Anna Q. Nilsson

Acting

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.

Filmography 127

Movies (127)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
Nurse (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
1951
(uncredited)
An American in Paris
1951
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Show Boat
1951
Seamstress (uncredited)
Grounds for Marriage
1951
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
1950
Anna Q. Nilsson
Adam's Rib
1949
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
Saleslady
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
It Had to Be You
1947
Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
Cynthia
1947
Miss Brady, English Teacher
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
Mrs. Holstrom
The Secret Heart
1946
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
Nurse (uncredited)
Headin' for God's Country
1943
Mrs. Nilsson
Crossroads
1942
Madame Deval (uncredited)
I Live on Danger
1942
Mrs. Sherman
Girls' Town
1942
Mother Lorraine
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
1941
Paula Wales
Riders of the Timberline
1941
Donna Ryan
Prison Farm
1938
Matron Ames
Behind the Criminal
1937
Madge
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
Mrs. Virey
The Little Minister
1934
Villager
School for Girls
1934
Dr. Anne Galvin
The World Changes
1933
Mrs. Peterson