Anna Q. Nilsson
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.
Films (126)
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