Anna Q. Nilsson
Known for Acting · 127 credits
- Born
- 1888-03-30
- Died
- 1974-02-11
- Place of birth
- Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
- Also known as
- Anna Quirentia Nilsson · Annie Nilsson · Anna Nilsson · Анна Нильсен
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.
Known For
Movies (127)
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Anna Q. Nilsson
An American in Paris
1951
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
Show Boat
1951
as Seamstress (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
1949
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
Prison Farm
1938
as Matron Ames
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
The Talker
1925
as Kate Lennox
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Mrs. Holstrom
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
as Saleslady
The Secret Heart
1946
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
It Had to Be You
1947
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Crossroads
1942
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
Riders of the Timberline
1941
as Donna Ryan
The Unknown Man
1951
as (uncredited)
Three Live Ghosts
1922
as Ivis
Souls for Sale
1923
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
The Little Minister
1934
as Villager
The Regeneration
1915
as Marie Deering
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Paula Wales
The World Changes
1933
as Mrs. Peterson
The Greater Glory
1926
as Fanny
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
Ponjola
1923
as Lady Flavia Desmond
Hollywood
1923
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Grounds for Marriage
1951
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Sold Out
1916
as Leila Austin
Cynthia
1947
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
as Nurse (uncredited)
I Live on Danger
1942
as Mrs. Sherman
The Spoilers
1923
as Cherry Malotte
The Rustle of Silk
1923
as Lady Feo
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Why Girls Leave Home
1921
as Anna Hedder
Painted People
1924
as Leslie Carter
Easy Pickings
1927
as Mary Ryan
School for Girls
1934
as Dr. Anne Galvin
Sorrell and Son
1927
as Dora Sorrell
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
as Mrs. Virey
The Man From Home
1922
as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
Pink Gods
1922
as Lady Margot Cork
The Luck of the Irish
1920
as Ruth Warren
Winds of Chance
1925
as Countess Courteau
Adam's Rib
1923
as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
Her Surrender
1916
as Rhoda Courtlandt
Thundering Dawn
1923
as Mary Rogers
A Trip to Paramountown
1922
as Self
The Isle of Lost Ships
1923
as Dorothy Fairfax
Midnight Lovers
1926
as Diana Fothergill
The Night Operator at Buxton
1915
as Helen
The Splendid Road
1925
as Sandra De Hault
A Sister's Burden
1915
as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
A Very Good Young Man
1919
as Viva Bacchus
The People of Värmland
1921
as Anna
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
1914
as Mignon Mars
The Brute Master
1920
as Madeline Grey
The 13th Juror
1927
as Helen Marsden
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1917
as Mary Norton
Regeneration
1914
as Katherine Williams
The Figurehead
1920
as Mary Forbes
Girls' Town
1942
as Mother Lorraine
The Love Burglar
1919
as Joan Gray
Over There
1917
as Bettie Adams
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
as Alice Langham
The Destroyer
1915
as Helen Vedrine
In the Heart of a Fool
1920
as Margaret Muller
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
1931
as Self
The Fighting Chance
1920
as Sylvia Landis
If I Marry Again
1925
as Alicia Wingate
Cheating Cheaters
1919
as Grace Palmer
The 13th Commandment
1920
as Leila Kip
The Fatal Legacy
1913
as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
The Way of the Strong
1919
as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
Headin' for God's Country
1943
as Mrs. Nilsson
Vanity's Price
1924
as Vanna du Maurier
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1913
as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
The Tight Rein
1916
as Amy
One Hour Before Dawn
1920
as Ellen Aldrich
Without Limit
1921
as Ember Edwards
Vanity Pool
1918
as Carol Harper
Broadway After Dark
1924
as Helen Tremaine
The Supreme Sacrifice
1916
as Helen Chambers
Venus in the East
1919
as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Too Much Money
1926
as Annabel Broadley
The Masked Woman
1927
as Diane Delatour
Enemies of Children
1923
as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
A Sporting Chance
1919
as Pamela Brent
Auction of Souls
1919
as Edith Graham
Lonesome Ladies
1927
as Polly Fosdick
The Darling of the CSA
1912
as Agnes Lane
Inez from Hollywood
1924
as Inez Laranetta
Blockade
1928
as Bess
The Whip
1928
as Iris d'Aquila
Half-a-Dollar Bill
1924
as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
The Moral Code
1917
as Jean Hyland
The Trail To Yesterday
1918
Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919
as Carlotta Stanmore
The Haunting Fear
1915
as Diana - an Adventuress
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
1912
as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
Barbara Frietchie
1915
as Sue Negly
Miss Nobody
1926
as Barbara Brown
The Scarlet Road
1916
as Betty Belgrave
The Toll Gate
1920
as Mary Brown
Heart of the Sunset
1918
as Alaire Austin
Flowing Gold
1924
as Allegheny Briskow
Between Friends
1924
as Jessica Drene
The Siren's Reign
1915
as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
Behind the Criminal
1937
as Madge
The Confederate Ironclad
1912
as Elinor
Shenandoah
1913
as Gertrude Illingham
The Lotus Eater
1921
as Madge Vance
What Women Will Do
1921
as Lily Gibbs
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
1921
Hearts Aflame
1923
as Helen Foraker
The Side Show of Life
1924
as Lady Auriol Dayne
The Fire Patrol
1924
as Mary Ferguson
One Way Street
1925
as Lady Sylvia Hutton
About 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. With 127 credits spanning from 1912 to 1954, Anna Q. Nilsson has appeared in 127 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Anna Q. Nilsson Movies
- Sunset Boulevard (1950) — as Anna Q. Nilsson
- An American in Paris (1951) — as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) — as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
- Show Boat (1951) — as Seamstress (uncredited)
- Adam's Rib (1949) — as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
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