Nance O'Neil
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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".
Nance O'Neil
Acting
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".
Cimarron
Ladies of Leisure
Transgression
Westward Passage
Resurrection
Kreutzer Sonata
The Florodora Girl
The Royal Bed
The Rogue Song
A Woman of Experience
His Glorious Night
False Faces
Their Mad Moment
The Lady of Scandal
The Witch
A Criminal at Large
The Fall of the Romanoffs
The Eyes of the World
Mrs. Balfame
Princess Romanoff
The Good Bad Girl
The Seventh Sin
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
Call of the Flesh