{{Short description|British actress (1907–1995)}} {{For|the American actress|Nance O'Neil}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox person | image = Actress_Nancy_O'Neil.jpg | image_size = | caption = ''Picturegoer'' postcard | name = Nancy O'Neil | birth_date = 25 August 1907 | birth_place = Sydney <br /> Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|5 March 1995|25 August 1907}} | death_place = London <br /> United Kingdom | alma_mater = RADA | other_names = Nancy Smith | occupation = Film actress <br /> Stage actress | years_active = 1934–1962 (film) | spouse = Dermot Trench<br /><small>(m.1938–1984; his death)</small> | children = 2 }} '''Nancy O'Neil''' (born '''Nancy Muriel Smith'''; 25 August 1907<ref>{{cite web|author=Heathcote Pursuit |url=https://forgottenaustralianactresses.com/2020/11/06/nancy-oneil-1907-1995/ |title=Nancy O'Neil (1907–1995) – Forgotten Australian Actors |publisher=Forgottenaustralianactresses.com |date=2020-11-06 |accessdate=2022-03-25}}</ref> – 5 March 1995) was an Australian-born British actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f74da5e|title=Nancy O'Neil|publisher=British Film Institute|accessdate=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003190955/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f74da5e|archive-date=3 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-nancy-oneil-1611566.html|title=OBITUARY: Nancy O'Neil|website=The Independent|location=London|date=17 March 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243249250|title=OSCAR ASCHE AS MOVIE DIRECTOR|newspaper=The Herald|issue=17,761|location=Victoria, Australia|date=19 April 1934|accessdate=24 April 2018|page=30|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Partial filmography== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1934 |''Jack Ahoy'' |Patricia Fraser | |- |1934 |''The Secret of the Loch'' |Angela Heggie | |- |1934 |''Sometimes Good'' |Millie Tarrant | |- |1934 |''Something Always Happens'' |Cynthia Hatch | |- |1934 |''Crazy People'' |Nanda Macdonald | |- |1935 |''Brewster's Millions'' |Cynthia | |- |1935 |''Hello, Sweetheart'' |Helen Taylor | |- |1935 |''Butter and Egg Man'' | | |- |1936 |''Twelve Good Men'' |Ann | |- |1936 |''The Brown Wallet'' |Eleanor | |- |1936 |''Educated Evans'' |Mary | |- |1936 |''Head Office'' |Margaret | |- |1937 |''Fifty-Shilling Boxer'' |Moira Regan | |- |1937 |''The Angelus'' |June Rowland | |- |1937 |''There Was a Young Man'' |Barbara Blake | |- |1937 |''East of Ludgate Hill'' | | |- |1938 |''Darts Are Trumps'' |Mary Drake | |- |1940 | ''Garrison Follies'' |Sally Richards | |- |1943 |''Somewhere in Civvies'' |Mary Randle | |- |1943 |''Headline'' |Molly Dean | |- |1949 |''Once a Jolly Swagman'' |2nd Secretary |Uncredited |- |1953 |''The Titfield Thunderbolt'' |Mrs. Blakeworth | |- |1962 |''Solo for Sparrow'' |Miss Martin |Final film role |}
==Bibliography== * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' film''. British Film Institute, 2007. {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0642043}} * [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-nancy-oneil-1611566.html Nancy O'Neil Obituary in ''The Independent'']
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