Anna Q. 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.
Known For
Acting
1950
asAnna Q. Nilsson
1920
asEllen Aldrich
1916
asLeila Austin
1923
asPatricia - Patsy as an adult
1919
asGrace Palmer
1918
asMary Manners
1920
asSylvia Landis
1934
asVillager
1919
asJoan Gray
1919
asAlice Langham
1925
asAlicia Wingate
1919
as
1914
asKatherine Williams
1914
asMignon Mars
1913
asGertrude Illingham
1913
asAnna Halleck - Harry's Wife
1913
asMartha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
1913
asEliza - a Runaway Slave
1915
asIda - Nathanial's Wife
1915
asMarguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
1915
asHelen Vedrine
1915
asDiana - an Adventuress
1923
asAnna Q. Nilsson
1916
asHelen Chambers
1920
asMargaret Muller
1915
asHelen
1924
asAllegheny Briskow
1937
asMadge
1925
asSandra De Hault
1927
asDora Sorrell
1920
asRuth Warren
1951
as
1925
asCountess Courteau
1942
asMrs. Sherman
1947
asMiss Brady, English Teacher
1946
asDr. Rossiger's Secretary
1933
asMrs. Peterson
1922
asSelf
1928
asBess
1918
asKatherine Gresham
1948
asMrs. Olaf Knudson
1942
asMother Lorraine
1951
asDowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
1915
asMarie Deering
1924
asHelen Tremaine
1927
asMary Ryan
1928
asIris d'Aquila
1923
asSelf - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
1924
asMary Ferguson
1938
asMatron Ames
1923
asLady Flavia Desmond
1943
asNurse (uncredited)
1920
as
1923
asMrs. Michael Ramsay
1951
asSeamstress (uncredited)
1920
asMary Brown
1916
asAmy
1916
asRhoda Courtlandt
1949
asWoman with Harp (uncredited)
1922
asGenevieve Granger-Simpson
1922
asIvis
1917
asMary Norton
1951
asKay Jansen (uncredited)
1954
asMrs. Elcott (uncredited)
1948
asSaleslady
1943
asMrs. Nilsson
1912
asAgnes Lane
1931
asSelf
1941
asDonna Ryan
1954
asNurse (uncredited)
1949
asMrs. Poynter (uncredited)
1947
asSaleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
1947
asMrs. Holstrom
1927
asPolly Fosdick
1921
asMadge Vance
1924
asLeslie Carter
1926
asDiana Fothergill
1941
asMrs. Taipe (uncredited)
1941
asPaula Wales
1923
asDorothy Fairfax
1942
asMadame Deval (uncredited)
1912
asElinor
1927
asVernie
1954
asMrs. Elcott
1919
asMrs. Pat Dyvenot
1924
asAnna Q. Nilsson
1919
asCarlotta Stanmore
1926
asBarbara Brown
1926
asFanny
1927
asDiane Delatour
1924
asLady Auriol Dayne
1918
as
1919
asPamela Brent
1923
asCherry Malotte
1921
as
1923
asLady Feo
1921
asEmber Edwards
1927
asHelen Marsden
1924
asInez Laranetta
1925
asKate Lennox
1926
asAnnabel Broadley
1934
asDr. Anne Galvin
1918
asCarol Harper
1918
as
1922
asLady Margot Cork
1923
asMary Rogers
1935
asMrs. Virey
1924
asVanna du Maurier
1917
asFlorence Grey
1916
asBetty Belgrave
1921
asAnna Hedder
1917
asBettie Adams
1921
asProduction
Crew
Directing
