Anna Q. Nilsson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1888-03-30
Day of Death
1974-02-11 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Anna Q. Nilsson
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
Acting
(1954)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
(1954)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott
(1954)
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1951)
An American in Paris
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
(1951)
Show Boat
as Seamstress (uncredited)
(1951)
(1951)
Grounds for Marriage
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
(1950)
Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
(1949)
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
(1949)
In the Good Old Summertime
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
(1948)
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Saleslady
(1948)
Fighting Father Dunne
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
(1947)
Cynthia
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
(1947)
It Had to Be You
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
(1947)
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Holstrom
(1946)
The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
(1943)
Cry 'Havoc'
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1943)
Headin' for God's Country
as Mrs. Nilsson
(1942)
Crossroads
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
(1942)
Girls' Town
as Mother Lorraine
(1942)
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Sherman
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
(1941)
The Great Man's Lady
as Paula Wales
(1941)
Riders of the Timberline
as Donna Ryan
(1938)
Prison Farm
as Matron Ames
(1937)
Behind the Criminal
as Madge
(1935)
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mrs. Virey
(1934)
The Little Minister
as Villager
(1934)
School for Girls
as Dr. Anne Galvin
(1933)
The World Changes
as Mrs. Peterson
(1931)
(1928)
Blockade
as Bess
(1928)
The Whip
as Iris d'Aquila
(1927)
Sorrell and Son
as Dora Sorrell
(1927)
Lonesome Ladies
as Polly Fosdick
(1927)
Babe Comes Home
as Vernie
(1927)
Easy Pickings
as Mary Ryan
(1927)
The Masked Woman
as Diane Delatour
(1927)
The 13th Juror
as Helen Marsden
(1926)
Midnight Lovers
as Diana Fothergill
(1926)
The Greater Glory
as Fanny
(1926)
Too Much Money
as Annabel Broadley
(1926)
Miss Nobody
as Barbara Brown
(1925)
The Talker
as Kate Lennox
(1925)
The Splendid Road
as Sandra De Hault
(1925)
Winds of Chance
as Countess Courteau
(1925)
If I Marry Again
as Alicia Wingate
(1924)
Painted People
as Leslie Carter
(1924)
The Side Show of Life
as Lady Auriol Dayne
(1924)
Broadway After Dark
as Helen Tremaine
(1924)
Inez from Hollywood
as Inez Laranetta
(1924)
Flowing Gold
as Allegheny Briskow
(1924)
Hello, 'Frisco
as Anna Q. Nilsson
(1924)
Vanity's Price
as Vanna du Maurier
(1924)
The Fire Patrol
as Mary Ferguson
(1923)
Hollywood
as Anna Q. Nilsson
(1923)
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
(1923)
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Dorothy Fairfax
(1923)
Enemies of Children
as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
(1923)
Thundering Dawn
as Mary Rogers
(1923)
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
(1923)
Ponjola
as Lady Flavia Desmond
(1923)
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
(1923)
The Rustle of Silk
as Lady Feo
(1923)
Hearts Aflame
as Helen Foraker
(1922)
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
(1922)
The Man From Home
as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
(1922)
Three Live Ghosts
as Ivis
(1922)
Pink Gods
as Lady Margot Cork
(1921)
Why Girls Leave Home
as Anna Hedder
(1921)
Without Limit
as Ember Edwards
(1921)
The Lotus Eater
as Madge Vance
(1921)
(1921)
(1920)
In the Heart of a Fool
as Margaret Muller
(1920)
One Hour Before Dawn
as Ellen Aldrich
(1920)
The Fighting Chance
as Sylvia Landis
(1920)
(1920)
The Luck of the Irish
as Ruth Warren
(1920)
The Toll Gate
as Mary Brown
(1919)
Venus in the East
as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
(1919)
(1919)
Soldiers of Fortune
as Alice Langham
(1919)
A Sporting Chance
as Pamela Brent
(1919)
The Love Burglar
as Joan Gray
(1919)
Cheating Cheaters
as Grace Palmer
(1919)
Her Kingdom of Dreams
as Carlotta Stanmore
(1918)
In Judgment of...
as Mary Manners
(1918)
No Man's Land
as Katherine Gresham
(1918)
Vanity Pool
as Carol Harper
(1918)
(1918)
(1917)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Mary Norton
(1917)
Over There
as Bettie Adams
(1917)
The Inevitable
as Florence Grey
(1916)
The Supreme Sacrifice
as Helen Chambers
(1916)
Sold Out
as Leila Austin
(1916)
The Tight Rein
as Amy
(1916)
Her Surrender
as Rhoda Courtlandt
(1916)
The Scarlet Road
as Betty Belgrave
(1915)
The Haunting Fear
as Diana - an Adventuress
(1915)
The Night Operator at Buxton
as Helen
(1915)
The Regeneration
as Marie Deering
(1915)
A Sister's Burden
as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
(1915)
The Siren's Reign
as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
(1915)
The Destroyer
as Helen Vedrine
(1914)
Regeneration
as Katherine Williams
(1914)
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
as Mignon Mars
(1913)
A Mississippi Tragedy
as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
(1913)
The Fatal Legacy
as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
(1913)
Shenandoah
as Gertrude Illingham
(1913)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
(1912)
The Confederate Ironclad
as Elinor
(1912)
The Darling of the CSA
as Agnes Lane