Actor
Anna Q. Nilsson
Born 1888 · Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
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.
Acting
Sunset Boulevard
Anna Q. Nilsson · 1950
An American in Paris
Kay Jansen (uncredited) · 1951
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited) · 1954
Adam's Rib
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited) · 1949
They Died with Their Boots On
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited) · 1941
Show Boat
Seamstress (uncredited) · 1951
The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Holstrom · 1947
The Regeneration
Marie Deering · 1915
In the Good Old Summertime
Woman with Harp (uncredited) · 1949
The Rustle of Silk
Lady Feo · 1923
The Great Diamond Robbery
Nurse (uncredited) · 1954
Girls' Town
Mother Lorraine · 1942
Painted People
Leslie Carter · 1924
The Masked Woman
Diane Delatour · 1927
The Whip
Iris d'Aquila · 1928
One Hour Before Dawn
Ellen Aldrich · 1920
Easy Pickings
Mary Ryan · 1927
Blockade
Bess · 1928
Why Girls Leave Home
Anna Hedder · 1921
Broadway After Dark
Helen Tremaine · 1924
The Isle of Lost Ships
Dorothy Fairfax · 1923
A Sporting Chance
Pamela Brent · 1919
Half-a-Dollar Bill
The Stranger - Mrs. Webber · 1924
Shenandoah
Gertrude Illingham · 1913