Nance O'Neil

Known for

Acting

Born

Oct 6, 1874

Died

Feb 7, 1965

From

Oakland, 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".

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Cimarron

19315.5out of 10

Ladies of Leisure

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The Royal Bed

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The Lady of Scandal

19305.5out of 10

The Florodora Girl

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Transgression

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The Rogue Song

19306.5out of 10

Westward Passage

19326.3out of 10

False Faces

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A Woman of Experience

19316.2out of 10

The Good Bad Girl

19316.5out of 10

The Count of Monte Cristo

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Secret Service

19316.7out of 10

Call of the Flesh

19305.7out of 10

Kreutzer Sonata

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His Glorious Night

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Their Mad Moment

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Resurrection

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