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:
- 89
- 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 | Grounds for Marriage | Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited) | 1951-01-12 |
| Movie | Show Boat | Seamstress (uncredited) | 1951-07-19 |
| Movie | The Unknown Man | 1951-11-09 | |
| Movie | An American in Paris | Kay Jansen (uncredited) | 1951-09-26 |
| 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 | It Had to Be You | Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited) | 1947-12-07 |
| 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 | Girls' Town | Mother Lorraine | 1942-03-06 |
| Movie | The Great Man's Lady | Paula Wales | 1942-04-15 |
| 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 | School for Girls | Dr. Anne Galvin | 1934-03-22 |
| 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 | Babe Comes Home | Vernie | 1927-05-22 |
| Movie | Easy Pickings | Mary Ryan | 1927-02-20 |
| Movie | Sorrell and Son | Dora Sorrell | 1927-12-02 |
| Movie | Lonesome Ladies | Polly Fosdick | 1927-07-03 |
| Movie | The Greater Glory | Fanny | 1926-05-02 |
| Movie | Too Much Money | Annabel Broadley | 1926-01-03 |
| Movie | Miss Nobody | Barbara Brown | 1926-06-27 |
| Movie | Midnight Lovers | Diana Fothergill | 1926-10-25 |
| Movie | The Talker | Kate Lennox | 1925-05-24 |
| Movie | Winds of Chance | Countess Courteau | 1925-08-15 |
| Movie | The Splendid Road | Sandra De Hault | 1925-12-06 |
| Movie | Broadway After Dark | Helen Tremaine | 1924-05-19 |
| Movie | Painted People | Leslie Carter | 1924-01-28 |
| Movie | Flowing Gold | Allegheny Briskow | 1924-03-01 |
| Movie | The Fire Patrol | Mary Ferguson | 1924-08-14 |
| Movie | Inez from Hollywood | Inez Laranetta | 1924-12-14 |
| Movie | Hello, 'Frisco | Anna Q. Nilsson | 1924-09-28 |
| Movie | Souls for Sale | Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited) | 1923-04-22 |
| Movie | The Isle of Lost Ships | Dorothy Fairfax | 1923-03-17 |
| Movie | Hollywood | Anna Q. Nilsson | 1923-08-19 |
| Movie | Adam's Rib | Mrs. Michael Ramsay | 1923-09-24 |
| Movie | Thundering Dawn | Mary Rogers | 1923-11-05 |
| Movie | Ponjola | Lady Flavia Desmond | 1923-10-28 |
| Movie | The Man From Home | Genevieve Granger-Simpson | 1922-04-30 |
| Movie | Three Live Ghosts | Ivis | 1922-01-01 |
| 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 13th Commandment | 1920-01-17 | |
| Movie | The Luck of the Irish | Ruth Warren | 1920-01-05 |
| Movie | The Toll Gate | Mary Brown | 1920-04-15 |
| Movie | The Fighting Chance | Sylvia Landis | 1920-08-01 |
| Movie | One Hour Before Dawn | 1920-07-11 | |
| Movie | In the Heart of a Fool | Margaret Muller | 1920-10-01 |
| Movie | Venus in the East | Mrs. Pat Dyvenot | 1919-01-26 |
| Movie | Cheating Cheaters | Grace Palmer | 1919-01-26 |
| Movie | A Sporting Chance | Pamela Brent | 1919-07-13 |
| Movie | The Love Burglar | Joan Gray | 1919-07-13 |
| Movie | Her Kingdom of Dreams | Carlotta Stanmore | 1919-09-21 |
| 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 | The Supreme Sacrifice | Helen Chambers | 1916-03-20 |
| Movie | The Siren's Reign | Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman | 1915-04-02 |
| Movie | The Night Operator at Buxton | Helen | 1915-03-13 |
| Movie | The Destroyer | Helen Vedrine | 1915-04-30 |
| Movie | The Haunting Fear | Diana - an Adventuress | 1915-06-11 |
| Movie | A Sister's Burden | Ida - Nathanial's Wife | 1915-05-10 |
| Movie | The Regeneration | Marie Deering | 1915-09-12 |
| 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 |