Anna Q. Nilsson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 30, 1888
- Died
- Feb 11, 1974 (aged 85)
- Place of birth
- Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
- Credits
- 127
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
Sunset Boulevard
1950Movie
Anna Q. Nilsson
An American in Paris
1951Movie
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954Movie
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited), Mrs. Elcott
Adam's Rib
1949Movie
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941Movie
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Show Boat
1951Movie
Seamstress (uncredited)
Filmography
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954Movie
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited), Mrs. Elcott
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954Movie
Nurse (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
1951Movie
(uncredited)
An American in Paris
1951Movie
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Show Boat
1951Movie
Seamstress (uncredited)
Grounds for Marriage
1951Movie
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
1950Movie
Anna Q. Nilsson
Adam's Rib
1949Movie
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime
1949Movie
Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948Movie
Saleslady
The Boy with Green Hair
1948Movie
Fighting Father Dunne
1948Movie
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
It Had to Be You
1947Movie
Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
Cynthia
1947Movie
Miss Brady, English Teacher
The Farmer's Daughter
1947Movie
Mrs. Holstrom
The Secret Heart
1946Movie
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Cry 'Havoc'
1943Movie
Nurse (uncredited)
Headin' for God's Country
1943Movie
Mrs. Nilsson
Crossroads
1942Movie
Madame Deval (uncredited)
I Live on Danger
1942Movie
Mrs. Sherman
Girls' Town
1942Movie
Mother Lorraine
They Died with Their Boots On
1941Movie
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
1941Movie
Paula Wales
Riders of the Timberline
1941Movie
Donna Ryan
Prison Farm
1938Movie
Matron Ames
Behind the Criminal
1937Movie
Madge
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935Movie
Mrs. Virey
The Little Minister
1934Movie
Villager
School for Girls
1934Movie
Dr. Anne Galvin
The World Changes
1933Movie
Mrs. Peterson
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
1931Movie
Self
Blockade
1928Movie
Bess
The Whip
1928Movie
Iris d'Aquila
Sorrell and Son
1927Movie
Dora Sorrell
The 13th Juror
1927Movie
Helen Marsden
Lonesome Ladies
1927Movie
Polly Fosdick
Babe Comes Home
1927Movie
Vernie
Easy Pickings
1927Movie
Mary Ryan
The Masked Woman
1927Movie
Diane Delatour
Midnight Lovers
1926Movie
Diana Fothergill
Miss Nobody
1926Movie
Barbara Brown
The Greater Glory
1926Movie
Fanny
Too Much Money
1926Movie
Annabel Broadley
The Splendid Road
1925Movie
Sandra De Hault
Winds of Chance
1925Movie
Countess Courteau
The Talker
1925Movie
Kate Lennox
One Way Street
1925Movie
Lady Sylvia Hutton
If I Marry Again
1925Movie
Alicia Wingate
Inez from Hollywood
1924Movie
Inez Laranetta
Hello, 'Frisco
1924Movie
Anna Q. Nilsson
Vanity's Price
1924Movie
Vanna du Maurier
The Breath of Scandal
1924Movie
Anna
The Fire Patrol
1924Movie
Mary Ferguson
The Side Show of Life
1924Movie
Lady Auriol Dayne
Broadway After Dark
1924Movie
Helen Tremaine
Between Friends
1924Movie
Jessica Drene
Flowing Gold
1924Movie
Allegheny Briskow
Painted People
1924Movie
Leslie Carter
Half-a-Dollar Bill
1924Movie
The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
Enemies of Children
1923Movie
Patricia - Patsy as an adult
Thundering Dawn
1923Movie
Mary Rogers
Ponjola
1923Movie
Lady Flavia Desmond
Adam's Rib
1923Movie
Mrs. Michael Ramsay
The Spoilers
1923Movie
Cherry Malotte
Hollywood
1923Movie
Anna Q. Nilsson
The Rustle of Silk
1923Movie
Lady Feo
Souls for Sale
1923Movie
Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
The Isle of Lost Ships
1923Movie
Dorothy Fairfax
Hearts Aflame
1923Movie
Helen Foraker
Pink Gods
1922Movie
Lady Margot Cork
A Trip to Paramountown
1922Movie
Self
The Man From Home
1922Movie
Genevieve Granger-Simpson
Three Live Ghosts
1922Movie
Ivis
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
1921Movie
The Lotus Eater
1921Movie
Madge Vance
The People of Värmland
1921Movie
Anna
Why Girls Leave Home
1921Movie
Anna Hedder
Without Limit
1921Movie
Ember Edwards
What Women Will Do
1921Movie
Lily Gibbs
The Brute Master
1920Movie
Madeline Grey
In the Heart of a Fool
1920Movie
Margaret Muller
The Fighting Chance
1920Movie
Sylvia Landis
One Hour Before Dawn
1920Movie
Ellen Aldrich
The Figurehead
1920Movie
Mary Forbes
The Toll Gate
1920Movie
Mary Brown
The 13th Commandment
1920Movie
Leila Kip
The Luck of the Irish
1920Movie
Ruth Warren
Soldiers of Fortune
1919Movie
Alice Langham
Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919Movie
Carlotta Stanmore
The Love Burglar
1919Movie
Joan Gray
A Sporting Chance
1919Movie
Pamela Brent
A Very Good Young Man
1919Movie
Viva Bacchus
The Way of the Strong
1919Movie
Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
Cheating Cheaters
1919Movie
Grace Palmer
Venus in the East
1919Movie
Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Auction of Souls
1919Movie
Edith Graham
Vanity Pool
1918Movie
Carol Harper
In Judgment of...
1918Movie
Mary Manners
No Man's Land
1918Movie
Katherine Gresham
The Trail To Yesterday
1918Movie
Heart of the Sunset
1918Movie
Alaire Austin
Over There
1917Movie
Bettie Adams
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1917Movie
Mary Norton
The Inevitable
1917Movie
Florence Grey
The Moral Code
1917Movie
Jean Hyland
Infidelity
1917Movie
Elaine Bernard
Her Surrender
1916Movie
Rhoda Courtlandt
Sold Out
1916Movie
Leila Austin
The Tight Rein
1916Movie
Amy
The Supreme Sacrifice
1916Movie
Helen Chambers
The Scarlet Road
1916Movie
Betty Belgrave
Barbara Frietchie
1915Movie
Sue Negly
The Regeneration
1915Movie
Marie Deering
The Haunting Fear
1915Movie
Diana - an Adventuress
A Sister's Burden
1915Movie
Ida - Nathanial's Wife
The Destroyer
1915Movie
Helen Vedrine
The Siren's Reign
1915Movie
Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
The Night Operator at Buxton
1915Movie
Helen
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
1914Movie
Mignon Mars
Regeneration
1914Movie
Katherine Williams
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1913Movie
Eliza - a Runaway Slave
The Fatal Legacy
1913Movie
Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
Shenandoah
1913Movie
Gertrude Illingham
A Mississippi Tragedy
1913Movie
Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
The Confederate Ironclad
1912Movie
Elinor
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
1912Movie
Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
The Darling of the CSA
1912Movie
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