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