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Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Gertrude Lamson, known professionally as Nance O'Neil or Nancy O'Neil, was an American stage and film actress who performed in plays in various theatres around the world but worked predominantly in the United States between the 1890s and 1930s. At the height of her career, she was promoted on theatre bills and in period trade publications and newspapers as the "American Bernhardt".

American - Actress | October 8, 1874 - February 7, 1965

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An actress must be a woman whose emotional perceptions are true, and to make them so, she must have a fine contempt for any art or thought that betrays them for something false.

Nance O'Neil

Tradition has made women cowardly.

Nance O'Neil

... actresses require protection in their art from blind abuse, from savage criticism. Their work is their religion, if they are seeking the best in their art, and to abuse that faith is to rob them, to dishonor them.

Nance O'Neil

Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Nance O'Neil

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