Anna Q. Nilsson
Known for ActingBorn 1888-03-30 — died 1974-02-11Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
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
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · as Anna Q. Nilsson
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
An American in Paris
1951 · as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Show Boat
1951 · as Seamstress (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
1949 · as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
School for Girls
1934 · as Dr. Anne Galvin
The Unknown Man
1951 · as (uncredited)
Blockade
1928 · as Bess
In the Good Old Summertime
1949 · as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Souls for Sale
1923 · as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
1941 · as Paula Wales
Hello, 'Frisco
1924 · as Anna Q. Nilsson
Shenandoah
1913 · as Gertrude Illingham
The Farmer's Daughter
1947 · as Mrs. Holstrom
It Had to Be You
1947 · as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
The World Changes
1933 · as Mrs. Peterson