Anna Q. Nilsson
Born in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden — Mar 30 1888• Died Feb 11 1974
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Biography
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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Anna Q. Nilsson's Credits
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Sunset Boulevard
Anna Q. Nilsson
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
An American in Paris
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
Show Boat
Seamstress (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime
Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Prison Farm
Matron Ames
The Unknown Man
(uncredited)
Cry 'Havoc'
Nurse (uncredited)
Crossroads
Madame Deval (uncredited)
Hollywood
Anna Q. Nilsson
The World Changes
Mrs. Peterson
The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Holstrom
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
School for Girls
Dr. Anne Galvin
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Mrs. Virey
The Great Man's Lady
Paula Wales
Girls' Town
Mother Lorraine
Painted People
Leslie Carter
Every Girl Should Be Married
Saleslady
The Great Diamond Robbery
Nurse (uncredited)
I Live on Danger
Mrs. Sherman
It Had to Be You
Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
Inez from Hollywood
Inez Laranetta
The Little Minister
Villager
Grounds for Marriage
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
A Trip to Paramountown
Self
Sorrell and Son
Dora Sorrell
Vanity's Price
Vanna du Maurier
Hello, 'Frisco
Anna Q. Nilsson
The Splendid Road
Sandra De Hault
Headin' for God's Country
Mrs. Nilsson
Blockade
Bess
The Greater Glory
Fanny
One Hour Before Dawn
Ellen Aldrich
Regeneration
Katherine Williams
Cynthia
Miss Brady, English Teacher
Thundering Dawn
Mary Rogers
Pink Gods
Lady Margot Cork
Adam's Rib
Mrs. Michael Ramsay
Easy Pickings
Mary Ryan
Enemies of Children
Patricia - Patsy as an adult
The Secret Heart
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Riders of the Timberline
Donna Ryan
Hearts Aflame
Helen Foraker
Infidelity
Elaine Bernard
The Talker
Kate Lennox
Fighting Father Dunne
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
Broadway After Dark
Helen Tremaine
Too Much Money
Annabel Broadley
The 13th Commandment
Leila Kip
Heart of the Sunset
Alaire Austin
The Whip
Iris d'Aquila
Her Kingdom of Dreams
Carlotta Stanmore
The Love Burglar
Joan Gray
The Spoilers
Cherry Malotte
Miss Nobody
Barbara Brown
The Tight Rein
Amy
Midnight Lovers
Diana Fothergill
The Luck of the Irish
Ruth Warren
A Sister's Burden
Ida - Nathanial's Wife
Why Girls Leave Home
Anna Hedder
Her Surrender
Rhoda Courtlandt
The Man From Home
Genevieve Granger-Simpson
The Rustle of Silk
Lady Feo
Winds of Chance
Countess Courteau
Flowing Gold
Allegheny Briskow
Soldiers of Fortune
Alice Langham
The Lotus Eater
Madge Vance
Three Live Ghosts
Ivis
If I Marry Again
Alicia Wingate
Between Friends
Jessica Drene
The Night Operator at Buxton
Helen
The Masked Woman
Diane Delatour
Auction of Souls
The Siren's Reign
Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
Venus in the East
Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
The Supreme Sacrifice
Helen Chambers
Shenandoah
Gertrude Illingham
The Regeneration
Marie Deering
The 13th Juror
Helen Marsden
The Darling of the CSA
Agnes Lane
Without Limit
Ember Edwards
A Very Good Young Man
Viva Bacchus
Half-a-Dollar Bill
The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
Babe Comes Home
Vernie
Sold Out
Leila Austin
Vanity Pool
Carol Harper
A Mississippi Tragedy
Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
The Fire Patrol
Mary Ferguson
The Fatal Legacy
Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
Cheating Cheaters
Grace Palmer
The Haunting Fear
Diana - an Adventuress
Over There
Bettie Adams
The Breath of Scandal
A Sporting Chance
Pamela Brent
The Side Show of Life
Lady Auriol Dayne
No Man's Land
Katherine Gresham
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
Self
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Eliza - a Runaway Slave
Behind the Criminal
Madge
One Way Street
Lady Sylvia Hutton
Ponjola
Lady Flavia Desmond
In the Heart of a Fool
Margaret Muller
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
In Judgment of...
Mary Manners
The Toll Gate
Mary Brown
The Fighting Chance
Sylvia Landis
Lonesome Ladies
Polly Fosdick
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Mary Norton
The Isle of Lost Ships
Dorothy Fairfax
What Women Will Do
The Scarlet Road
Betty Belgrave
The Figurehead
Mary Forbes
The Moral Code
Jean Hyland
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
The Brute Master
Madeline Grey
The Inevitable
Florence Grey
The Way of the Strong
Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
The Confederate Ironclad
Elinor
The Destroyer
Helen Vedrine
The People of Värmland
The Trail To Yesterday
Barbara Frietchie
Sue Negly
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
Mignon Mars