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".
The Eyes of the World
(Myra Willard)
Cimarron
(Felice Venable)
The Fall of the Romanoffs
(Czarina Alexandra)
Ladies of Leisure
(Mrs. Strong)
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
The Seventh Sin
(Alma)
Mrs. Balfame
(Mrs. Balfame)
Secret Service
(Mrs. Varney)
The Lady of Scandal
(Lady Trench)
The Good Bad Girl
(Mrs. Henderson)
Call of the Flesh
(Mother Superior)
The Florodora Girl
(Mrs. Vibart)
Transgression
(Honora 'Nora' Maury)
The Iron Woman
(Sarah Maitland)
His Glorious Night
(Eugenie)
The Rogue Song
(Princess Alexandra)
False Faces
(Mrs. Finn)
The Count of Monte Cristo
(Mercedes)
Westward Passage
(Mrs. von Stael (uncredited))
A Woman of Experience
(Countess Runyi)
The Witch
(Zora Fernandez)
Their Mad Moment
(Grand Mere)
The Royal Bed
(Martha, the Queen)
Resurrection
(Princess Marya)
A Criminal at Large
(Lady Lebanon)
Hedda Gabler
Kreutzer Sonata
(Miriam Friedlander)