Anna Q. Nilsson

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.

Known For

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Filmography

1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers poster

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Movie · as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)

1954
The Great Diamond Robbery poster

The Great Diamond Robbery

Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

1951
The Unknown Man poster

The Unknown Man

Movie · as (uncredited)

1951
Grounds for Marriage poster

Grounds for Marriage

Movie · as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)

1951
Show Boat poster

Show Boat

Movie · as Seamstress (uncredited)

1951
An American in Paris poster

An American in Paris

Movie · as Kay Jansen (uncredited)

1950
Sunset Boulevard poster

Sunset Boulevard

Movie · as Anna Q. Nilsson

1949
In the Good Old Summertime poster

In the Good Old Summertime

Movie · as Woman with Harp (uncredited)

1949
Adam's Rib poster

Adam's Rib

Movie · as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)

1948
Fighting Father Dunne poster

Fighting Father Dunne

Movie · as Mrs. Olaf Knudson

1948
Every Girl Should Be Married poster

Every Girl Should Be Married

Movie · as Saleslady

1948
The Boy with Green Hair poster

The Boy with Green Hair

Movie

1947
Cynthia poster

Cynthia

Movie · as Miss Brady, English Teacher

1947
It Had to Be You poster

It Had to Be You

Movie · as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)

1947
The Farmer's Daughter poster

The Farmer's Daughter

Movie · as Mrs. Holstrom

1946
The Secret Heart poster

The Secret Heart

Movie · as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary

1943
Cry 'Havoc' poster

Cry 'Havoc'

Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

1943
Headin' for God's Country poster

Headin' for God's Country

Movie · as Mrs. Nilsson

1942
I Live on Danger poster

I Live on Danger

Movie · as Mrs. Sherman

1942
Girls' Town poster

Girls' Town

Movie · as Mother Lorraine

1942
Crossroads poster

Crossroads

Movie · as Madame Deval (uncredited)

1941
Riders of the Timberline poster

Riders of the Timberline

Movie · as Donna Ryan

1941
They Died with Their Boots On poster

They Died with Their Boots On

Movie · as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)

1941
The Great Man's Lady poster

The Great Man's Lady

Movie · as Paula Wales

1938
Prison Farm poster

Prison Farm

Movie · as Matron Ames

1937
Behind the Criminal poster

Behind the Criminal

Movie · as Madge

1935
Wanderer of the Wasteland poster

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Movie · as Mrs. Virey

1934
The Little Minister poster

The Little Minister

Movie · as Villager

1934
School for Girls poster

School for Girls

Movie · as Dr. Anne Galvin

1933
The World Changes poster

The World Changes

Movie · as Mrs. Peterson

1931
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!

Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!

Movie · as Self

1928
Blockade poster

Blockade

Movie · as Bess

1928
The Whip poster

The Whip

Movie · as Iris d'Aquila

1927
Sorrell and Son poster

Sorrell and Son

Movie · as Dora Sorrell

1927
Easy Pickings

Easy Pickings

Movie · as Mary Ryan

1927
Lonesome Ladies poster

Lonesome Ladies

Movie · as Polly Fosdick

1927
Babe Comes Home poster

Babe Comes Home

Movie · as Vernie

1927
The Masked Woman poster

The Masked Woman

Movie · as Diane Delatour

1927
The 13th Juror poster

The 13th Juror

Movie · as Helen Marsden

1926
Midnight Lovers poster

Midnight Lovers

Movie · as Diana Fothergill

1926
Miss Nobody poster

Miss Nobody

Movie · as Barbara Brown

1926
The Greater Glory poster

The Greater Glory

Movie · as Fanny

1926
Too Much Money poster

Too Much Money

Movie · as Annabel Broadley

1925
If I Marry Again poster

If I Marry Again

Movie · as Alicia Wingate

1925
The Splendid Road poster

The Splendid Road

Movie · as Sandra De Hault

1925
Winds of Chance poster

Winds of Chance

Movie · as Countess Courteau

1925
The Talker poster

The Talker

Movie · as Kate Lennox

1925
One Way Street poster

One Way Street

Movie · as Lady Sylvia Hutton

1924
Flowing Gold poster

Flowing Gold

Movie · as Allegheny Briskow

1924
Broadway After Dark poster

Broadway After Dark

Movie · as Helen Tremaine

1924
The Fire Patrol poster

The Fire Patrol

Movie · as Mary Ferguson

1924
Painted People poster

Painted People

Movie · as Leslie Carter

1924
Hello, 'Frisco

Hello, 'Frisco

Movie · as Anna Q. Nilsson

1924
The Side Show of Life poster

The Side Show of Life

Movie · as Lady Auriol Dayne

1924
Inez from Hollywood poster

Inez from Hollywood

Movie · as Inez Laranetta

1924
Vanity's Price poster

Vanity's Price

Movie · as Vanna du Maurier

1924
Between Friends poster

Between Friends

Movie · as Jessica Drene

1924
The Breath of Scandal poster

The Breath of Scandal

Movie · as Anna

1924
Half-a-Dollar Bill poster

Half-a-Dollar Bill

Movie · as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber

1923
Enemies of Children poster

Enemies of Children

Movie · as Patricia - Patsy as an adult

1923
Hollywood poster

Hollywood

Movie · as Anna Q. Nilsson

1923
Souls for Sale poster

Souls for Sale

Movie · as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)

1923
Ponjola poster

Ponjola

Movie · as Lady Flavia Desmond

1923
Adam's Rib poster

Adam's Rib

Movie · as Mrs. Michael Ramsay

1923
The Isle of Lost Ships poster

The Isle of Lost Ships

Movie · as Dorothy Fairfax

1923
The Spoilers poster

The Spoilers

Movie · as Cherry Malotte

1923
The Rustle of Silk poster

The Rustle of Silk

Movie · as Lady Feo

1923
Thundering Dawn poster

Thundering Dawn

Movie · as Mary Rogers

1923
Hearts Aflame poster

Hearts Aflame

Movie · as Helen Foraker

1922
A Trip to Paramountown poster

A Trip to Paramountown

Movie · as Self

1922
The Man From Home poster

The Man From Home

Movie · as Genevieve Granger-Simpson

1922
Three Live Ghosts poster

Three Live Ghosts

Movie · as Ivis

1922
Pink Gods poster

Pink Gods

Movie · as Lady Margot Cork

1921
The Lotus Eater poster

The Lotus Eater

Movie · as Madge Vance

1921
The People of Värmland poster

The People of Värmland

Movie · as Anna

1921
Without Limit poster

Without Limit

Movie · as Ember Edwards

1921
Why Girls Leave Home poster

Why Girls Leave Home

Movie · as Anna Hedder

1921
Ten Nights in a Bar Room poster

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

Movie

1921
What Women Will Do poster

What Women Will Do

Movie · as Lily Gibbs

1920
One Hour Before Dawn poster

One Hour Before Dawn

Movie · as Ellen Aldrich

1920
The Fighting Chance poster

The Fighting Chance

Movie · as Sylvia Landis

1920
In the Heart of a Fool poster

In the Heart of a Fool

Movie · as Margaret Muller

1920
The Luck of the Irish poster

The Luck of the Irish

Movie · as Ruth Warren

1920
The 13th Commandment poster

The 13th Commandment

Movie · as Leila Kip

1920
The Toll Gate poster

The Toll Gate

Movie · as Mary Brown

1920
The Brute Master poster

The Brute Master

Movie · as Madeline Grey

1920
The Figurehead poster

The Figurehead

Movie · as Mary Forbes

1919
Cheating Cheaters poster

Cheating Cheaters

Movie · as Grace Palmer

1919
The Love Burglar poster

The Love Burglar

Movie · as Joan Gray

1919
Soldiers of Fortune poster

Soldiers of Fortune

Movie · as Alice Langham

1919
Auction of Souls poster

Auction of Souls

Movie · as Edith Graham

1919
Venus in the East poster

Venus in the East

Movie · as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot

1919
Her Kingdom of Dreams poster

Her Kingdom of Dreams

Movie · as Carlotta Stanmore

1919
A Sporting Chance poster

A Sporting Chance

Movie · as Pamela Brent

1919
The Way of the Strong poster

The Way of the Strong

Movie · as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton

1919
A Very Good Young Man poster

A Very Good Young Man

Movie · as Viva Bacchus

1918
In Judgment of...

In Judgment of...

Movie · as Mary Manners

1918
No Man's Land poster

No Man's Land

Movie · as Katherine Gresham

1918
The Trail To Yesterday poster

The Trail To Yesterday

Movie

1918
Vanity Pool poster

Vanity Pool

Movie · as Carol Harper

1918
Heart of the Sunset poster

Heart of the Sunset

Movie · as Alaire Austin

1917
Seven Keys to Baldpate poster

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Movie · as Mary Norton

1917
The Inevitable poster

The Inevitable

Movie · as Florence Grey

1917
Over There poster

Over There

Movie · as Bettie Adams

1917
The Moral Code poster

The Moral Code

Movie · as Jean Hyland

1917
Infidelity poster

Infidelity

Movie · as Elaine Bernard

1916
Sold Out poster

Sold Out

Movie · as Leila Austin

1916
The Supreme Sacrifice poster

The Supreme Sacrifice

Movie · as Helen Chambers

1916
The Tight Rein

The Tight Rein

Movie · as Amy

1916
Her Surrender poster

Her Surrender

Movie · as Rhoda Courtlandt

1916
The Scarlet Road poster

The Scarlet Road

Movie · as Betty Belgrave

1915
The Siren's Reign poster

The Siren's Reign

Movie · as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman

1915
The Destroyer poster

The Destroyer

Movie · as Helen Vedrine

1915
A Sister's Burden poster

A Sister's Burden

Movie · as Ida - Nathanial's Wife

1915
The Haunting Fear poster

The Haunting Fear

Movie · as Diana - an Adventuress

1915
The Night Operator at Buxton poster

The Night Operator at Buxton

Movie · as Helen

1915
The Regeneration poster

The Regeneration

Movie · as Marie Deering

1915
Barbara Frietchie poster

Barbara Frietchie

Movie · as Sue Negly

1914
Regeneration poster

Regeneration

Movie · as Katherine Williams

1914
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec poster

Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec

Movie · as Mignon Mars

1913
Shenandoah poster

Shenandoah

Movie · as Gertrude Illingham

1913
The Fatal Legacy poster

The Fatal Legacy

Movie · as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife

1913
A Mississippi Tragedy poster

A Mississippi Tragedy

Movie · as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter

1913
Uncle Tom's Cabin poster

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Movie · as Eliza - a Runaway Slave

1912
The Darling of the CSA poster

The Darling of the CSA

Movie · as Agnes Lane

1912
The Confederate Ironclad poster

The Confederate Ironclad

Movie · as Elinor

1912
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher poster

The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher

Movie · as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher