Nance ONeil, 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. ONeils 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.
Myra Willard
Film 1930
Felice Venable
Film 1931
Czarina Alexandra
Film 1918
Mrs. Strong
Film 1930
Film 1917
Alma
Film 1917
Mrs. Balfame
Film 1917
Mrs. Varney
Film 1931
Lady Trench
Film 1930
Mrs. Henderson
Film 1931
Mother Superior
Film 1930
Mrs. Vibart
Film 1930
Sarah Maitland
Film 1916
Eugenie
Film 1929
Princess Alexandra
Film 1930
Mrs. Finn
Film 1932
Mercedes
Film 1913
Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
Film 1932
Countess Runyi
Film 1931
Zora Fernandez
Film 1916
Grand Mere
Film 1931
Martha, the Queen
Film 1931
Princess Marya
Film 1931
Lady Lebanon
Film 1939
Film 1917
Miriam Friedlander
Film 1915