Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting
Born: 1888-03-30 in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
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.
Known For
Sunset Boulevard
Anna Q. Nilsson
An American in Paris
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott
Adam's Rib
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Show Boat
Seamstress (uncredited)
Painted People
Leslie Carter
The Boy with Green Hair
Without Limit
Ember Edwards
Half-a-Dollar Bill
The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
The Figurehead
Mary Forbes
In the Good Old Summertime
Woman with Harp (uncredited)
The Little Minister
Villager
The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Holstrom
Every Girl Should Be Married
Saleslady
The Secret Heart
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Her Surrender
Rhoda Courtlandt
The Splendid Road
Sandra De Hault
Cry 'Havoc'
Nurse (uncredited)
The Great Diamond Robbery
Nurse (uncredited)
Vanity Pool
Carol Harper
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Mrs. Virey
The Inevitable
Florence Grey
Prison Farm
Matron Ames
It Had to Be You
Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
Infidelity
Elaine Bernard
Cynthia
Miss Brady, English Teacher
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
The 13th Commandment
Leila Kip
Fighting Father Dunne
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
Crossroads
Madame Deval (uncredited)
Blockade
Bess
Auction of Souls
Edith Graham
Hollywood
Anna Q. Nilsson
Cheating Cheaters
Grace Palmer
One Way Street
Lady Sylvia Hutton
The Greater Glory
Fanny