichel

Harry Ottendorf

Juliette Compton

Henrietta, Olivia's Cousi

Richard Dix

Lewis Dumont

Shirley Grey

Edith Varney

Gavin Gordon

Arlesford

Clarence Muse

Jonas Polk

William Post Jr.

Henry Dumont

Full filmography

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A Criminal at Large

1939

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False Faces

1932 ⭐ 4.4

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Westward Passage

1932 ⭐ 6.3

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Secret Service

1931 ⭐ 6.7

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Their Mad Moment

1931 ⭐ 7.5

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A Woman of Experience

1931 ⭐ 6.2

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Transgression

1931 ⭐ 4.3

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The Good Bad Girl

1931 ⭐ 6.5

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Resurrection

1931 ⭐ 6.5

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Cimarron

1931 ⭐ 5.6

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The Royal Bed

1931 ⭐ 4.3

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The Eyes of the World

1930 ⭐ 9.0

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Call of the Flesh

1930 ⭐ 5.7

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The Florodora Girl

1930 ⭐ 5.5

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The Lady of Scandal

1930 ⭐ 5.5

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Ladies of Leisure

1930 ⭐ 6.2

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The Rogue Song

1930 ⭐ 6.5

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His Glorious Night

1929 ⭐ 8.0

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The Fall of the Romanoffs

1918

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Hedda Gabler

1917 ⭐ 10.0