Anna Q. Nilsson

Personal Info

Birthday

March 30, 1888

Day of Death

1974-02-11

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

Also Known As

Anna Quirentia Nilsson

Annie Nilsson

Anna Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson

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.

Known For

Sunset Boulevard

Hollywood

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Adam's Rib

Cry 'Havoc'

An American in Paris

Show Boat

They Died with Their Boots On

Filmography

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