Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting
Born March 30, 1888 · 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.
Known For · 40 titles
Sunset Boulevard
Shenandoah
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
An American in Paris
They Died with Their Boots On
In the Good Old Summertime
Uncle Tom's Cabin
School for Girls
Hello, 'Frisco
Adam's Rib
Hollywood
Every Girl Should Be Married
Infidelity
Show Boat
The Boy with Green Hair
The Figurehead
Painted People
The Farmer's Daughter
The Inevitable
Her Surrender
Crossroads
Grounds for Marriage
Blockade
Sorrell and Son
The Unknown Man
Cheating Cheaters
The Great Diamond Robbery
It Had to Be You
The Moral Code
The Night Operator at Buxton
The World Changes
Souls for Sale
Half-a-Dollar Bill
The Great Man's Lady
Prison Farm
Easy Pickings
Vanity Pool
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
Without Limit
The Secret Heart