Acting
Anna Q. Nilsson
EN, SV, XX cinema · 127 credits
Born
30 March 1888
Died
11 February 1974 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Also known as Anna Quirentia Nilsson · Annie Nilsson · Anna Nilsson · Анна Нильсен
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
Filmography
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited), as Mrs. Elcott
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
as (uncredited)
Grounds for Marriage
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Show Boat
as Seamstress (uncredited)
An American in Paris
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
In the Good Old Summertime
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
Fighting Father Dunne
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Saleslady
Cynthia
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
It Had to Be You
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Holstrom
The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Cry 'Havoc'
as Nurse (uncredited)
Headin' for God's Country
as Mrs. Nilsson
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Sherman
Girls' Town
as Mother Lorraine
Crossroads
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
Riders of the Timberline
as Donna Ryan
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
as Paula Wales
Prison Farm
as Matron Ames
Behind the Criminal
as Madge
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mrs. Virey
The Little Minister
as Villager
School for Girls
as Dr. Anne Galvin
The World Changes
as Mrs. Peterson
Blockade
as Bess
The Whip
as Iris d'Aquila
Sorrell and Son
as Dora Sorrell
Easy Pickings
1927
Easy Pickings
as Mary Ryan
Lonesome Ladies
as Polly Fosdick
Babe Comes Home
as Vernie
The Masked Woman
as Diane Delatour
The 13th Juror
as Helen Marsden
Midnight Lovers
as Diana Fothergill
Miss Nobody
as Barbara Brown
The Greater Glory
as Fanny
Too Much Money
as Annabel Broadley
If I Marry Again
as Alicia Wingate
The Splendid Road
as Sandra De Hault
Winds of Chance
as Countess Courteau
The Talker
as Kate Lennox
One Way Street
as Lady Sylvia Hutton
Flowing Gold
as Allegheny Briskow
Broadway After Dark
as Helen Tremaine
The Fire Patrol
as Mary Ferguson
Painted People
as Leslie Carter
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
Hello, 'Frisco
as Anna Q. Nilsson
The Side Show of Life
as Lady Auriol Dayne
Inez from Hollywood
as Inez Laranetta
Vanity's Price
as Vanna du Maurier
Between Friends
as Jessica Drene
Half-a-Dollar Bill
as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
Enemies of Children
as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
Hollywood
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Ponjola
as Lady Flavia Desmond
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Dorothy Fairfax
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
The Rustle of Silk
as Lady Feo
Thundering Dawn
as Mary Rogers
Hearts Aflame
as Helen Foraker
The Man From Home
as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
Pink Gods
as Lady Margot Cork
The Lotus Eater
as Madge Vance
Without Limit
as Ember Edwards
Why Girls Leave Home
as Anna Hedder
What Women Will Do
as Lily Gibbs
One Hour Before Dawn
as Ellen Aldrich
The Fighting Chance
as Sylvia Landis
In the Heart of a Fool
as Margaret Muller
The Luck of the Irish
as Ruth Warren
The 13th Commandment
as Leila Kip
The Toll Gate
as Mary Brown
The Brute Master
as Madeline Grey
The Figurehead
as Mary Forbes
Cheating Cheaters
as Grace Palmer
Soldiers of Fortune
as Alice Langham
The Love Burglar
as Joan Gray
Auction of Souls
as Edith Graham
Venus in the East
as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Her Kingdom of Dreams
as Carlotta Stanmore
A Sporting Chance
as Pamela Brent
The Way of the Strong
as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
A Very Good Young Man
as Viva Bacchus
In Judgment of...
1918
In Judgment of...
as Mary Manners
No Man's Land
as Katherine Gresham
Vanity Pool
as Carol Harper
Heart of the Sunset
as Alaire Austin
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Mary Norton
The Inevitable
as Florence Grey
Over There
as Bettie Adams
The Moral Code
as Jean Hyland
Infidelity
as Elaine Bernard
Sold Out
as Leila Austin
The Supreme Sacrifice
as Helen Chambers
Her Surrender
as Rhoda Courtlandt
The Scarlet Road
as Betty Belgrave
The Siren's Reign
as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
The Destroyer
as Helen Vedrine
The Haunting Fear
as Diana - an Adventuress
A Sister's Burden
as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
The Regeneration
as Marie Deering
Barbara Frietchie
as Sue Negly
Regeneration
as Katherine Williams
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
as Mignon Mars
Shenandoah
as Gertrude Illingham
The Fatal Legacy
as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
A Mississippi Tragedy
as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
The Darling of the CSA
as Agnes Lane
The Confederate Ironclad
as Elinor
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher