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. 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:
- 96
- 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 | I Live on Danger | Mrs. Sherman | 1942-06-16 |
| Movie | Crossroads | Madame Deval (uncredited) | 1942-07-23 |
| Movie | The Great Man's Lady | Paula Wales | 1941-10-31 |
| 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 | The Whip | Iris d'Aquila | 1928-09-16 |
| Movie | Blockade | Bess | 1928-12-16 |
| Movie | The Masked Woman | Diane Delatour | 1927-01-16 |
| Movie | Easy Pickings | Mary Ryan | 1927-02-20 |
| Movie | Babe Comes Home | Vernie | 1927-05-22 |
| 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 | Midnight Lovers | Diana Fothergill | 1926-10-25 |
| Movie | Miss Nobody | Barbara Brown | 1926-06-27 |
| Movie | The Talker | Kate Lennox | 1925-05-24 |
| 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 Side Show of Life | Lady Auriol Dayne | 1924-07-21 |
| Movie | Flowing Gold | Allegheny Briskow | 1924-03-01 |
| Movie | Inez from Hollywood | Inez Laranetta | 1924-12-14 |
| Movie | The Fire Patrol | Mary Ferguson | 1924-08-14 |
| Movie | Hello, 'Frisco | Anna Q. Nilsson | 1924-09-28 |
| Movie | The Rustle of Silk | Lady Feo | 1923-05-13 |
| 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 | Ponjola | Lady Flavia Desmond | 1923-10-28 |
| Movie | The Spoilers | Cherry Malotte | 1923-08-26 |
| Movie | Thundering Dawn | Mary Rogers | 1923-11-05 |
| Movie | Three Live Ghosts | Ivis | 1922-01-01 |
| Movie | A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922-07-10 |
| Movie | The Man From Home | Genevieve Granger-Simpson | 1922-04-30 |
| Movie | Without Limit | Ember Edwards | 1921-03-20 |
| Movie | The People of Värmland | 1921-10-23 | |
| Movie | The Lotus Eater | Madge Vance | 1921-11-27 |
| Movie | The 13th Commandment | 1920-01-17 | |
| Movie | The Toll Gate | Mary Brown | 1920-04-15 |
| Movie | The Fighting Chance | Sylvia Landis | 1920-08-01 |
| Movie | One Hour Before Dawn | Ellen Aldrich | 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 | The Love Burglar | Joan Gray | 1919-07-13 |
| 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 | The Inevitable | Florence Grey | 1917-04-05 |
| Movie | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Mary Norton | 1917-10-16 |
| Movie | Her Surrender | Rhoda Courtlandt | 1916-01-01 |
| Movie | The Supreme Sacrifice | Helen Chambers | 1916-03-20 |
| Movie | The Tight Rein | Amy | 1916-05-14 |
| Movie | Sold Out | Leila Austin | 1916-06-05 |
| 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 Regeneration | Marie Deering | 1915-09-12 |
| Movie | The Haunting Fear | Diana - an Adventuress | 1915-06-11 |
| Movie | A Sister's Burden | Ida - Nathanial's Wife | 1915-05-10 |
| Movie | Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec | Mignon Mars | 1914-05-25 |
| 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 |