Nance O'Neil
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
29 titles
Cimarron
The Lady of Scandal
Ladies of Leisure
Transgression
Secret Service
A Woman of Experience
Kreutzer Sonata
False Faces
Resurrection
Westward Passage
The Good Bad Girl
The Royal Bed
Call of the Flesh
The Eyes of the World
The Witch
The Florodora Girl
The Rogue Song
His Glorious Night
The Count of Monte Cristo
Hedda Gabler
Their Mad Moment
The Seventh Sin
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
A Criminal at Large
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