Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting
Born 1888-03-30 · Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden · Died 1974-02-11
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.
Acting
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott
The Great Diamond Robbery
Nurse (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
(uncredited)
An American in Paris
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Show Boat
Seamstress (uncredited)
Grounds for Marriage
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
Anna Q. Nilsson
Adam's Rib
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime
Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Every Girl Should Be Married
Saleslady
The Boy with Green Hair
Fighting Father Dunne
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
It Had to Be You
Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
Cynthia
Miss Brady, English Teacher
The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Holstrom
The Secret Heart
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Cry 'Havoc'
Nurse (uncredited)
Headin' for God's Country
Mrs. Nilsson
Crossroads
Madame Deval (uncredited)
I Live on Danger
Mrs. Sherman
Girls' Town
Mother Lorraine
They Died with Their Boots On
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
Paula Wales
Riders of the Timberline
Donna Ryan
Prison Farm
Matron Ames
Behind the Criminal
Madge
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Mrs. Virey
The Little Minister
Villager
School for Girls
Dr. Anne Galvin