People
Anna Q. Nilsson
- Name: Anna Q. Nilsson
- Birthday: 1888-03-30
- Also known as: Anna Quirentia Nilsson,Annie Nilsson,Anna Nilsson
- Place of birth: Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
- Popularity: 3.197
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as Mrs. Elcott | 1954-07-22 |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited) | 1954-07-22 |
| The Great Diamond Robbery as Nurse (uncredited) | 1954-01-29 |
| The Unknown Man | 1951-11-09 |
| An American in Paris as Kay Jansen (uncredited) | 1951-09-26 |
| Show Boat as Seamstress (uncredited) | 1951-07-19 |
| Grounds for Marriage as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited) | 1951-01-12 |
| Sunset Boulevard as Anna Q. Nilsson | 1950-08-10 |
| Adam's Rib as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited) | 1949-11-18 |
| In the Good Old Summertime as Woman with Harp (uncredited) | 1949-07-29 |
| Every Girl Should Be Married as Saleslady | 1948-12-25 |
| Fighting Father Dunne as Mrs. Olaf Knudson | 1948-05-12 |
| It Had to Be You as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited) | 1947-12-07 |
| Cynthia as Miss Brady, English Teacher | 1947-08-29 |
| The Farmer's Daughter as Mrs. Holstrom | 1947-03-26 |
| The Secret Heart as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary | 1946-12-25 |
| Cry 'Havoc' as Nurse (uncredited) | 1943-11-23 |
| Headin' for God's Country as Mrs. Nilsson | 1943-08-26 |
| Crossroads as Madame Deval (uncredited) | 1942-07-23 |
| I Live on Danger as Mrs. Sherman | 1942-06-16 |
| Girls' Town as Mother Lorraine | 1942-03-06 |
| They Died with Their Boots On as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited) | 1941-11-20 |
| The Great Man's Lady as Paula Wales | 1941-10-31 |
| Riders of the Timberline as Donna Ryan | 1941-09-17 |
| Prison Farm as Matron Ames | 1938-06-17 |
| Behind the Criminal as Madge | 1937-10-30 |
| Wanderer of the Wasteland as Mrs. Virey | 1935-09-09 |
| The Little Minister as Villager | 1934-12-28 |
| School for Girls as Dr. Anne Galvin | 1934-03-22 |
| The World Changes as Mrs. Peterson | 1933-11-25 |
| Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! as Self | 1931-09-18 |
| Blockade as Bess | 1928-12-16 |
| The Whip as Iris d'Aquila | 1928-09-16 |
| Sorrell and Son as Dora Sorrell | 1927-12-02 |
| The 13th Juror as Helen Marsden | 1927-11-13 |
| Lonesome Ladies as Polly Fosdick | 1927-07-03 |
| Babe Comes Home as Vernie | 1927-05-22 |
| Easy Pickings as Mary Ryan | 1927-02-20 |
| The Masked Woman as Diane Delatour | 1927-01-16 |
| Midnight Lovers as Diana Fothergill | 1926-10-25 |
| Miss Nobody as Barbara Brown | 1926-06-27 |
| The Greater Glory as Fanny | 1926-05-02 |
| Too Much Money as Annabel Broadley | 1926-01-03 |
| The Splendid Road as Sandra De Hault | 1925-12-06 |
| Winds of Chance as Countess Courteau | 1925-08-15 |
| The Talker as Kate Lennox | 1925-05-24 |
| If I Marry Again as Alicia Wingate | 1925-02-15 |
| Inez from Hollywood as Inez Laranetta | 1924-12-14 |
| Hello, 'Frisco as Anna Q. Nilsson | 1924-09-28 |
| Vanity's Price as Vanna du Maurier | 1924-09-07 |
| The Fire Patrol as Mary Ferguson | 1924-08-14 |
| The Side Show of Life as Lady Auriol Dayne | 1924-07-21 |
| Broadway After Dark as Helen Tremaine | 1924-05-19 |
| Flowing Gold as Allegheny Briskow | 1924-03-01 |
| Painted People as Leslie Carter | 1924-01-28 |
| Enemies of Children as Patricia - Patsy as an adult | 1923-12-13 |
| Thundering Dawn as Mary Rogers | 1923-11-05 |
| Ponjola as Lady Flavia Desmond | 1923-10-28 |
| Adam's Rib as Mrs. Michael Ramsay | 1923-09-24 |
| The Spoilers as Cherry Malotte | 1923-08-26 |
| Hollywood as Anna Q. Nilsson | 1923-08-19 |
| The Rustle of Silk as Lady Feo | 1923-05-13 |
| Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited) | 1923-04-22 |
| The Isle of Lost Ships as Dorothy Fairfax | 1923-03-17 |
| Pink Gods as Lady Margot Cork | 1922-09-24 |
| A Trip to Paramountown as Self | 1922-07-10 |
| The Man From Home as Genevieve Granger-Simpson | 1922-04-30 |
| Three Live Ghosts as Ivis | 1922-01-01 |
| Ten Nights in a Bar Room | 1921-12-11 |
| The Lotus Eater as Madge Vance | 1921-11-27 |
| The People of Värmland | 1921-10-23 |
| Why Girls Leave Home as Anna Hedder | 1921-09-04 |
| Without Limit as Ember Edwards | 1921-03-20 |
| In the Heart of a Fool as Margaret Muller | 1920-10-01 |
| The Fighting Chance as Sylvia Landis | 1920-08-01 |
| One Hour Before Dawn as Ellen Aldrich | 1920-07-11 |
| The Toll Gate as Mary Brown | 1920-04-15 |
| The 13th Commandment | 1920-01-17 |
| The Luck of the Irish as Ruth Warren | 1920-01-05 |
| Soldiers of Fortune as Alice Langham | 1919-11-22 |
| Her Kingdom of Dreams as Carlotta Stanmore | 1919-09-21 |
| A Sporting Chance as Pamela Brent | 1919-07-13 |
| The Love Burglar as Joan Gray | 1919-07-13 |
| Cheating Cheaters as Grace Palmer | 1919-01-26 |
| Venus in the East as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot | 1919-01-26 |
| Auction of Souls | 1919-01-19 |
| Vanity Pool as Carol Harper | 1918-12-07 |
| In Judgment of... as Mary Manners | 1918-08-12 |
| No Man's Land as Katherine Gresham | 1918-07-08 |
| The Trail To Yesterday | 1918-05-06 |
| Heart of the Sunset | 1918-03-01 |
| Over There as Bettie Adams | 1917-10-27 |
| Seven Keys to Baldpate as Mary Norton | 1917-10-16 |
| The Inevitable as Florence Grey | 1917-04-05 |
| Sold Out as Leila Austin | 1916-06-05 |
| The Tight Rein as Amy | 1916-05-14 |
| The Supreme Sacrifice as Helen Chambers | 1916-03-20 |
| The Scarlet Road as Betty Belgrave | 1916-02-16 |
| Her Surrender as Rhoda Courtlandt | 1916-01-01 |
| The Regeneration as Marie Deering | 1915-09-12 |
| The Haunting Fear as Diana - an Adventuress | 1915-06-11 |
| A Sister's Burden as Ida - Nathanial's Wife | 1915-05-10 |
| The Destroyer as Helen Vedrine | 1915-04-30 |
| The Siren's Reign as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman | 1915-04-02 |
| The Night Operator at Buxton as Helen | 1915-03-13 |
| Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec as Mignon Mars | 1914-05-25 |
| Regeneration as Katherine Williams | 1914-05-11 |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin as Eliza - a Runaway Slave | 1913-12-17 |
| The Fatal Legacy as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife | 1913-09-10 |
| Shenandoah as Gertrude Illingham | 1913-07-04 |
| A Mississippi Tragedy as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter | 1913-04-05 |
| The Confederate Ironclad as Elinor | 1912-10-04 |
| The Darling of the CSA as Agnes Lane | 1912-09-06 |
