
Acting
Born March 30, 1888 · 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.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954

The Great Diamond Robbery
1954

The Unknown Man
1951

An American in Paris
1951

Show Boat
1951

Grounds for Marriage
1951

Sunset Boulevard
1950

Adam's Rib
1949

In the Good Old Summertime
1949

Every Girl Should Be Married
1948

Fighting Father Dunne
1948

It Had to Be You
1947

Cynthia
1947

The Farmer's Daughter
1947

The Secret Heart
1946

Cry 'Havoc'
1943

Headin' for God's Country
1943

Crossroads
1942

I Live on Danger
1942

Girls' Town
1942

They Died with Their Boots On
1941

The Great Man's Lady
1941

Riders of the Timberline
1941

Prison Farm
1938

Behind the Criminal
1937

Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935

The Little Minister
1934

School for Girls
1934

The World Changes
1933

Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
1931

Blockade
1928
The Whip
1928

Sorrell and Son
1927

The 13th Juror
1927

Lonesome Ladies
1927

Babe Comes Home
1927
Easy Pickings
1927

The Masked Woman
1927

Midnight Lovers
1926

Miss Nobody
1926

The Greater Glory
1926

Too Much Money
1926

The Splendid Road
1925

Winds of Chance
1925

The Talker
1925

One Way Street
1925

If I Marry Again
1925

Inez from Hollywood
1924
Hello, 'Frisco
1924

Vanity's Price
1924

The Breath of Scandal
1924

The Fire Patrol
1924

The Side Show of Life
1924

Broadway After Dark
1924

Between Friends
1924

Flowing Gold
1924

Painted People
1924

Half-a-Dollar Bill
1924

Enemies of Children
1923

Thundering Dawn
1923

Ponjola
1923

Adam's Rib
1923

The Spoilers
1923

Hollywood
1923

The Rustle of Silk
1923

Souls for Sale
1923

The Isle of Lost Ships
1923

Hearts Aflame
1923

Pink Gods
1922

A Trip to Paramountown
1922

The Man From Home
1922

Three Live Ghosts
1922

Ten Nights in a Bar Room
1921

The Lotus Eater
1921

The People of Värmland
1921

Why Girls Leave Home
1921

Without Limit
1921

What Women Will Do
1921

The Brute Master
1920

In the Heart of a Fool
1920

The Fighting Chance
1920

One Hour Before Dawn
1920

The Figurehead
1920

The Toll Gate
1920

The 13th Commandment
1920

The Luck of the Irish
1920

Soldiers of Fortune
1919

Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919

The Love Burglar
1919

A Sporting Chance
1919

A Very Good Young Man
1919

The Way of the Strong
1919

Cheating Cheaters
1919

Venus in the East
1919

Auction of Souls
1919

Vanity Pool
1918
In Judgment of...
1918

No Man's Land
1918

The Trail To Yesterday
1918

Heart of the Sunset
1918

Over There
1917

Seven Keys to Baldpate
1917

The Inevitable
1917

The Moral Code
1917

Infidelity
1917

Her Surrender
1916

Sold Out
1916
The Tight Rein
1916

The Supreme Sacrifice
1916

The Scarlet Road
1916

Barbara Frietchie
1915

The Regeneration
1915

The Haunting Fear
1915

A Sister's Burden
1915

The Destroyer
1915

The Siren's Reign
1915

The Night Operator at Buxton
1915

Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
1914

Regeneration
1914

Uncle Tom's Cabin
1913

The Fatal Legacy
1913

Shenandoah
1913

A Mississippi Tragedy
1913

The Confederate Ironclad
1912
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
1912

The Darling of the CSA
1912