About

Known credits:
108
Birthday:
1888-03-30
Place of birth:
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Website:
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Anna Q. Nilsson

Overview

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

Acting
1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Actor Mrs. Elcott 65
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1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Actor Mrs. Elcott (uncredited) 65
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1954 The Great Diamond Robbery Actor Nurse (uncredited) N/A
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1951 The Unknown Man Actor 58
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1951 An American in Paris Actor Kay Jansen (uncredited) 64
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1951 Show Boat Actor Seamstress (uncredited) 59
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1951 Grounds for Marriage Actor Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited) 58
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1950 Sunset Boulevard Actor Anna Q. Nilsson 79
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1949 Adam's Rib Actor Mrs. Poynter (uncredited) 63
Fair
1949 In the Good Old Summertime Actor Woman with Harp (uncredited) 59
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1948 Every Girl Should Be Married Actor Saleslady 59
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1948 Fighting Father Dunne Actor Mrs. Olaf Knudson 59
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1947 It Had to Be You Actor Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited) 59
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1947 Cynthia Actor Miss Brady, English Teacher 59
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1947 The Farmer's Daughter Actor Mrs. Holstrom 59
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1946 The Secret Heart Actor Dr. Rossiger's Secretary 59
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1943 Cry 'Havoc' Actor Nurse (uncredited) 59
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1943 Headin' for God's Country Actor Mrs. Nilsson N/A
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1942 Crossroads Actor Madame Deval (uncredited) 59
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1942 I Live on Danger Actor Mrs. Sherman 59
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1942 The Great Man's Lady Actor Paula Wales 59
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1942 Girls' Town Actor Mother Lorraine N/A
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1941 They Died with Their Boots On Actor Mrs. Taipe (uncredited) 60
Fair
1941 Riders of the Timberline Actor Donna Ryan N/A
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1938 Prison Farm Actor Matron Ames 59
Average
1937 Behind the Criminal Actor Madge 59
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1935 Wanderer of the Wasteland Actor Mrs. Virey 59
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1934 The Little Minister Actor Villager 59
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1934 School for Girls Actor Dr. Anne Galvin 59
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1933 The World Changes Actor Mrs. Peterson 58
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1931 Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! Actor Self N/A
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1928 Blockade Actor Bess N/A
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1928 The Whip Actor Iris d'Aquila N/A
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1927 Sorrell and Son Actor Dora Sorrell 59
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1927 The 13th Juror Actor Helen Marsden N/A
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1927 Lonesome Ladies Actor Polly Fosdick N/A
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1927 Babe Comes Home Actor Vernie N/A
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1927 Easy Pickings Actor Mary Ryan N/A
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1927 The Masked Woman Actor Diane Delatour N/A
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1926 Midnight Lovers Actor Diana Fothergill 59
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1926 Miss Nobody Actor Barbara Brown N/A
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1926 The Greater Glory Actor Fanny N/A
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1926 Too Much Money Actor Annabel Broadley N/A
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1925 The Splendid Road Actor Sandra De Hault N/A
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1925 Winds of Chance Actor Countess Courteau 59
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1925 The Talker Actor Kate Lennox N/A
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1925 If I Marry Again Actor Alicia Wingate 58
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1924 Inez from Hollywood Actor Inez Laranetta N/A
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1924 Hello, 'Frisco Actor Anna Q. Nilsson 59
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1924 Vanity's Price Actor Vanna du Maurier N/A
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1924 The Fire Patrol Actor Mary Ferguson N/A
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1924 The Side Show of Life Actor Lady Auriol Dayne N/A
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1924 Broadway After Dark Actor Helen Tremaine N/A
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1924 Flowing Gold Actor Allegheny Briskow N/A
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1924 Painted People Actor Leslie Carter N/A
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1923 Enemies of Children Actor Patricia - Patsy as an adult N/A
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1923 Thundering Dawn Actor Mary Rogers N/A
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1923 Ponjola Actor Lady Flavia Desmond 59
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1923 Adam's Rib Actor Mrs. Michael Ramsay 59
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1923 The Spoilers Actor Cherry Malotte N/A
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1923 Hollywood Actor Anna Q. Nilsson 59
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1923 The Rustle of Silk Actor Lady Feo N/A
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1923 Souls for Sale Actor Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited) 59
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1923 The Isle of Lost Ships Actor Dorothy Fairfax N/A
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1922 Pink Gods Actor Lady Margot Cork N/A
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1922 A Trip to Paramountown Actor Self 58
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1922 The Man From Home Actor Genevieve Granger-Simpson 59
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1922 Three Live Ghosts Actor Ivis 59
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1921 The Lotus Eater Actor Madge Vance N/A
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1921 The People of Värmland Actor 59
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1921 Without Limit Actor Ember Edwards N/A
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1920 In the Heart of a Fool Actor Margaret Muller 58
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1920 The Fighting Chance Actor Sylvia Landis N/A
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1920 One Hour Before Dawn Actor Ellen Aldrich N/A
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1920 The Toll Gate Actor Mary Brown 58
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1920 The 13th Commandment Actor N/A
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1920 The Luck of the Irish Actor Ruth Warren 58
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1919 Soldiers of Fortune Actor Alice Langham N/A
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1919 Her Kingdom of Dreams Actor Carlotta Stanmore N/A
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1919 A Sporting Chance Actor Pamela Brent N/A
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1919 The Love Burglar Actor Joan Gray N/A
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1919 Cheating Cheaters Actor Grace Palmer N/A
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1919 Venus in the East Actor Mrs. Pat Dyvenot N/A
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1919 Ravished Armenia Actor 58
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1918 Vanity Pool Actor Carol Harper N/A
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1918 In Judgment of... Actor Mary Manners N/A
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1918 No Man's Land Actor Katherine Gresham N/A
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1918 The Trail To Yesterday Actor N/A
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1918 Heart of the Sunset Actor N/A
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1917 Seven Keys to Baldpate Actor Mary Norton 58
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1916 Sold Out Actor Leila Austin N/A
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1916 The Tight Rein Actor Amy N/A
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1916 The Supreme Sacrifice Actor Helen Chambers N/A
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1916 Her Surrender Actor Rhoda Courtlandt N/A
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1915 The Regeneration Actor Marie Deering 59
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1915 The Haunting Fear Actor Diana - an Adventuress N/A
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1915 A Sister's Burden Actor Ida - Nathanial's Wife N/A
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1915 The Destroyer Actor Helen Vedrine N/A
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1915 The Siren's Reign Actor Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman N/A
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1915 The Night Operator at Buxton Actor Helen N/A
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1914 Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec Actor Mignon Mars N/A
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1914 Regeneration Actor Katherine Williams N/A
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1913 Uncle Tom's Cabin Actor Eliza - a Runaway Slave N/A
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1913 The Fatal Legacy Actor Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife N/A
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1913 Shenandoah Actor Gertrude Illingham N/A
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1913 A Mississippi Tragedy Actor Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter N/A
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1912 The Confederate Ironclad Actor Elinor 59
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1912 The Darling of the CSA Actor Agnes Lane 58
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