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Anna Q. Nilsson
Born · March 30, 1888
Died · February 11, 1974 (85 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Bio
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.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
7.2
1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott
7.2
1954
The Great Diamond Robbery
Nurse (uncredited)
0.0
1954
The Unknown Man
4.8
1951
An American in Paris
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
7.0
1951
Show Boat
Seamstress (uncredited)
6.1
1951
Grounds for Marriage
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
4.3
1951
Sunset Boulevard
Anna Q. Nilsson
8.3
1950
Adam's Rib
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
7.1
1949
In the Good Old Summertime
Woman with Harp (uncredited)
6.6
1949
Every Girl Should Be Married
Saleslady
6.4
1948
Fighting Father Dunne
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
6.0
1948
It Had to Be You
Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
6.5
1947
Cynthia
Miss Brady, English Teacher
5.9
1947
The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Holstrom
6.9
1947
The Secret Heart
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
6.3
1946
Cry 'Havoc'
Nurse (uncredited)
6.3
1943
Headin' for God's Country
Mrs. Nilsson
0.0
1943
Crossroads
Madame Deval (uncredited)
5.9
1942
I Live on Danger
Mrs. Sherman
5.7
1942
Girls' Town
Mother Lorraine
0.0
1942
They Died with Their Boots On
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
6.6
1941
The Great Man's Lady
Paula Wales
6.3
1941
Riders of the Timberline
Donna Ryan
0.0
1941
Prison Farm
Matron Ames
5.7
1938
Behind the Criminal
Madge
4.5
1937
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Mrs. Virey
5.0
1935
The Little Minister
Villager
5.9
1934
School for Girls
Dr. Anne Galvin
6.0
1934
The World Changes
Mrs. Peterson
4.8
1933
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
Self
0.0
1931
Blockade
Bess
0.0
1928
The Whip
Iris d'Aquila
0.0
1928
Sorrell and Son
Dora Sorrell
5.5
1927
The 13th Juror
Helen Marsden
0.0
1927
Lonesome Ladies
Polly Fosdick
0.0
1927
Babe Comes Home
Vernie
0.0
1927
Easy Pickings
Mary Ryan
0.0
1927
The Masked Woman
Diane Delatour
0.0
1927
Midnight Lovers
Diana Fothergill
6.0
1926
Miss Nobody
Barbara Brown
0.0
1926
The Greater Glory
Fanny
0.0
1926
Too Much Money
Annabel Broadley
0.0
1926
The Splendid Road
Sandra De Hault
0.0
1925
Winds of Chance
Countess Courteau
4.8
1925
The Talker
Kate Lennox
1.0
1925
If I Marry Again
Alicia Wingate
1.0
1925
Inez from Hollywood
Inez Laranetta
0.0
1924
Hello, 'Frisco
Anna Q. Nilsson
5.0
1924
Vanity's Price
Vanna du Maurier
0.0
1924
The Fire Patrol
Mary Ferguson
0.0
1924
The Side Show of Life
Lady Auriol Dayne
0.0
1924
Broadway After Dark
Helen Tremaine
0.0
1924
Flowing Gold
Allegheny Briskow
0.0
1924
Painted People
Leslie Carter
0.0
1924
Enemies of Children
Patricia - Patsy as an adult
0.0
1923
Thundering Dawn
Mary Rogers
0.0
1923
Ponjola
Lady Flavia Desmond
5.0
1923
Adam's Rib
Mrs. Michael Ramsay
5.8
1923
The Spoilers
Cherry Malotte
0.0
1923
Hollywood
Anna Q. Nilsson
7.0
1923
The Rustle of Silk
Lady Feo
0.0
1923
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
6.2
1923
The Isle of Lost Ships
Dorothy Fairfax
0.0
1923
Pink Gods
Lady Margot Cork
0.0
1922
A Trip to Paramountown
Self
7.3
1922
The Man From Home
Genevieve Granger-Simpson
6.2
1922
Three Live Ghosts
Ivis
6.0
1922
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
0.0
1921
The Lotus Eater
Madge Vance
0.0
1921
The People of Värmland
6.3
1921
Why Girls Leave Home
Anna Hedder
0.0
1921
Without Limit
Ember Edwards
0.0
1921
In the Heart of a Fool
Margaret Muller
1.0
1920
The Fighting Chance
Sylvia Landis
0.0
1920
One Hour Before Dawn
Ellen Aldrich
0.0
1920
The Toll Gate
Mary Brown
5.3
1920
The 13th Commandment
0.0
1920
The Luck of the Irish
Ruth Warren
1.0
1920
Soldiers of Fortune
Alice Langham
0.0
1919
Her Kingdom of Dreams
Carlotta Stanmore
0.0
1919
The Love Burglar
Joan Gray
0.0
1919
A Sporting Chance
Pamela Brent
0.0
1919
Cheating Cheaters
Grace Palmer
0.0
1919
Venus in the East
Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
0.0
1919
Auction of Souls
5.2
1919
Vanity Pool
Carol Harper
0.0
1918
In Judgment of...
Mary Manners
0.0
1918
No Man's Land
Katherine Gresham
0.0
1918
The Trail To Yesterday
0.0
1918
Heart of the Sunset
0.0
1918
Over There
Bettie Adams
0.0
1917
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Mary Norton
4.4
1917
The Inevitable
Florence Grey
0.0
1917
Her Surrender
Rhoda Courtlandt
0.0
1916
Sold Out
Leila Austin
0.0
1916
The Tight Rein
Amy
0.0
1916
The Supreme Sacrifice
Helen Chambers
0.0
1916
The Scarlet Road
Betty Belgrave
0.0
1916
The Regeneration
Marie Deering
6.9
1915
The Haunting Fear
Diana - an Adventuress
0.0
1915
A Sister's Burden
Ida - Nathanial's Wife
0.0
1915
The Destroyer
Helen Vedrine
0.0
1915
The Siren's Reign
Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
0.0
1915
The Night Operator at Buxton
Helen
0.0
1915
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
Mignon Mars
0.0
1914
Regeneration
Katherine Williams
0.0
1914
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Eliza - a Runaway Slave
0.0
1913
The Fatal Legacy
Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
0.0
1913
Shenandoah
Gertrude Illingham
0.0
1913
A Mississippi Tragedy
Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
0.0
1913
The Confederate Ironclad
Elinor
5.3
1912
The Darling of the CSA
Agnes Lane
4.0
1912