Anna Q. Nilsson
Known For
Acting
Born
1888-03-30 in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Died
1974-02-11
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.
Most Known For
Painted People
as Leslie Carter
Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Hello, 'Frisco
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott
Her Surrender
as Rhoda Courtlandt
Shenandoah
as Gertrude Illingham
Girls' Town
as Mother Lorraine
An American in Paris
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
The Inevitable
as Florence Grey
Blockade
as Bess
Babe Comes Home
as Vernie
Easy Pickings
as Mary Ryan
Cheating Cheaters
as Grace Palmer
Without Limit
as Ember Edwards
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Vanity Pool
as Carol Harper
Crossroads
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
The World Changes
as Mrs. Peterson
It Had to Be You
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)