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Anna Q. Nilsson

Known For: Acting
Born: March 30, 1888
Place of Birth: Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Died: February 11, 1974

Anna Q. Nilsson

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.

Filmography

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954 · Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)

The Great Diamond Robbery

1954 · Nurse (uncredited)

The Unknown Man

1951 · (uncredited)

An American in Paris

1951 · Kay Jansen (uncredited)

Show Boat

1951 · Seamstress (uncredited)

Grounds for Marriage

1951 · Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)

Sunset Boulevard

1950 · Anna Q. Nilsson

Adam's Rib

1949 · Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)

In the Good Old Summertime

1949 · Woman with Harp (uncredited)

Every Girl Should Be Married

1948 · Saleslady

The Boy with Green Hair

1948

Fighting Father Dunne

1948 · Mrs. Olaf Knudson

It Had to Be You

1947 · Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)

Cynthia

1947 · Miss Brady, English Teacher

The Farmer's Daughter

1947 · Mrs. Holstrom

The Secret Heart

1946 · Dr. Rossiger's Secretary

Cry 'Havoc'

1943 · Nurse (uncredited)

Headin' for God's Country

1943 · Mrs. Nilsson

Crossroads

1942 · Madame Deval (uncredited)

I Live on Danger

1942 · Mrs. Sherman

Girls' Town

1942 · Mother Lorraine

They Died with Their Boots On

1941 · Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)

The Great Man's Lady

1941 · Paula Wales

Riders of the Timberline

1941 · Donna Ryan

Prison Farm

1938 · Matron Ames

Behind the Criminal

1937 · Madge

Wanderer of the Wasteland

1935 · Mrs. Virey

The Little Minister

1934 · Villager

School for Girls

1934 · Dr. Anne Galvin

The World Changes

1933 · Mrs. Peterson

Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!

Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!

1931 · Self

Blockade

1928 · Bess

The Whip

1928 · Iris d'Aquila

Sorrell and Son

1927 · Dora Sorrell

The 13th Juror

1927 · Helen Marsden

Lonesome Ladies

1927 · Polly Fosdick

Babe Comes Home

1927 · Vernie

Easy Pickings

1927 · Mary Ryan

The Masked Woman

1927 · Diane Delatour

Midnight Lovers

1926 · Diana Fothergill

Miss Nobody

1926 · Barbara Brown

The Greater Glory

1926 · Fanny

Too Much Money

1926 · Annabel Broadley

The Splendid Road

1925 · Sandra De Hault

Winds of Chance

1925 · Countess Courteau

The Talker

1925 · Kate Lennox

One Way Street

1925 · Lady Sylvia Hutton

If I Marry Again

1925 · Alicia Wingate

Inez from Hollywood

1924 · Inez Laranetta

Hello, 'Frisco

1924 · Anna Q. Nilsson

Vanity's Price

1924 · Vanna du Maurier

The Breath of Scandal

1924 · Anna

The Fire Patrol

1924 · Mary Ferguson

The Side Show of Life

1924 · Lady Auriol Dayne

Broadway After Dark

1924 · Helen Tremaine

Between Friends

1924 · Jessica Drene

Flowing Gold

1924 · Allegheny Briskow

Painted People

1924 · Leslie Carter

Half-a-Dollar Bill

1924 · The Stranger - Mrs. Webber

Enemies of Children

1923 · Patricia - Patsy as an adult

Thundering Dawn

1923 · Mary Rogers

Ponjola

1923 · Lady Flavia Desmond

Adam's Rib

1923 · Mrs. Michael Ramsay

The Spoilers

1923 · Cherry Malotte

Hollywood

1923 · Anna Q. Nilsson

The Rustle of Silk

1923 · Lady Feo

Souls for Sale

1923 · Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)

The Isle of Lost Ships

1923 · Dorothy Fairfax

Hearts Aflame

1923 · Helen Foraker

Pink Gods

1922 · Lady Margot Cork

A Trip to Paramountown

1922 · Self

The Man From Home

1922 · Genevieve Granger-Simpson

Three Live Ghosts

1922 · Ivis

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

1921

The Lotus Eater

1921 · Madge Vance

The People of Värmland

1921 · Anna

Why Girls Leave Home

1921 · Anna Hedder

Without Limit

1921 · Ember Edwards

What Women Will Do

1921 · Lily Gibbs

The Brute Master

1920 · Madeline Grey

In the Heart of a Fool

1920 · Margaret Muller

The Fighting Chance

1920 · Sylvia Landis

One Hour Before Dawn

1920 · Ellen Aldrich

The Figurehead

1920 · Mary Forbes

The Toll Gate

1920 · Mary Brown

The 13th Commandment

1920 · Leila Kip

The Luck of the Irish

1920 · Ruth Warren

Soldiers of Fortune

1919 · Alice Langham

Her Kingdom of Dreams

1919 · Carlotta Stanmore

The Love Burglar

1919 · Joan Gray

A Sporting Chance

1919 · Pamela Brent

A Very Good Young Man

1919 · Viva Bacchus

The Way of the Strong

1919 · Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton

Cheating Cheaters

1919 · Grace Palmer

Venus in the East

1919 · Mrs. Pat Dyvenot

Auction of Souls

1919 · Edith Graham

Vanity Pool

1918 · Carol Harper

In Judgment of...

In Judgment of...

1918 · Mary Manners

No Man's Land

1918 · Katherine Gresham

The Trail To Yesterday

1918

Heart of the Sunset

1918 · Alaire Austin

Over There

1917 · Bettie Adams

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1917 · Mary Norton

The Inevitable

1917 · Florence Grey

The Moral Code

1917 · Jean Hyland

Infidelity

1917 · Elaine Bernard

Her Surrender

1916 · Rhoda Courtlandt

Sold Out

1916 · Leila Austin

The Tight Rein

1916 · Amy

The Supreme Sacrifice

1916 · Helen Chambers

The Scarlet Road

1916 · Betty Belgrave

Barbara Frietchie

1915 · Sue Negly

The Regeneration

1915 · Marie Deering

The Haunting Fear

1915 · Diana - an Adventuress

A Sister's Burden

1915 · Ida - Nathanial's Wife

The Destroyer

1915 · Helen Vedrine

The Siren's Reign

1915 · Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman

The Night Operator at Buxton

1915 · Helen

Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec

1914 · Mignon Mars

Regeneration

1914 · Katherine Williams

Uncle Tom's Cabin

1913 · Eliza - a Runaway Slave

The Fatal Legacy

1913 · Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife

Shenandoah

1913 · Gertrude Illingham

A Mississippi Tragedy

1913 · Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter

The Confederate Ironclad

1912 · Elinor

The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher

The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher

1912 · Betty - the Girl Telegrapher

The Darling of the CSA

1912 · Agnes Lane

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