Today is the birthday of Nance O’Neil (Gertrude Lamson, 1874-1965). O’Neil was a major stage and screen star of her day, called “the American Bernhardt“, managed by McKee Rankin, she toured Australia, the British Isles and the whole of continental America, in addition to Broadway, playing the leads in such plays as Camille, Hedda Gabler, […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:20AM on October 8, 2015