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.
★8.3
MOVIE1950
Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
★10.0
MOVIE1913
Shenandoah
as Gertrude Illingham
★7.0
MOVIE1951
An American in Paris
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1917
The Inevitable
as Florence Grey
★6.7
MOVIE1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1924
Hello, 'Frisco
as Anna Q. Nilsson
★8.0
MOVIE1913
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
★6.2
MOVIE1951
Show Boat
as Seamstress (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott
★8.0
MOVIE1916
Her Surrender
as Rhoda Courtlandt
★7.1
MOVIE1949
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1924
Painted People
as Leslie Carter
★10.0
MOVIE1928
Blockade
as Bess
★7.5
MOVIE1934
School for Girls
as Dr. Anne Galvin
★9.0
MOVIE1920
The Figurehead
as Mary Forbes
MOVIE1918
Vanity Pool
as Carol Harper
★8.0
MOVIE1919
Cheating Cheaters
as Grace Palmer
★6.3
MOVIE1941
The Great Man's Lady
as Paula Wales
★6.7
MOVIE1949
In the Good Old Summertime
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
MOVIE1931
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1926
The Greater Glory
as Fanny
★10.0
MOVIE1920
One Hour Before Dawn
as Ellen Aldrich
★6.2
MOVIE1948
The Boy with Green Hair
★6.3
MOVIE1923
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1921
Without Limit
as Ember Edwards
★10.0
MOVIE1924
Half-a-Dollar Bill
as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
★7.0
MOVIE1917
Infidelity
as Elaine Bernard
★6.0
MOVIE1948
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Saleslady
★7.8
MOVIE1947
It Had to Be You
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1947
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Holstrom
★5.0
MOVIE1951
Grounds for Marriage
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1919
A Very Good Young Man
as Viva Bacchus
★6.0
MOVIE1935
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mrs. Virey
MOVIE1915
The Night Operator at Buxton
as Helen
★10.0
MOVIE1921
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
★8.0
MOVIE1916
The Scarlet Road
as Betty Belgrave
★9.0
MOVIE1925
One Way Street
as Lady Sylvia Hutton
★7.5
MOVIE1948
Fighting Father Dunne
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
★5.1
MOVIE1951
The Unknown Man
as (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1946
The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
MOVIE1915
A Sister's Burden
as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
★3.0
MOVIE1920
The Luck of the Irish
as Ruth Warren
★10.0
MOVIE1912
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
★7.0
MOVIE1915
The Siren's Reign
as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
★8.0
MOVIE1919
The Way of the Strong
as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
★10.0
MOVIE1927
Easy Pickings
as Mary Ryan
★8.0
MOVIE1920
The Brute Master
as Madeline Grey
★9.0
MOVIE1927
Babe Comes Home
as Vernie
MOVIE1917
The Moral Code
as Jean Hyland
★9.0
MOVIE1924
The Breath of Scandal
as Anna
★6.8
MOVIE1938
Prison Farm
as Matron Ames
★10.0
MOVIE1954
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Nurse (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1927
Sorrell and Son
as Dora Sorrell
★10.0
MOVIE1919
A Sporting Chance
as Pamela Brent
★6.1
MOVIE1942
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Sherman
★8.0
MOVIE1919
Venus in the East
as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
★5.8
MOVIE1934
The Little Minister
as Villager
★4.5
MOVIE1941
Riders of the Timberline
as Donna Ryan
★5.9
MOVIE1942
Crossroads
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1933
The World Changes
as Mrs. Peterson
★4.9
MOVIE1919
Auction of Souls
as Edith Graham
★7.8
MOVIE1922
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE1912
The Darling of the CSA
as Agnes Lane
★9.0
MOVIE1920
The 13th Commandment
as Leila Kip
★7.0
MOVIE1921
What Women Will Do
as Lily Gibbs
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Behind the Criminal
as Madge
★9.0
MOVIE1924
Flowing Gold
as Allegheny Briskow
★6.8
MOVIE1915
The Regeneration
as Marie Deering
★6.5
MOVIE1943
Cry 'Havoc'
as Nurse (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1921
The Lotus Eater
as Madge Vance
★10.0
MOVIE1942
Girls' Town
as Mother Lorraine
★9.0
MOVIE1923
Hollywood
as Anna Q. Nilsson
★8.0
MOVIE1919
The Love Burglar
as Joan Gray
★4.4
MOVIE1917
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Mary Norton
★8.0
MOVIE1916
The Tight Rein
as Amy
★8.0
MOVIE1943
Headin' for God's Country
as Mrs. Nilsson
★6.5
MOVIE1912
The Confederate Ironclad
as Elinor
★6.2
MOVIE1947
Cynthia
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
★9.0
MOVIE1926
Miss Nobody
as Barbara Brown
★7.5
MOVIE1926
Midnight Lovers
as Diana Fothergill
★8.0
MOVIE1924
Inez from Hollywood
as Inez Laranetta
★9.0
MOVIE1923
Hearts Aflame
as Helen Foraker
★7.0
MOVIE1927
Lonesome Ladies
as Polly Fosdick
★6.5
MOVIE1921
The People of Värmland
as Anna
★7.0
MOVIE1925
The Splendid Road
as Sandra De Hault
★10.0
MOVIE1927
The Masked Woman
as Diane Delatour
★6.5
MOVIE1922
Three Live Ghosts
as Ivis
★6.8
MOVIE1923
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
★9.0
MOVIE1927
The 13th Juror
as Helen Marsden
★9.0
MOVIE1923
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
★7.0
MOVIE1919
Her Kingdom of Dreams
as Carlotta Stanmore
★9.0
MOVIE1917
Over There
as Bettie Adams
★10.0
MOVIE1921
Why Girls Leave Home
as Anna Hedder
MOVIE1914
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
as Mignon Mars
★4.0
MOVIE1925
The Talker
as Kate Lennox
★3.7
MOVIE1920
In the Heart of a Fool
as Margaret Muller
★10.0
MOVIE1924
Broadway After Dark
as Helen Tremaine
★10.0
MOVIE1923
The Rustle of Silk
as Lady Feo
★9.0
MOVIE1926
Too Much Money
as Annabel Broadley
★7.0
MOVIE1913
The Fatal Legacy
as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
MOVIE1918
The Trail To Yesterday
★7.0
MOVIE1919
Soldiers of Fortune
as Alice Langham
★8.0
MOVIE1924
The Side Show of Life
as Lady Auriol Dayne
★5.7
MOVIE1922
The Man From Home
as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
★7.5
MOVIE1923
Ponjola
as Lady Flavia Desmond
★7.0
MOVIE1920
The Fighting Chance
as Sylvia Landis
MOVIE1915
Barbara Frietchie
as Sue Negly
★10.0
MOVIE1923
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Dorothy Fairfax
MOVIE1918
No Man's Land
as Katherine Gresham
★7.0
MOVIE1924
The Fire Patrol
as Mary Ferguson
★7.0
MOVIE1924
Between Friends
as Jessica Drene
★8.0
MOVIE1924
Vanity's Price
as Vanna du Maurier
★5.7
MOVIE1920
The Toll Gate
as Mary Brown
★10.0
MOVIE1928
The Whip
as Iris d'Aquila
★6.5
MOVIE1925
Winds of Chance
as Countess Courteau
★8.0
MOVIE1914
Regeneration
as Katherine Williams
★7.0
MOVIE1922
Pink Gods
as Lady Margot Cork
★8.0
MOVIE1923
Thundering Dawn
as Mary Rogers
★9.0
MOVIE1923
Enemies of Children
as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
MOVIE1918
In Judgment of...
as Mary Manners
★8.0
MOVIE1918
Heart of the Sunset
as Alaire Austin
MOVIE1916
The Supreme Sacrifice
as Helen Chambers
★7.0
MOVIE1913
A Mississippi Tragedy
as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
★8.0
MOVIE1915
The Haunting Fear
as Diana - an Adventuress
★8.0
MOVIE1916
Sold Out
as Leila Austin
★3.3
MOVIE1925
If I Marry Again
as Alicia Wingate
★9.0
MOVIE1915
The Destroyer
as Helen Vedrine