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
| Birth Location | Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden |
|---|---|
| Born | 1888-03-30 |
| Died | 1974-02-11 |
Movies
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)
1954
1951
An American in Paris
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
1951
Show Boat
as Seamstress (uncredited)
1951
Grounds for Marriage
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
1951
Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
1950
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
1949
In the Good Old Summertime
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
1949
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Saleslady
1948
Fighting Father Dunne
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
1948
Cynthia
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
1947
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Holstrom
1947
The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
1946
Cry 'Havoc'
as Nurse (uncredited)
1943
Headin' for God's Country
as Mrs. Nilsson
1943
Crossroads
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
1942
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Sherman
1942
The Great Man's Lady
as Paula Wales
1942
Girls' Town
as Mother Lorraine
1942
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
1941
Riders of the Timberline
as Donna Ryan
1941
Prison Farm
as Matron Ames
1938
Behind the Criminal
as Madge
1937
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mrs. Virey
1935
The Little Minister
as Villager
1934
School for Girls
as Dr. Anne Galvin
1934
The World Changes
as Mrs. Peterson
1933
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
as Self
1931
Blockade
as Bess
1928
The Whip
as Iris d'Aquila
1928
Sorrell and Son
as Dora Sorrell
1927
The 13th Juror
as Helen Marsden
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
Midnight Lovers
as Diana Fothergill
1926
Miss Nobody
as Barbara Brown
1926
The Greater Glory
as Fanny
1926
Too Much Money
as Annabel Broadley
1926
The Splendid Road
as Sandra De Hault
1925
Winds of Chance
as Countess Courteau
1925
The Talker
as Kate Lennox
1925
If I Marry Again
as Alicia Wingate
1925
Inez from Hollywood
as Inez Laranetta
1924
Hello, 'Frisco
as Anna Q. Nilsson
1924
The Fire Patrol
as Mary Ferguson
1924
The Side Show of Life
as Lady Auriol Dayne
1924
Broadway After Dark
as Helen Tremaine
1924
Flowing Gold
as Allegheny Briskow
1924
Painted People
as Leslie Carter
1924
1923
Thundering Dawn
as Mary Rogers
1923
Ponjola
as Lady Flavia Desmond
1923
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
1923
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
1923
Hollywood
as Anna Q. Nilsson
1923
The Rustle of Silk
as Lady Feo
1923
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
1923
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Dorothy Fairfax
1923
Pink Gods
as Lady Margot Cork
1922
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
1922
The Man From Home
as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
1922
Three Live Ghosts
as Ivis
1922
The Lotus Eater
as Madge Vance
1921
Without Limit
as Ember Edwards
1921
In the Heart of a Fool
as Margaret Muller
1920
The Fighting Chance
as Sylvia Landis
1920
1920
The Toll Gate
as Mary Brown
1920
1920
The Luck of the Irish
as Ruth Warren
1920
Soldiers of Fortune
as Alice Langham
1919
Her Kingdom of Dreams
as Carlotta Stanmore
1919
The Love Burglar
as Joan Gray
1919
A Sporting Chance
as Pamela Brent
1919
Cheating Cheaters
as Grace Palmer
1919
Venus in the East
as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
1919
1919
Vanity Pool
as Carol Harper
1918
In Judgment of...
as Mary Manners
1918
No Man's Land
as Katherine Gresham
1918
1918
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Mary Norton
1917
Sold Out
as Leila Austin
1916
The Tight Rein
as Amy
1916
The Supreme Sacrifice
as Helen Chambers
1916
1916
The Regeneration
as Marie Deering
1915
The Haunting Fear
as Diana - an Adventuress
1915
A Sister's Burden
as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
1915
The Destroyer
as Helen Vedrine
1915
The Siren's Reign
as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
1915
The Night Operator at Buxton
as Helen
1915
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
as Mignon Mars
1914
Regeneration
as Katherine Williams
1914
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
1913
The Fatal Legacy
as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
1913
Shenandoah
as Gertrude Illingham
1913
A Mississippi Tragedy
as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
1913
The Confederate Ironclad
as Elinor
1912
The Darling of the CSA
as Agnes Lane
1912
Anna Q. Nilsson hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
