Anna Q. Nilsson
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
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)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
as Mrs. Elcott
Adam's Rib
1949
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
The World Changes
1933
as Mrs. Peterson
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
The Luck of the Irish
1920
as Ruth Warren
Souls for Sale
1923
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
School for Girls
1934
as Dr. Anne Galvin
The Greater Glory
1926
as Fanny
Show Boat
1951
as Seamstress (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
1951
as (uncredited)
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Paula Wales
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
as Saleslady
Sorrell and Son
1927
as Dora Sorrell
Prison Farm
1938
as Matron Ames
Crossroads
1942
as Madame Deval (uncredited)