Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 107
Movies 107
self 5
Grace Palmer
Marco Borsato - Symphonica in Rosso (2006)
Movie
Mrs. Elcott / Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Movie
4
Nurse (uncredited)
The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)
Movie
The Unknown Man (1951)
Movie
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
An American in Paris (1951)
Movie
3
Seamstress (uncredited)
Show Boat (1951)
Movie
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Grounds for Marriage (1951)
Movie
Anna Q. Nilsson
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Movie
5.25
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Movie
6.13
Woman with Harp (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Movie
Saleslady
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
Movie
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
Movie
Miss Brady, English Teacher
Cynthia (1947)
Movie
Mrs. Holstrom
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Movie
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
The Secret Heart (1946)
Movie
Nurse (uncredited)
Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
Movie
Mrs. Nilsson
Headin' for God's Country (1943)
Movie
Madame Deval (uncredited)
Crossroads (1942)
Movie
Mrs. Sherman
I Live on Danger (1942)
Movie
Paula Wales
The Great Man's Lady (1942)
Movie
Mother Lorraine
Girls' Town (1942)
Movie
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Movie
Donna Ryan
Riders of the Timberline (1941)
Movie
Matron Ames
Prison Farm (1938)
Movie
Madge
Behind the Criminal (1937)
Movie
Mrs. Virey
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
Movie
Villager
The Little Minister (1934)
Movie
Dr. Anne Galvin
School for Girls (1934)
Movie
Mrs. Peterson
The World Changes (1933)
Movie
Bess
Blockade (1928)
Movie
Iris d'Aquila
The Whip (1928)
Movie
Dora Sorrell
Sorrell and Son (1927)
Movie
Helen Marsden
The 13th Juror (1927)
Movie
Polly Fosdick
Lonesome Ladies (1927)
Movie
Vernie
Babe Comes Home (1927)
Movie
Mry Ryan
Easy Pickings (1927)
Movie
Diane Delatour
The Masked Woman (1927)
Movie
Diana Fothergill
Midnight Lovers (1926)
Movie
Barbara Brown
Miss Nobody (1926)
Movie
Fanny
The Greater Glory (1926)
Movie
Annabel Broadley
Too Much Money (1926)
Movie
Sandra De Hault
The Splendid Road (1925)
Movie
Countess Courteau
Winds of Chance (1925)
Movie
Kate Lennox
The Talker (1925)
Movie
Alicia Wingate
If I Marry Again (1925)
Movie
Inez Laranetta
Inez from Hollywood (1924)
Movie
Anna Q. Nilsson
Hello, 'Frisco (1924)
Movie
Mary Ferguson
The Fire Patrol (1924)
Movie
Lady Auriol Dayne
The Side Show of Life (1924)
Movie
Helen Tremaine
Broadway After Dark (1924)
Movie
Allegheny Briskow
Flowing Gold (1924)
Movie
Leslie Carter
Painted People (1924)
Movie
Patricia - Patsy as an adult
Enemies of Children (1923)
Movie
Mary Rogers
Thundering Dawn (1923)
Movie
Lady Flavia Desmond
Ponjola (1923)
Movie
Mrs. Michael Ramsay
Adam's Rib (1923)
Movie
Cherry Malotte
The Spoilers (1923)
Movie
Anna Q. Nilsson
Hollywood (1923)
Movie
Lady Feo
The Rustle of Silk (1923)
Movie
Herself - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Souls for Sale (1923)
Movie
Dorothy Fairfax
The Isle of Lost Ships (1923)
Movie
Lady Margot Cork
Pink Gods (1922)
Movie
Self
A Trip to Paramountown (1922)
Movie
Genevieve Granger-Simpson
The Man From Home (1922)
Movie
Ivis
Three Live Ghosts (1922)
Movie
Madge Vance
The Lotus Eater (1921)
Movie
Anna
The People of Värmland (1921)
Movie
Anna Hedder
Why Girls Leave Home (1921)
Movie
Ember Edwards
Without Limit (1921)
Movie
Margaret Muller
In the Heart of a Fool (1920)
Movie
Sylvia Landis
The Fighting Chance (1920)
Movie
Ellen Aldrich
One Hour Before Dawn (1920)
Movie
Mary Brown
The Toll Gate (1920)
Movie
Leila Kip
The 13th Commandment (1920)
Movie
Ruth Warren
The Luck of the Irish (1920)
Movie
Alice Langham
Soldiers of Fortune (1919)
Movie
Carlotta Stanmore
Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919)
Movie
Pamela Brent
A Sporting Chance (1919)
Movie
Joan Gray
The Love Burglar (1919)
Movie
Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Venus in the East (1919)
Movie
Grace Palmer
Cheating Cheaters (1919)
Movie
Edith Graham
Ravished Armenia (1919)
Movie
Carol Harper
Vanity Pool (1918)
Movie
Mary Manners
In Judgment of... (1918)
Movie
Katherine Gresham
No Man's Land (1918)
Movie
Sheila Langford
The Trail To Yesterday (1918)
Movie
Alaire Austin
Heart of the Sunset (1918)
Movie
Mary Norton
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917)
Movie
Undetermined Role
The Silent Master (1917)
Movie
Leila Austin
Sold Out (1916)
Movie
Amy Prentice - the Mill Worker
The Tight Rein (1916)
Movie
Helen Chambers
The Supreme Sacrifice (1916)
Movie
Rhoda Cortlandt
Her Surrender (1916)
Movie
Marie Deering
The Regeneration (1915)
Movie
Diana - an Adventuress
The Haunting Fear (1915)
Movie
Ida - Nathanial's Wife
A Sister's Burden (1915)
Movie
Helen Vedrine
The Destroyer (1915)
Movie
Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
The Siren's Reign (1915)
Movie
Helen
The Night Operator at Buxton (1915)
Movie
Mignon Mars
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec (1914)
Movie
Katherine Williams
Regeneration (1914)
Movie
Eliza - a Runaway Slave
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1913)
Movie
Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
The Fatal Legacy (1913)
Movie
Gertrude Illingham
Shenandoah (1913)
Movie
Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
A Mississippi Tragedy (1913)
Movie
Elinor Adams - a Union Spy
The Confederate Ironclad (1912)
Movie
Agnes Lane
The Darling of the CSA (1912)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1888-03-30
Deathday1974-02-11 (85 years old)
Birth NameAnna Quirentia Nilsson
Birth PlaceYstad, Sweden
ReligionLutheranism
CitizenshipsSweden, United States
Also Known AsAnna Quirentia Nilsson, Annie Nilsson, Anna Nilsson
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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