Anna Q. Nilsson
Filmography

Anna Q. Nilsson

ActorBorn Mar 30, 1888Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden122 titles

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.

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Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · 8.3
Anna Q. Nilsson
An American in Paris
An American in Paris
1951 · 7.0
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · 7.1
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited), Mrs. Elcott
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib
1949 · 7.1
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · 6.7
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Show Boat
Show Boat
1951 · 6.2
Seamstress (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
The Boy with Green Hair
1948 · 6.2
Actor
Painted People
Painted People
1924 · 10.0
Leslie Carter
The Figurehead
The Figurehead
1920 · 9.0
Mary Forbes
In the Good Old Summertime
In the Good Old Summertime
1949 · 6.7
Woman with Harp (uncredited)