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