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".
Ladies of Leisure
as Mrs. StrongKay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a...
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Cimarron
as Felice VenableWhen the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat...
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The Royal Bed
as Martha, the QueenThe hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who...
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The Rogue Song
as Princess AlexandraIn czarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a...
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The Florodora Girl
as Mrs. VibartA chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she...
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The Lady of Scandal
as Lady TrenchA famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family,...
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Transgression
as Honora 'Nora' MauryWhen British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his...
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Westward Passage
as Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet...
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False Faces
as Mrs. FinnThe philandering Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital and given 24...
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The Count of Monte Cristo
as MercedesA French sailor, imprisoned for years on false charges of conpiring against the king, escapes...
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Call of the Flesh
as Mother SuperiorA postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.
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A Woman of Experience
as Countess RunyiIt is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute,...
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The Fall of the Romanoffs
as Czarina AlexandraThe overthrow of Czar Nicholas II in Russia was such big news that the then-fledgling art of...
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His Glorious Night
as EugenieBeing engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in...
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The Good Bad Girl
as Mrs. HendersonA woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding...
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A Criminal at Large
as Lady LebanonAt Marks Priory, Lady Lebanon is eager for her son, Lord William Lebanon, to marry Isla Crane,...
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Secret Service
as Mrs. VarneyIn 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be...
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The Seventh Sin
as AlmaThis story of gluttony was the final installment in the seven films based on the Seven Deadly...
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Their Mad Moment
as Grand MereDorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She...
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The Eyes of the World
as Myra WillardThe Eyes of the World is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry King and written...
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Kreutzer Sonata
as Miriam FriedlanderBased -- loosely -- on Leo Tolstoy, this film starred feted stage star Nance O'Neil but is...
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Resurrection
as Princess MaryaKatusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself,...
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The Witch
as Zora FernandezA young woman uses her hypnotic powers to destroy the potential marriage of her crush.
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Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
as uncreditedEve Leslie and Adam Moore become interested in the stock market. Eve decides to try to add to...
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