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.
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Movies (50)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
1954
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Nurse (uncredited)
1954
The Unknown Man
1951
An American in Paris
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
1951
Show Boat
as Seamstress (uncredited)
1951
Grounds for Marriage
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
1951
Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
1950
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
1949
In the Good Old Summertime
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
1949
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Saleslady
1948
Fighting Father Dunne
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
1948
It Had to Be You
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
1947
Cynthia
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
1947
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Holstrom
1947
The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
1946
Cry 'Havoc'
as Nurse (uncredited)
1943
Headin' for God's Country
as Mrs. Nilsson
1943
Crossroads
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
1942
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Sherman
1942
Girls' Town
as Mother Lorraine
1942
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
1941
The Great Man's Lady
as Paula Wales
1941
Riders of the Timberline
as Donna Ryan
1941
Prison Farm
as Matron Ames
1938
Behind the Criminal
as Madge
1937
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mrs. Virey
1935
The Little Minister
as Villager
1934
School for Girls
as Dr. Anne Galvin
1934
The World Changes
as Mrs. Peterson
1933
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
as Self
1931
Blockade
as Bess
1928
The Whip
as Iris d'Aquila
1928
Sorrell and Son
as Dora Sorrell
1927
The 13th Juror
as Helen Marsden
1927
Lonesome Ladies
as Polly Fosdick
1927
Babe Comes Home
as Vernie
1927
Easy Pickings
as Mary Ryan
1927
The Masked Woman
as Diane Delatour
1927
Midnight Lovers
as Diana Fothergill
1926
Miss Nobody
as Barbara Brown
1926
The Greater Glory
as Fanny
1926
Too Much Money
as Annabel Broadley
1926
The Splendid Road
as Sandra De Hault
1925
Winds of Chance
as Countess Courteau
1925
The Talker
as Kate Lennox
1925
If I Marry Again
as Alicia Wingate
1925
Inez from Hollywood
as Inez Laranetta
1924
Hello, 'Frisco
as Anna Q. Nilsson
1924
Vanity's Price
as Vanna du Maurier
1924
The Breath of Scandal
1924