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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Sunset Boulevard (1950) — Anna Q. Nilsson
2. An American in Paris (1951) — Kay Jansen (uncredited)
3. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) — Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
4. Adam's Rib (1949) — Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
5. They Died with Their Boots On (1941) — Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
6. Show Boat (1951) — Seamstress (uncredited)
7. The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
8. The Regeneration (1915) — Marie Deering
9. In the Good Old Summertime (1949) — Woman with Harp (uncredited)
10. The Farmer's Daughter (1947) — Mrs. Holstrom
11. Crossroads (1942) — Madame Deval (uncredited)
12. Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) — Saleslady
13. Souls for Sale (1923) — Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
14. The Little Minister (1934) — Villager
15. Cry 'Havoc' (1943) — Nurse (uncredited)
16. The Unknown Man (1951) — (uncredited)
17. The Great Man's Lady (1941) — Paula Wales
18. The Secret Heart (1946) — Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
19. The Toll Gate (1920) — Mary Brown
20. Auction of Souls (1919) — Edith Graham
21. The World Changes (1933) — Mrs. Peterson
22. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917) — Mary Norton
23. I Live on Danger (1942) — Mrs. Sherman
24. Cynthia (1947) — Miss Brady, English Teacher
25. The Man From Home (1922) — Genevieve Granger-Simpson
26. Behind the Criminal (1937) — Madge
27. Sorrell and Son (1927) — Dora Sorrell
28. A Trip to Paramountown (1922) — Self
29. Fighting Father Dunne (1948) — Mrs. Olaf Knudson
30. Grounds for Marriage (1951) — Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
31. Prison Farm (1938) — Matron Ames
32. Three Live Ghosts (1922) — Ivis
33. It Had to Be You (1947) — Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
34. The Confederate Ironclad (1912) — Elinor
35. The People of Värmland (1921) — Anna
36. If I Marry Again (1925) — Alicia Wingate
37. Regeneration (1914) — Katherine Williams
38. Hollywood (1923) — Anna Q. Nilsson
39. In the Heart of a Fool (1920) — Margaret Muller
40. The Luck of the Irish (1920) — Ruth Warren