Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 30, 1888
Place of Birth:
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
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Anna Q. Nilsson
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Mrs. Elcott (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Great Diamond Robbery | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Mrs. Elcott |
| 1951 | The Unknown Man | |
| 1951 | Grounds for Marriage | Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Show Boat | Seamstress (uncredited) |
| 1951 | An American in Paris | Kay Jansen (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Anna Q. Nilsson |
| 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime | Woman with Harp (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Adam's Rib | Mrs. Poynter (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Fighting Father Dunne | Mrs. Olaf Knudson |
| 1948 | Every Girl Should Be Married | Saleslady |
| 1947 | Cynthia | Miss Brady, English Teacher |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You | Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter | Mrs. Holstrom |
| 1946 | The Secret Heart | Dr. Rossiger's Secretary |
| 1943 | Cry 'Havoc' | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Headin' for God's Country | Mrs. Nilsson |
| 1942 | I Live on Danger | Mrs. Sherman |
| 1942 | Girls' Town | Mother Lorraine |
| 1942 | Crossroads | Madame Deval (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Riders of the Timberline | Donna Ryan |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Mrs. Taipe (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Lady | Paula Wales |
| 1938 | Prison Farm | Matron Ames |
| 1937 | Behind the Criminal | Madge |
| 1935 | Wanderer of the Wasteland | Mrs. Virey |
| 1934 | The Little Minister | Villager |
| 1934 | School for Girls | Dr. Anne Galvin |
| 1933 | The World Changes | Mrs. Peterson |
| 1931 | Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! | Self |
| 1928 | Blockade | Bess |
| 1928 | The Whip | Iris d'Aquila |
| 1927 | Sorrell and Son | Dora Sorrell |
| 1927 | Easy Pickings | Mary Ryan |
| 1927 | Lonesome Ladies | Polly Fosdick |
| 1927 | Babe Comes Home | Vernie |
| 1927 | The Masked Woman | Diane Delatour |
| 1927 | The 13th Juror | Helen Marsden |
| 1926 | Midnight Lovers | Diana Fothergill |
| 1926 | Miss Nobody | Barbara Brown |
| 1926 | The Greater Glory | Fanny |
| 1926 | Too Much Money | Annabel Broadley |
| 1925 | If I Marry Again | Alicia Wingate |
| 1925 | The Splendid Road | Sandra De Hault |
| 1925 | Winds of Chance | Countess Courteau |
| 1925 | The Talker | Kate Lennox |
| 1924 | Flowing Gold | Allegheny Briskow |
| 1924 | Broadway After Dark | Helen Tremaine |
| 1924 | The Fire Patrol | Mary Ferguson |
| 1924 | Painted People | Leslie Carter |
| 1924 | Hello, 'Frisco | Anna Q. Nilsson |
| 1924 | The Side Show of Life | Lady Auriol Dayne |
| 1924 | Inez from Hollywood | Inez Laranetta |
| 1924 | Vanity's Price | Vanna du Maurier |
| 1924 | Between Friends | Jessica Drene |
| 1924 | The Breath of Scandal | |
| 1923 | Enemies of Children | Patricia - Patsy as an adult |
| 1923 | Hollywood | Anna Q. Nilsson |
| 1923 | Souls for Sale | Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited) |
| 1923 | Ponjola | Lady Flavia Desmond |
| 1923 | Adam's Rib | Mrs. Michael Ramsay |
| 1923 | The Isle of Lost Ships | Dorothy Fairfax |
| 1923 | The Spoilers | Cherry Malotte |
| 1923 | The Rustle of Silk | Lady Feo |
| 1923 | Thundering Dawn | Mary Rogers |
| 1923 | Hearts Aflame | Helen Foraker |
| 1922 | A Trip to Paramountown | Self |
| 1922 | The Man From Home | Genevieve Granger-Simpson |
| 1922 | Three Live Ghosts | Ivis |
| 1922 | Pink Gods | Lady Margot Cork |
| 1921 | The Lotus Eater | Madge Vance |
| 1921 | The People of Värmland | |
| 1921 | Without Limit | Ember Edwards |
| 1921 | Why Girls Leave Home | Anna Hedder |
| 1921 | Ten Nights in a Bar Room | |
| 1921 | What Women Will Do | |
| 1920 | One Hour Before Dawn | Ellen Aldrich |
| 1920 | The Fighting Chance | Sylvia Landis |
| 1920 | In the Heart of a Fool | Margaret Muller |
| 1920 | The Luck of the Irish | Ruth Warren |
| 1920 | The 13th Commandment | |
| 1920 | The Toll Gate | Mary Brown |
| 1919 | Cheating Cheaters | Grace Palmer |
| 1919 | The Love Burglar | Joan Gray |
| 1919 | Soldiers of Fortune | Alice Langham |
| 1919 | Auction of Souls | |
| 1919 | Venus in the East | Mrs. Pat Dyvenot |
| 1919 | Her Kingdom of Dreams | Carlotta Stanmore |
| 1919 | A Sporting Chance | Pamela Brent |
| 1919 | The Way of the Strong | Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton |
| 1918 | In Judgment of... | Mary Manners |
| 1918 | No Man's Land | Katherine Gresham |
| 1918 | The Trail To Yesterday | |
| 1918 | Vanity Pool | Carol Harper |
| 1918 | Heart of the Sunset | |
| 1917 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Mary Norton |
| 1917 | The Inevitable | Florence Grey |
| 1917 | Over There | Bettie Adams |
| 1916 | Sold Out | Leila Austin |
| 1916 | The Supreme Sacrifice | Helen Chambers |
| 1916 | The Tight Rein | Amy |
| 1916 | Her Surrender | Rhoda Courtlandt |
| 1916 | The Scarlet Road | Betty Belgrave |
| 1915 | The Siren's Reign | Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman |
| 1915 | The Destroyer | Helen Vedrine |
| 1915 | A Sister's Burden | Ida - Nathanial's Wife |
| 1915 | The Haunting Fear | Diana - an Adventuress |
| 1915 | The Night Operator at Buxton | Helen |
| 1915 | The Regeneration | Marie Deering |
| 1915 | Barbara Frietchie | Sue Negly |
| 1914 | Regeneration | Katherine Williams |
| 1914 | Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec | Mignon Mars |
| 1913 | Shenandoah | Gertrude Illingham |
| 1913 | The Fatal Legacy | Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife |
| 1913 | A Mississippi Tragedy | Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter |
| 1913 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Eliza - a Runaway Slave |
| 1912 | The Darling of the CSA | Agnes Lane |
| 1912 | The Confederate Ironclad | Elinor |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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