Anna Q. Nilsson
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
ActingBirthday
March 30, 1888Deathday
February 11, 1974Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
106Place of birth
Ystad, Skåne län, SwedenAlso known as
Anna Quirentia Nilsson, Annie Nilsson, Anna Nilsson
Cast credits
Sunset Boulevard
Anna Q. Nilsson
The Little Minister
Villager
Behind the Criminal
Madge
Sorrell and Son
Dora Sorrell
Winds of Chance
Countess Courteau
I Live on Danger
Mrs. Sherman
Cynthia
Miss Brady, English Teacher
The Secret Heart
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
The World Changes
Mrs. Peterson
A Trip to Paramountown
Self
Fighting Father Dunne
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
The Regeneration
Marie Deering
Broadway After Dark
Helen Tremaine
Grounds for Marriage
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
The Fire Patrol
Mary Ferguson
Prison Farm
Matron Ames
Ponjola
Lady Flavia Desmond
Cry 'Havoc'
Nurse (uncredited)Images
