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