Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting
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
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movieSeven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited) / Mrs. Elcott
movieThe Great Diamond Robbery
1954
Nurse (uncredited)
movieThe Unknown Man
1951
(uncredited)
movieAn American in Paris
1951
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
movieShow Boat
1951
Seamstress (uncredited)
movieGrounds for Marriage
1951
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
movieSunset Boulevard
1950
Anna Q. Nilsson
movieAdam's Rib
1949
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
movieIn the Good Old Summertime
1949
Woman with Harp (uncredited)
movieFighting Father Dunne
1948
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
movieIt Had to Be You
1947
Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
movieCynthia
1947
Miss Brady, English Teacher
movieThe Farmer's Daughter
1947
Mrs. Holstrom
movieThe Secret Heart
1946
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
movieCry 'Havoc'
1943
Nurse (uncredited)
movieHeadin' for God's Country
1943
Mrs. Nilsson
movieCrossroads
1942
Madame Deval (uncredited)
movieI Live on Danger
1942
Mrs. Sherman
movieGirls' Town
1942
Mother Lorraine
movieThey Died with Their Boots On
1941
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
movieThe Great Man's Lady
1941
Paula Wales
movieRiders of the Timberline
1941
Donna Ryan
moviePrison Farm
1938
Matron Ames
movieWanderer of the Wasteland
1935
Mrs. Virey
movieThe Little Minister
1934
Villager
movieSchool for Girls
1934
Dr. Anne Galvin
movieThe World Changes
1933
Mrs. Peterson
movieThe Whip
1928
Iris d'Aquila
movieSorrell and Son
1927
Dora Sorrell
movieThe 13th Juror
1927
Helen Marsden
movieLonesome Ladies
1927
Polly Fosdick
movieBabe Comes Home
1927
Vernie
Easy Pickings
1927
Mary Ryan
movieThe Masked Woman
1927
Diane Delatour
movieMidnight Lovers
1926
Diana Fothergill
movieMiss Nobody
1926
Barbara Brown
movieToo Much Money
1926
Annabel Broadley
movieThe Splendid Road
1925
Sandra De Hault
movieWinds of Chance
1925
Countess Courteau
movieThe Talker
1925
Kate Lennox
movieOne Way Street
1925
Lady Sylvia Hutton
movieIf I Marry Again
1925
Alicia Wingate
movieInez from Hollywood
1924
Inez Laranetta
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
Anna Q. Nilsson
movieVanity's Price
1924
Vanna du Maurier
movieThe Fire Patrol
1924
Mary Ferguson
movieThe Side Show of Life
1924
Lady Auriol Dayne
movieBroadway After Dark
1924
Helen Tremaine
movieBetween Friends
1924
Jessica Drene
movieFlowing Gold
1924
Allegheny Briskow
moviePainted People
1924
Leslie Carter
movieHalf-a-Dollar Bill
1924
The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
movieEnemies of Children
1923
Patricia - Patsy as an adult
movieThundering Dawn
1923
Mary Rogers
moviePonjola
1923
Lady Flavia Desmond
movieAdam's Rib
1923
Mrs. Michael Ramsay
movieThe Spoilers
1923
Cherry Malotte
movieHollywood
1923
Anna Q. Nilsson
movieThe Rustle of Silk
1923
Lady Feo
movieSouls for Sale
1923
Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
movieThe Isle of Lost Ships
1923
Dorothy Fairfax
movieHearts Aflame
1923
Helen Foraker
moviePink Gods
1922
Lady Margot Cork
movieThe Man From Home
1922
Genevieve Granger-Simpson
movieThe Lotus Eater
1921
Madge Vance
movieWhy Girls Leave Home
1921
Anna Hedder
movieWithout Limit
1921
Ember Edwards
movieWhat Women Will Do
1921
Lily Gibbs
movieThe Brute Master
1920
Madeline Grey
movieIn the Heart of a Fool
1920
Margaret Muller
movieThe Fighting Chance
1920
Sylvia Landis
movieOne Hour Before Dawn
1920
Ellen Aldrich
movieThe Figurehead
1920
Mary Forbes
movieThe Toll Gate
1920
Mary Brown
movieThe 13th Commandment
1920
Leila Kip
movieThe Luck of the Irish
1920
Ruth Warren
movieSoldiers of Fortune
1919
Alice Langham
movieHer Kingdom of Dreams
1919
Carlotta Stanmore
movieThe Love Burglar
1919
Joan Gray
movieA Sporting Chance
1919
Pamela Brent
movieA Very Good Young Man
1919
Viva Bacchus
movieThe Way of the Strong
1919
Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
movieCheating Cheaters
1919
Grace Palmer
movieVenus in the East
1919
Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
movieAuction of Souls
1919
Edith Graham
movieVanity Pool
1918
Carol Harper
In Judgment of...
1918
Mary Manners
movieNo Man's Land
1918
Katherine Gresham
movieHeart of the Sunset
1918
Alaire Austin
movieOver There
1917
Bettie Adams
movieSeven Keys to Baldpate
1917
Mary Norton
movieThe Inevitable
1917
Florence Grey
movieThe Moral Code
1917
Jean Hyland
movieInfidelity
1917
Elaine Bernard
movieHer Surrender
1916
Rhoda Courtlandt
movieSold Out
1916
Leila Austin
movieThe Supreme Sacrifice
1916
Helen Chambers
movieThe Scarlet Road
1916
Betty Belgrave
movieBarbara Frietchie
1915
Sue Negly
movieThe Regeneration
1915
Marie Deering
movieThe Haunting Fear
1915
Diana - an Adventuress
movieA Sister's Burden
1915
Ida - Nathanial's Wife
movieThe Destroyer
1915
Helen Vedrine
movieThe Siren's Reign
1915
Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
movieWolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
1914
Mignon Mars
movieRegeneration
1914
Katherine Williams
movieUncle Tom's Cabin
1913
Eliza - a Runaway Slave
movieThe Fatal Legacy
1913
Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
movieShenandoah
1913
Gertrude Illingham
movieA Mississippi Tragedy
1913
Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
1912
Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
movieThe Darling of the CSA
1912
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