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