Anna Q. Nilsson
- Acting
- March 30, 1888 · Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
- February 11, 1974
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
Filmography
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers · Mrs. Elcott (uncredited), Mrs. Elcott
- The Great Diamond Robbery · Nurse (uncredited)
- The Unknown Man · (uncredited)
- An American in Paris · Kay Jansen (uncredited)
- Show Boat · Seamstress (uncredited)
- Grounds for Marriage · Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
- Sunset Boulevard · Anna Q. Nilsson
- Adam's Rib · Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
- In the Good Old Summertime · Woman with Harp (uncredited)
- Every Girl Should Be Married · Saleslady
- The Boy with Green Hair
- Fighting Father Dunne · Mrs. Olaf Knudson
- It Had to Be You · Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
- Cynthia · Miss Brady, English Teacher
- The Farmer's Daughter · Mrs. Holstrom
- The Secret Heart · Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
- Cry 'Havoc' · Nurse (uncredited)
- Headin' for God's Country · Mrs. Nilsson
- Crossroads · Madame Deval (uncredited)
- I Live on Danger · Mrs. Sherman
- Girls' Town · Mother Lorraine
- They Died with Their Boots On · Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
- The Great Man's Lady · Paula Wales
- Riders of the Timberline · Donna Ryan
- Prison Farm · Matron Ames
- Behind the Criminal · Madge
- Wanderer of the Wasteland · Mrs. Virey
- The Little Minister · Villager
- School for Girls · Dr. Anne Galvin
- The World Changes · Mrs. Peterson
- Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! · Self
- Blockade · Bess
- The Whip · Iris d'Aquila
- Sorrell and Son · Dora Sorrell
- The 13th Juror · Helen Marsden
- Lonesome Ladies · Polly Fosdick
- Babe Comes Home · Vernie
- Easy Pickings · Mary Ryan
- The Masked Woman · Diane Delatour
- Midnight Lovers · Diana Fothergill
- Miss Nobody · Barbara Brown
- The Greater Glory · Fanny
- Too Much Money · Annabel Broadley
- The Splendid Road · Sandra De Hault
- Winds of Chance · Countess Courteau
- The Talker · Kate Lennox
- One Way Street · Lady Sylvia Hutton
- If I Marry Again · Alicia Wingate
- Inez from Hollywood · Inez Laranetta
- Hello, 'Frisco · Anna Q. Nilsson
- Vanity's Price · Vanna du Maurier
- The Breath of Scandal · Anna
- The Fire Patrol · Mary Ferguson
- The Side Show of Life · Lady Auriol Dayne
- Broadway After Dark · Helen Tremaine
- Between Friends · Jessica Drene
- Flowing Gold · Allegheny Briskow
- Painted People · Leslie Carter
- Half-a-Dollar Bill · The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
- Enemies of Children · Patricia - Patsy as an adult
- Thundering Dawn · Mary Rogers
- Ponjola · Lady Flavia Desmond
- Adam's Rib · Mrs. Michael Ramsay
- The Spoilers · Cherry Malotte
- Hollywood · Anna Q. Nilsson
- The Rustle of Silk · Lady Feo
- Souls for Sale · Self
- The Isle of Lost Ships · Dorothy Fairfax
- Hearts Aflame · Helen Foraker
- Pink Gods · Lady Margot Cork
- A Trip to Paramountown · Self
- The Man From Home · Genevieve Granger-Simpson
- Three Live Ghosts · Ivis
- Ten Nights in a Bar Room
- The Lotus Eater · Madge Vance
- The People of Värmland · Anna
- Why Girls Leave Home · Anna Hedder
- Without Limit · Ember Edwards
- What Women Will Do · Lily Gibbs
- The Brute Master · Madeline Grey