Anna Q. Nilsson
Actor
Born March 30, 1888 in 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.
Filmography
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
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
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
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
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 - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
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
In the Heart of a Fool
Margaret Muller
The Fighting Chance
Sylvia Landis
One Hour Before Dawn
Ellen Aldrich
The Figurehead
Mary Forbes
The Toll Gate
Mary Brown
The 13th Commandment
Leila Kip
The Luck of the Irish
Ruth Warren
Soldiers of Fortune
Alice Langham
Her Kingdom of Dreams
Carlotta Stanmore
The Love Burglar
Joan Gray
A Sporting Chance
Pamela Brent
A Very Good Young Man
Viva Bacchus
The Way of the Strong
Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
Cheating Cheaters
Grace Palmer
Venus in the East
Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Auction of Souls
Edith Graham
Vanity Pool
Carol Harper
No Man's Land
Katherine Gresham
The Trail To Yesterday
Heart of the Sunset
Alaire Austin
Over There
Bettie Adams
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Mary Norton
The Inevitable
Florence Grey
The Moral Code
Jean Hyland
Infidelity
Elaine Bernard
Her Surrender
Rhoda Courtlandt
Sold Out
Leila Austin
The Supreme Sacrifice
Helen Chambers
The Scarlet Road
Betty Belgrave
Barbara Frietchie
Sue Negly
The Regeneration
Marie Deering
The Haunting Fear
Diana - an Adventuress
A Sister's Burden
Ida - Nathanial's Wife
The Destroyer
Helen Vedrine
The Siren's Reign
Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
The Night Operator at Buxton
Helen
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
Mignon Mars
Regeneration
Katherine Williams
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Eliza - a Runaway Slave
The Fatal Legacy
Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
Shenandoah
Gertrude Illingham
A Mississippi Tragedy
Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
The Confederate Ironclad
Elinor
The Darling of the CSA
Agnes Lane