Cast
Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting
Cast
Anna Q. Nilsson
Known for
Acting
Born
1888-03-30
From
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Died
1974-02-11
Also known as Anna Quirentia Nilsson, Annie Nilsson, Anna 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.
Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Show Boat
as Seamstress (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott
An American in Paris
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Cynthia
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
Ponjola
as Lady Flavia Desmond
The Whip
as Iris d'Aquila
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
Hello, 'Frisco
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Crossroads
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
The Talker
as Kate Lennox
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
The Destroyer
as Helen Vedrine
Prison Farm
as Matron Ames
Easy Pickings
as Mary Ryan
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Holstrom
The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Painted People
as Leslie Carter
Regeneration
as Katherine Williams
Cry 'Havoc'
as Nurse (uncredited)
Riders of the Timberline
as Donna Ryan
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Saleslady
The Unknown Man
as (uncredited)
Why Girls Leave Home
as Anna Hedder
In the Good Old Summertime
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Sold Out
as Leila Austin
The 13th Commandment
as Leila Kip
It Had to Be You
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
The Greater Glory
as Fanny
The Great Man's Lady
as Paula Wales
Her Surrender
as Rhoda Courtlandt
The Figurehead
as Mary Forbes
Three Live Ghosts
as Ivis
The World Changes
as Mrs. Peterson
Half-a-Dollar Bill
as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
Hollywood
as Anna Q. Nilsson
A Sister's Burden
as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
The 13th Juror
as Helen Marsden
The Regeneration
as Marie Deering
Grounds for Marriage
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
The Brute Master
as Madeline Grey
Pink Gods
as Lady Margot Cork
The Rustle of Silk
as Lady Feo
The Night Operator at Buxton
as Helen
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Miss Nobody
as Barbara Brown
Over There
as Bettie Adams
The Little Minister
as Villager
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Sherman
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Nurse (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
Midnight Lovers
as Diana Fothergill
The Masked Woman
as Diane Delatour
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Dorothy Fairfax
Without Limit
as Ember Edwards
One Hour Before Dawn
as Ellen Aldrich
Thundering Dawn
as Mary Rogers
The Darling of the CSA
as Agnes Lane
Fighting Father Dunne
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
A Sporting Chance
as Pamela Brent
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mrs. Virey
Sorrell and Son
as Dora Sorrell
If I Marry Again
as Alicia Wingate
Soldiers of Fortune
as Alice Langham
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
Enemies of Children
as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
The Man From Home
as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
Barbara Frietchie
as Sue Negly
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
The Luck of the Irish
as Ruth Warren
Auction of Souls
as Edith Graham
In the Heart of a Fool
as Margaret Muller
Lonesome Ladies
as Polly Fosdick
Broadway After Dark
as Helen Tremaine
The Love Burglar
as Joan Gray
The Fighting Chance
as Sylvia Landis
The Way of the Strong
as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
The Trail To Yesterday
The Moral Code
as Jean Hyland
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
The Fatal Legacy
as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
as Self
Winds of Chance
as Countess Courteau
Inez from Hollywood
as Inez Laranetta
The Splendid Road
as Sandra De Hault
School for Girls
as Dr. Anne Galvin
Blockade
as Bess
Vanity's Price
as Vanna du Maurier
The Fire Patrol
as Mary Ferguson
Cheating Cheaters
as Grace Palmer
Too Much Money
as Annabel Broadley
The Siren's Reign
as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
The Confederate Ironclad
as Elinor
The Supreme Sacrifice
as Helen Chambers
The People of Värmland
as Anna
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
as Mignon Mars
The Tight Rein
as Amy
Headin' for God's Country
as Mrs. Nilsson
A Very Good Young Man
as Viva Bacchus
Vanity Pool
as Carol Harper
The Toll Gate
as Mary Brown
Girls' Town
as Mother Lorraine
Between Friends
as Jessica Drene
One Way Street
as Lady Sylvia Hutton
The Inevitable
as Florence Grey
Heart of the Sunset
as Alaire Austin
Babe Comes Home
as Vernie
Venus in the East
as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Her Kingdom of Dreams
as Carlotta Stanmore
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Mary Norton
Infidelity
as Elaine Bernard
A Mississippi Tragedy
as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
The Haunting Fear
as Diana - an Adventuress
Flowing Gold
as Allegheny Briskow
The Scarlet Road
as Betty Belgrave
Behind the Criminal
as Madge
In Judgment of...
as Mary Manners
The Lotus Eater
as Madge Vance
Shenandoah
as Gertrude Illingham
What Women Will Do
as Lily Gibbs
Hearts Aflame
as Helen Foraker
The Side Show of Life
as Lady Auriol Dayne
No Man's Land
as Katherine Gresham
The Breath of Scandal
as Anna