Anna Q. Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson

  • Birthday: 1888-03-30
  • Deathday: 1974-02-11
  • Place of birth: Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
  • Also know as: Anna Quirentia 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.

Filmography

Winds of Chance

1925

As Countess Courteau

Easy Pickings

1927

As Mary Ryan

The Fire Patrol

1924

As Mary Ferguson

Ponjola

1923

As Lady Flavia Desmond

The Tight Rein

1916

As Amy

The Darling of the CSA

1912

As Agnes Lane

The Isle of Lost Ships

1923

As Dorothy Fairfax

Miss Nobody

1926

As Barbara Brown

The Masked Woman

1927

As Diane Delatour

Without Limit

1921

As Ember Edwards

The 13th Juror

1927

As Helen Marsden

The Talker

1925

As Kate Lennox

Inez from Hollywood

1924

As Inez Laranetta

Sold Out

1916

As Leila Austin

The Fighting Chance

1920

As Sylvia Landis

The Splendid Road

1925

As Sandra De Hault

Blockade

1928

As Bess

In Judgment of...

1918

As Mary Manners

Flowing Gold

1924

As Allegheny Briskow

Sorrell and Son

1927

As Dora Sorrell

The Regeneration

1915

As Marie Deering

The Toll Gate

1920

As Mary Brown

Three Live Ghosts

1922

As Ivis

The Man From Home

1922

As Genevieve Granger-Simpson

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1917

As Mary Norton

Lonesome Ladies

1927

As Polly Fosdick

Midnight Lovers

1926

As Diana Fothergill

Babe Comes Home

1927

As Vernie

The Greater Glory

1926

As Fanny

The Side Show of Life

1924

As Lady Auriol Dayne

The Spoilers

1923

As Cherry Malotte

Too Much Money

1926

As Annabel Broadley

Vanity Pool

1918

As Carol Harper

Thundering Dawn

1923

As Mary Rogers

Cheating Cheaters

1919

As Grace Palmer

The Love Burglar

1919

As Joan Gray

Regeneration

1914

As Katherine Williams

A Mississippi Tragedy

1913

As Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter

Uncle Tom's Cabin

1913

As Eliza - a Runaway Slave

The Luck of the Irish

1920

As Ruth Warren

No Man's Land

1918

As Katherine Gresham

In the Heart of a Fool

1920

As Margaret Muller

Behind the Criminal

1937

As Madge

Broadway After Dark

1924

As Helen Tremaine

The Lotus Eater

1921

As Madge Vance

Venus in the East

1919

As Mrs. Pat Dyvenot

Pink Gods

1922

As Lady Margot Cork

Soldiers of Fortune

1919

As Alice Langham

The Siren's Reign

1915

As Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman

The Destroyer

1915

As Helen Vedrine

The Haunting Fear

1915

As Diana - an Adventuress

The Supreme Sacrifice

1916

As Helen Chambers

The Whip

1928

As Iris d'Aquila

Girls' Town

1942

As Mother Lorraine

Adam's Rib

1923

As Mrs. Michael Ramsay

A Sporting Chance

1919

As Pamela Brent

The Rustle of Silk

1923

As Lady Feo

A Sister's Burden

1915

As Ida - Nathanial's Wife

If I Marry Again

1925

As Alicia Wingate

The Fatal Legacy

1913

As Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife

Fighting Father Dunne

1948

As Mrs. Olaf Knudson

Prison Farm

1938

As Matron Ames

Riders of the Timberline

1941

As Donna Ryan

Her Kingdom of Dreams

1919

As Carlotta Stanmore

Wanderer of the Wasteland

1935

As Mrs. Virey

Cynthia

1947

As Miss Brady, English Teacher

Shenandoah

1913

As Gertrude Illingham

Painted People

1924

As Leslie Carter

School for Girls

1934

As Dr. Anne Galvin

Sunset Boulevard

1950

As Anna Q. Nilsson

The Secret Heart

1946

As Dr. Rossiger's Secretary

Cry 'Havoc'

1943

As Nurse (uncredited)

Show Boat

1951

As Seamstress (uncredited)

The Farmer's Daughter

1947

As Mrs. Holstrom

Crossroads

1942

As Madame Deval (uncredited)

Headin' for God's Country

1943

As Mrs. Nilsson

I Live on Danger

1942

As Mrs. Sherman

The World Changes

1933

As Mrs. Peterson

The Great Diamond Robbery

1954

As Nurse (uncredited)

Hello, 'Frisco

1924

As Anna Q. Nilsson

Grounds for Marriage

1951

As Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)

In the Good Old Summertime

1949

As Woman with Harp (uncredited)

The Little Minister

1934

As Villager

The Great Man's Lady

1942

As Paula Wales

Adam's Rib

1949

As Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)

Souls for Sale

1923

As Herself - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)

Hollywood

1923

As Anna Q. Nilsson

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

As Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)

An American in Paris

1951

As Kay Jansen (uncredited)

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