Anna Q. Nilsson

Actress

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.

Born: March 30, 1888 in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

Died: February 11, 1974 (Age 85)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Cynthia Movie	6	Actress	Miss Brady, English Teacher	1947
They Died with Their Boots On Movie Available on 23 streaming services.	7.1	Actress	Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)	1941
Babe Comes Home Movie	7	Actress	Vernie	1927
Lonesome Ladies Movie		Actress	Polly Fosdick	1927
Crossroads Movie	6.5	Actress	Madame Deval (uncredited)	1942
Painted People Movie	6.8	Actress	Leslie Carter	1924
Every Girl Should Be Married Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	6.4	Actress	Saleslady	1948
Pink Gods Movie	8.1	Actress	Lady Margot Cork	1922
The Regeneration Movie	6.9	Actress	Marie Deering	1915
Sunset Boulevard Movie Available on 24 streaming services.	8.5	Actress	Anna Q. Nilsson	1950
School for Girls Movie	7.3	Actress	Dr. Anne Galvin	1934
Adam's Rib Movie	5.7	Actress	Mrs. Michael Ramsay	1923
The Little Minister Movie	6	Actress	Villager	1934
The Farmer's Daughter Movie	7.4	Actress	Mrs. Holstrom	1947
The People of Värmland Movie	7.8	Actress		1921
I Live on Danger Movie	5.9	Actress	Mrs. Sherman	1942
Grounds for Marriage Movie	5.6	Actress	Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)	1951
An American in Paris Movie Available on 21 streaming services.	7.3	Actress	Kay Jansen (uncredited)	1951
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	7.5	Actress	Mrs. Elcott	1954
Adam's Rib Movie Available on 24 streaming services.	7.6	Actress	Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)	1949
Heart of the Sunset Movie		Actress		1918
Thundering Dawn Movie		Actress	Mary Rogers	1923
Fighting Father Dunne Movie	6.4	Actress	Mrs. Olaf Knudson	1948
Riders of the Timberline Movie	6	Actress	Donna Ryan	1941
Show Boat Movie Available on 16 streaming services.	6.7	Actress	Seamstress (uncredited)	1951
The World Changes Movie	6.5	Actress	Mrs. Peterson	1933
Winds of Chance Movie	7.2	Actress	Countess Courteau	1925
Sorrell and Son Movie	5.9	Actress	Dora Sorrell	1927
Easy Pickings Movie		Actress	Mary Ryan	1927
The Fire Patrol Movie		Actress	Mary Ferguson	1924
Ponjola Movie	5.8	Actress	Lady Flavia Desmond	1923
The Toll Gate Movie	6.1	Actress	Mary Brown	1920
The Isle of Lost Ships Movie	7.8	Actress	Dorothy Fairfax	1923
Miss Nobody Movie		Actress	Barbara Brown	1926
The Masked Woman Movie		Actress	Diane Delatour	1927
Without Limit Movie		Actress	Ember Edwards	1921
The 13th Juror Movie		Actress	Helen Marsden	1927
The Talker Movie		Actress	Kate Lennox	1925
Inez from Hollywood Movie	6.6	Actress	Inez Laranetta	1924
Three Live Ghosts Movie	6.6	Actress	Ivis	1922
The Man From Home Movie	6.6	Actress	Genevieve Granger-Simpson	1922
Seven Keys to Baldpate Movie	5.8	Actress	Mary Norton	1917
Midnight Lovers Movie	7.1	Actress	Diana Fothergill	1926
The Greater Glory Movie	7.5	Actress	Fanny	1926
The Side Show of Life Movie		Actress	Lady Auriol Dayne	1924
The Trail To Yesterday Movie		Actress		1918
The Spoilers Movie	7.3	Actress	Cherry Malotte	1923
Too Much Money Movie		Actress	Annabel Broadley	1926
Vanity Pool Movie		Actress	Carol Harper	1918
Broadway After Dark Movie		Actress	Helen Tremaine	1924
The Lotus Eater Movie	7.1	Actress	Madge Vance	1921
Venus in the East Movie		Actress	Mrs. Pat Dyvenot	1919
Girls' Town Movie	5.7	Actress	Mother Lorraine	1942
A Sporting Chance Movie		Actress	Pamela Brent	1919
The Rustle of Silk Movie		Actress	Lady Feo	1923
Prison Farm Movie	6.4	Actress	Matron Ames	1938
Her Kingdom of Dreams Movie		Actress	Carlotta Stanmore	1919
The Secret Heart Movie	6.3	Actress	Dr. Rossiger's Secretary	1946
Cry 'Havoc' Movie	6.7	Actress	Nurse (uncredited)	1943
The Great Diamond Robbery Movie	5.7	Actress	Nurse (uncredited)	1954
The Great Man's Lady Movie	6.4	Actress	Paula Wales	1942
Souls for Sale Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	6.8	Actress	Herself - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)	1923
Wanderer of the Wasteland Movie	5.8	Actress	Mrs. Virey	1935
One Hour Before Dawn Movie		Actress		1920
Cheating Cheaters Movie		Actress	Grace Palmer	1919
The Fighting Chance Movie		Actress	Sylvia Landis	1920
Soldiers of Fortune Movie	6.3	Actress	Alice Langham	1919
The Love Burglar Movie	4.4	Actress	Joan Gray	1919
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec Movie		Actress	Mignon Mars	1914
The Supreme Sacrifice Movie		Actress	Helen Chambers	1916
The Splendid Road Movie		Actress	Sandra De Hault	1925
The Luck of the Irish Movie	3.1	Actress	Ruth Warren	1920
The Unknown Man Movie	6.3	Actress		1951
Blockade Movie	4.6	Actress	Bess	1928
No Man's Land Movie		Actress	Katherine Gresham	1918
The 13th Commandment Movie		Actress		1920
In the Good Old Summertime Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	6.9	Actress	Woman with Harp (uncredited)	1949
Headin' for God's Country Movie	6.7	Actress	Mrs. Nilsson	1943
Enemies of Children Movie	5.9	Actress		1923
In Judgment of... Movie		Actress	Mary Manners	1918
Ravished Armenia Movie	5.3	Actress		1919
If I Marry Again Movie		Actress	Alicia Wingate	1925
Flowing Gold Movie	7	Actress	Allegheny Briskow	1924
In the Heart of a Fool Movie		Actress	Margaret Muller	1920
Hollywood Movie	6.8	Actress	Anna Q. Nilsson	1923
The Whip Movie		Actress	Iris d'Aquila	1928
The Darling of the CSA Short Film	6.1	Actress	Agnes Lane	1912
Hello, 'Frisco Short Film	5.5	Actress	Anna Q. Nilsson	1924
Behind the Criminal Short Film	6.9	Actress	Madge	1937
The Confederate Ironclad Short Film	5.8	Actress	Elinor	1912
A Trip to Paramountown Short Film	6.4	Actress	Self	1922
The Tight Rein Short Film		Actress	Amy	1916
Sold Out Short Film		Actress	Leila Austin	1916
Regeneration Short Film		Actress	Katherine Williams	1914
A Mississippi Tragedy Short Film		Actress	Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter	1913
Shenandoah Short Film		Actress	Gertrude Illingham	1913
The Fatal Legacy Short Film		Actress	Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife	1913
The Haunting Fear Short Film	5.3	Actress	Diana - an Adventuress	1915
Uncle Tom's Cabin Short Film		Actress	Eliza - a Runaway Slave	1913
The Siren's Reign Short Film		Actress	Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman	1915
The Destroyer Short Film		Actress	Helen Vedrine	1915
A Sister's Burden Short Film		Actress	Ida - Nathanial's Wife	1915
The Night Operator at Buxton Short Film		Actress	Helen	1915
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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