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Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson

ActingBorn March 30, 1888Died February 11, 1974 (age 85)Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

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

1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)

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1954Movie
1954
The Great Diamond Robbery

as Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1951
The Unknown Man

as (uncredited)

Movie
1951
An American in Paris

as Kay Jansen (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Show Boat

as Seamstress (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Grounds for Marriage

as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Sunset Boulevard

as Anna Q. Nilsson

Movie
1949
Adam's Rib

as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)

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1949
In the Good Old Summertime

as Woman with Harp (uncredited)

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1948Movie
1948
Fighting Father Dunne

as Mrs. Olaf Knudson

Movie
1947
It Had to Be You

as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Cynthia

as Miss Brady, English Teacher

Movie
1947
The Farmer's Daughter

as Mrs. Holstrom

Movie
1946
The Secret Heart

as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary

Movie
1943
Cry 'Havoc'

as Nurse (uncredited)

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1943Movie
1942
Crossroads

as Madame Deval (uncredited)

Movie
1942
I Live on Danger

as Mrs. Sherman

Movie
1942
Girls' Town

as Mother Lorraine

Movie
1941
They Died with Their Boots On

as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)

Movie
1941
The Great Man's Lady

as Paula Wales

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1941Movie
1938
Prison Farm

as Matron Ames

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1937Movie
1935Movie
1934Movie
1934
School for Girls

as Dr. Anne Galvin

Movie
1933
The World Changes

as Mrs. Peterson

Movie
1928
Blockade

as Bess

Movie
1928
The Whip

as Iris d'Aquila

Movie
1927
Sorrell and Son

as Dora Sorrell

Movie
1927
The 13th Juror

as Helen Marsden

Movie
1927
Lonesome Ladies

as Polly Fosdick

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1927Movie
1927
Easy Pickings

as Mary Ryan

Movie
1927
The Masked Woman

as Diane Delatour

Movie
1926
Midnight Lovers

as Diana Fothergill

Movie
1926
Miss Nobody

as Barbara Brown

Movie
1926Movie
1926
Too Much Money

as Annabel Broadley

Movie
1925
The Splendid Road

as Sandra De Hault

Movie
1925
Winds of Chance

as Countess Courteau

Movie
1925
The Talker

as Kate Lennox

Movie
1925
One Way Street

as Lady Sylvia Hutton

Movie
1925
If I Marry Again

as Alicia Wingate

Movie
1924
Inez from Hollywood

as Inez Laranetta

Movie
1924
Hello, 'Frisco

as Anna Q. Nilsson

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1924
Vanity's Price

as Vanna du Maurier

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1924Movie
1924
The Fire Patrol

as Mary Ferguson

Movie
1924
The Side Show of Life

as Lady Auriol Dayne

Movie
1924
Broadway After Dark

as Helen Tremaine

Movie
1924
Between Friends

as Jessica Drene

Movie
1924
Flowing Gold

as Allegheny Briskow

Movie
1924
Painted People

as Leslie Carter

Movie
1924
Half-a-Dollar Bill

as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber

Movie
1923
Enemies of Children

as Patricia - Patsy as an adult

Movie
1923
Thundering Dawn

as Mary Rogers

Movie
1923
Ponjola

as Lady Flavia Desmond

Movie
1923
Adam's Rib

as Mrs. Michael Ramsay

Movie
1923
The Spoilers

as Cherry Malotte

Movie
1923
Hollywood

as Anna Q. Nilsson

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1923Movie
1923
Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)

Movie
1923
The Isle of Lost Ships

as Dorothy Fairfax

Movie
1923
Hearts Aflame

as Helen Foraker

Movie
1922
Pink Gods

as Lady Margot Cork

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1922Movie
1922
The Man From Home

as Genevieve Granger-Simpson

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1922Movie
1921
The Lotus Eater

as Madge Vance

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1921Movie
1921
Why Girls Leave Home

as Anna Hedder

Movie
1921
Without Limit

as Ember Edwards

Movie
1921
What Women Will Do

as Lily Gibbs

Movie
1920
The Brute Master

as Madeline Grey

Movie
1920
In the Heart of a Fool

as Margaret Muller

Movie
1920
The Fighting Chance

as Sylvia Landis

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1920
One Hour Before Dawn

as Ellen Aldrich

Movie
1920
The Figurehead

as Mary Forbes

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1920
The Toll Gate

as Mary Brown

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1920Movie
1920
The Luck of the Irish

as Ruth Warren

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1919
Soldiers of Fortune

as Alice Langham

Movie
1919
Her Kingdom of Dreams

as Carlotta Stanmore

Movie
1919
The Love Burglar

as Joan Gray

Movie
1919
A Sporting Chance

as Pamela Brent

Movie
1919
A Very Good Young Man

as Viva Bacchus

Movie
1919
The Way of the Strong

as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton

Movie
1919
Cheating Cheaters

as Grace Palmer

Movie
1919
Venus in the East

as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot

Movie
1919
Auction of Souls

as Edith Graham

Movie
1918
Vanity Pool

as Carol Harper

Movie
1918
In Judgment of...

as Mary Manners

Movie
1918
No Man's Land

as Katherine Gresham

Movie
1918
Heart of the Sunset

as Alaire Austin

Movie
1917
Over There

as Bettie Adams

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1917Movie
1917
The Inevitable

as Florence Grey

Movie
1917
The Moral Code

as Jean Hyland

Movie
1917
Infidelity

as Elaine Bernard

Movie
1916
Her Surrender

as Rhoda Courtlandt

Movie
1916
Sold Out

as Leila Austin

Movie
1916Movie
1916
The Supreme Sacrifice

as Helen Chambers

Movie
1916
The Scarlet Road

as Betty Belgrave

Movie
1915
Barbara Frietchie

as Sue Negly

Movie
1915
The Regeneration

as Marie Deering

Movie
1915
The Haunting Fear

as Diana - an Adventuress

Movie
1915
A Sister's Burden

as Ida - Nathanial's Wife

Movie
1915
The Destroyer

as Helen Vedrine

Movie
1915
The Siren's Reign

as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman

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1914Movie
1914
Regeneration

as Katherine Williams

Movie
1913
Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Eliza - a Runaway Slave

Movie
1913
The Fatal Legacy

as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife

Movie
1913
Shenandoah

as Gertrude Illingham

Movie
1913
A Mississippi Tragedy

as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter

Movie
1912Movie
1912
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher

as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher

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1912Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 30, 1888
Day of DeathFebruary 11, 1974
Place of BirthYstad, Skåne län, Sweden
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