
Anna Q. Nilsson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 30, 1888
- Died
- February 11, 1974 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Movie · as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)

The Great Diamond Robbery
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

The Unknown Man
Movie · as (uncredited)

Grounds for Marriage
Movie · as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)

Show Boat
Movie · as Seamstress (uncredited)

An American in Paris
Movie · as Kay Jansen (uncredited)

Sunset Boulevard
Movie · as Anna Q. Nilsson

In the Good Old Summertime
Movie · as Woman with Harp (uncredited)

Adam's Rib
Movie · as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)

Fighting Father Dunne
Movie · as Mrs. Olaf Knudson

Every Girl Should Be Married
Movie · as Saleslady

The Boy with Green Hair
Movie

Cynthia
Movie · as Miss Brady, English Teacher

It Had to Be You
Movie · as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)

The Farmer's Daughter
Movie · as Mrs. Holstrom

The Secret Heart
Movie · as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary

Cry 'Havoc'
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

Headin' for God's Country
Movie · as Mrs. Nilsson

I Live on Danger
Movie · as Mrs. Sherman

Girls' Town
Movie · as Mother Lorraine

Crossroads
Movie · as Madame Deval (uncredited)

Riders of the Timberline
Movie · as Donna Ryan

They Died with Their Boots On
Movie · as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)

The Great Man's Lady
Movie · as Paula Wales

Prison Farm
Movie · as Matron Ames

Behind the Criminal
Movie · as Madge

Wanderer of the Wasteland
Movie · as Mrs. Virey

The Little Minister
Movie · as Villager

School for Girls
Movie · as Dr. Anne Galvin

The World Changes
Movie · as Mrs. Peterson
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
Movie · as Self

Blockade
Movie · as Bess

The Whip
Movie · as Iris d'Aquila

Sorrell and Son
Movie · as Dora Sorrell
Easy Pickings
Movie · as Mary Ryan

Lonesome Ladies
Movie · as Polly Fosdick

Babe Comes Home
Movie · as Vernie

The Masked Woman
Movie · as Diane Delatour

The 13th Juror
Movie · as Helen Marsden

Midnight Lovers
Movie · as Diana Fothergill

Miss Nobody
Movie · as Barbara Brown

The Greater Glory
Movie · as Fanny

Too Much Money
Movie · as Annabel Broadley

If I Marry Again
Movie · as Alicia Wingate

The Splendid Road
Movie · as Sandra De Hault

Winds of Chance
Movie · as Countess Courteau

The Talker
Movie · as Kate Lennox

One Way Street
Movie · as Lady Sylvia Hutton

Flowing Gold
Movie · as Allegheny Briskow

Broadway After Dark
Movie · as Helen Tremaine

The Fire Patrol
Movie · as Mary Ferguson

Painted People
Movie · as Leslie Carter
Hello, 'Frisco
Movie · as Anna Q. Nilsson

The Side Show of Life
Movie · as Lady Auriol Dayne

Inez from Hollywood
Movie · as Inez Laranetta

Vanity's Price
Movie · as Vanna du Maurier

Between Friends
Movie · as Jessica Drene

The Breath of Scandal
Movie · as Anna

Half-a-Dollar Bill
Movie · as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber

Enemies of Children
Movie · as Patricia - Patsy as an adult

Hollywood
Movie · as Anna Q. Nilsson

Souls for Sale
Movie · as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)

Ponjola
Movie · as Lady Flavia Desmond

Adam's Rib
Movie · as Mrs. Michael Ramsay

The Isle of Lost Ships
Movie · as Dorothy Fairfax

The Spoilers
Movie · as Cherry Malotte

The Rustle of Silk
Movie · as Lady Feo

Thundering Dawn
Movie · as Mary Rogers

Hearts Aflame
Movie · as Helen Foraker

A Trip to Paramountown
Movie · as Self

The Man From Home
Movie · as Genevieve Granger-Simpson

Three Live Ghosts
Movie · as Ivis

Pink Gods
Movie · as Lady Margot Cork

The Lotus Eater
Movie · as Madge Vance

The People of Värmland
Movie · as Anna

Without Limit
Movie · as Ember Edwards

Why Girls Leave Home
Movie · as Anna Hedder

Ten Nights in a Bar Room
Movie

What Women Will Do
Movie · as Lily Gibbs

One Hour Before Dawn
Movie · as Ellen Aldrich

The Fighting Chance
Movie · as Sylvia Landis

In the Heart of a Fool
Movie · as Margaret Muller

The Luck of the Irish
Movie · as Ruth Warren

The 13th Commandment
Movie · as Leila Kip

The Toll Gate
Movie · as Mary Brown

The Brute Master
Movie · as Madeline Grey

The Figurehead
Movie · as Mary Forbes

Cheating Cheaters
Movie · as Grace Palmer

The Love Burglar
Movie · as Joan Gray

Soldiers of Fortune
Movie · as Alice Langham

Auction of Souls
Movie · as Edith Graham

Venus in the East
Movie · as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot

Her Kingdom of Dreams
Movie · as Carlotta Stanmore

A Sporting Chance
Movie · as Pamela Brent

The Way of the Strong
Movie · as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton

A Very Good Young Man
Movie · as Viva Bacchus
In Judgment of...
Movie · as Mary Manners

No Man's Land
Movie · as Katherine Gresham

The Trail To Yesterday
Movie

Vanity Pool
Movie · as Carol Harper

Heart of the Sunset
Movie · as Alaire Austin

Seven Keys to Baldpate
Movie · as Mary Norton

The Inevitable
Movie · as Florence Grey

Over There
Movie · as Bettie Adams

The Moral Code
Movie · as Jean Hyland

Infidelity
Movie · as Elaine Bernard

Sold Out
Movie · as Leila Austin

The Supreme Sacrifice
Movie · as Helen Chambers
The Tight Rein
Movie · as Amy

Her Surrender
Movie · as Rhoda Courtlandt

The Scarlet Road
Movie · as Betty Belgrave

The Siren's Reign
Movie · as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman

The Destroyer
Movie · as Helen Vedrine

A Sister's Burden
Movie · as Ida - Nathanial's Wife

The Haunting Fear
Movie · as Diana - an Adventuress

The Night Operator at Buxton
Movie · as Helen

The Regeneration
Movie · as Marie Deering

Barbara Frietchie
Movie · as Sue Negly

Regeneration
Movie · as Katherine Williams

Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
Movie · as Mignon Mars

Shenandoah
Movie · as Gertrude Illingham

The Fatal Legacy
Movie · as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife

A Mississippi Tragedy
Movie · as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie · as Eliza - a Runaway Slave

The Darling of the CSA
Movie · as Agnes Lane

The Confederate Ironclad
Movie · as Elinor

The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
Movie · as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher




