Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Quirentia Nilsson was a Swedish-born actress who achieved success in American silent movies. Starring in some 200 feature films. The first Swedish actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1905, she had earned enough for a ticket across the Atlantic. In New York she was discovered on a thriving avenue by the famous portrait painter James Carroll Beckwith and soon she was New York's highest paid model model. In 1907 she was named America's most beautiful woman and became a model for the 1910s beauty ideal, The Gibson Girl Look.
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- Born:
- Mar 30, 1888 In Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 81
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Darling of the CSA 1912-09-06
- Latest Project:
- Movie Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954-07-22
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Mrs. Elcott (uncredited) | 1954-07-22 |
| Movie | The Great Diamond Robbery | Nurse (uncredited) | 1954-01-29 |
| Movie | Show Boat | Seamstress (uncredited) | 1951-07-19 |
| Movie | Grounds for Marriage | Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited) | 1951-01-12 |
| Movie | An American in Paris | Kay Jansen (uncredited) | 1951-09-26 |
| Movie | The Unknown Man | 1951-11-09 | |
| Movie | Sunset Boulevard | Anna Q. Nilsson | 1950-08-10 |
| Movie | In the Good Old Summertime | Woman with Harp (uncredited) | 1949-07-29 |
| Movie | Adam's Rib | Mrs. Poynter (uncredited) | 1949-11-18 |
| Movie | Fighting Father Dunne | Mrs. Olaf Knudson | 1948-05-12 |
| Movie | Every Girl Should Be Married | Saleslady | 1948-12-25 |
| Movie | The Farmer's Daughter | Mrs. Holstrom | 1947-03-26 |
| Movie | Cynthia | Miss Brady, English Teacher | 1947-08-29 |
| Movie | The Secret Heart | Dr. Rossiger's Secretary | 1946-12-25 |
| Movie | Headin' for God's Country | Mrs. Nilsson | 1943-08-26 |
| Movie | Cry 'Havoc' | Nurse (uncredited) | 1943-11-23 |
| Movie | The Great Man's Lady | Paula Wales | 1942-04-15 |
| Movie | Girls' Town | Mother Lorraine | 1942-03-06 |
| Movie | I Live on Danger | Mrs. Sherman | 1942-06-16 |
| Movie | Crossroads | Madame Deval (uncredited) | 1942-07-23 |
| Movie | Riders of the Timberline | Donna Ryan | 1941-09-17 |
| Movie | They Died with Their Boots On | Mrs. Taipe (uncredited) | 1941-11-20 |
| Movie | Prison Farm | Matron Ames | 1938-06-17 |
| Movie | Behind the Criminal | Madge | 1937-10-30 |
| Movie | Wanderer of the Wasteland | Mrs. Virey | 1935-09-09 |
| Movie | The Little Minister | Villager | 1934-12-28 |
| Movie | The World Changes | Mrs. Peterson | 1933-11-25 |
| Movie | Blockade | Bess | 1928-12-16 |
| Movie | The Masked Woman | Diane Delatour | 1927-01-16 |
| Movie | Easy Pickings | Mary Ryan | 1927-02-20 |
| Movie | Sorrell and Son | Dora Sorrell | 1927-12-02 |
| Movie | Babe Comes Home | Vernie | 1927-05-22 |
| Movie | Lonesome Ladies | Polly Fosdick | 1927-07-03 |
| Movie | Too Much Money | Annabel Broadley | 1926-01-03 |
| Movie | The Greater Glory | Fanny | 1926-05-02 |
| Movie | Midnight Lovers | Diana Fothergill | 1926-10-25 |
| Movie | Miss Nobody | Barbara Brown | 1926-06-27 |
| Movie | Winds of Chance | Countess Courteau | 1925-08-15 |
| Movie | Broadway After Dark | Helen Tremaine | 1924-05-19 |
| Movie | Painted People | Leslie Carter | 1924-01-28 |
| Movie | The Fire Patrol | Mary Ferguson | 1924-08-14 |
| Movie | Hello, 'Frisco | Anna Q. Nilsson | 1924-09-28 |
| Movie | Inez from Hollywood | Inez Laranetta | 1924-12-14 |
| Movie | The Isle of Lost Ships | Dorothy Fairfax | 1923-03-17 |
| Movie | Souls for Sale | Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited) | 1923-04-22 |
| Movie | Adam's Rib | Mrs. Michael Ramsay | 1923-09-24 |
| Movie | Hollywood | Anna Q. Nilsson | 1923-08-19 |
| Movie | Ponjola | Lady Flavia Desmond | 1923-10-28 |
| Movie | Three Live Ghosts | Ivis | 1922-01-01 |
| Movie | The Man From Home | Genevieve Granger-Simpson | 1922-04-30 |
| Movie | A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922-07-10 |
| Movie | The People of Värmland | 1921-10-23 | |
| Movie | Without Limit | Ember Edwards | 1921-03-20 |
| Movie | The Lotus Eater | Madge Vance | 1921-11-27 |
| Movie | The Toll Gate | Mary Brown | 1920-04-15 |
| Movie | The Fighting Chance | Sylvia Landis | 1920-08-01 |
| Movie | Venus in the East | Mrs. Pat Dyvenot | 1919-01-26 |
| Movie | The Love Burglar | Joan Gray | 1919-07-13 |
| Movie | Cheating Cheaters | Grace Palmer | 1919-01-26 |
| Movie | A Sporting Chance | Pamela Brent | 1919-07-13 |
| Movie | Her Kingdom of Dreams | Carlotta Stanmore | 1919-09-21 |
| Movie | Heart of the Sunset | 1918-03-01 | |
| Movie | The Trail To Yesterday | 1918-05-06 | |
| Movie | Vanity Pool | Carol Harper | 1918-12-07 |
| Movie | No Man's Land | Katherine Gresham | 1918-07-08 |
| Movie | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Mary Norton | 1917-10-16 |
| Movie | The Tight Rein | Amy | 1916-05-14 |
| Movie | Her Surrender | 1916-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Supreme Sacrifice | Helen Chambers | 1916-03-20 |
| Movie | The Siren's Reign | Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman | 1915-04-02 |
| Movie | The Destroyer | Helen Vedrine | 1915-04-30 |
| Movie | The Night Operator at Buxton | Helen | 1915-03-13 |
| Movie | The Regeneration | Marie Deering | 1915-09-12 |
| Movie | A Sister's Burden | Ida - Nathanial's Wife | 1915-05-10 |
| Movie | The Haunting Fear | Diana - an Adventuress | 1915-06-11 |
| Movie | Shenandoah | Gertrude Illingham | 1913-07-04 |
| Movie | A Mississippi Tragedy | Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter | 1913-04-05 |
| Movie | The Fatal Legacy | Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife | 1913-09-10 |
| Movie | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Eliza - a Runaway Slave | 1913-12-17 |
| Movie | The Darling of the CSA | Agnes Lane | 1912-09-06 |
| Movie | The Confederate Ironclad | Elinor | 1912-10-04 |