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Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting
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.
BODY OF WORK
Anna Q. Nilsson's Filmography
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
as (uncredited)
An American in Paris
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Show Boat
as Seamstress (uncredited)
Grounds for Marriage
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Saleslady
The Boy with Green Hair
Fighting Father Dunne
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
It Had to Be You
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
Cynthia
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Holstrom
The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Cry 'Havoc'
as Nurse (uncredited)
Headin' for God's Country
as Mrs. Nilsson
Crossroads
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Sherman
Girls' Town
as Mother Lorraine
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
as Paula Wales
Riders of the Timberline
as Donna Ryan
Prison Farm
as Matron Ames
Behind the Criminal
as Madge
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mrs. Virey
The Little Minister
as Villager
School for Girls
as Dr. Anne Galvin
The World Changes
as Mrs. Peterson
No Poster
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
as Self
Blockade
as Bess
The Whip
as Iris d'Aquila
Sorrell and Son
as Dora Sorrell
The 13th Juror
as Helen Marsden
Lonesome Ladies
as Polly Fosdick
Babe Comes Home
as Vernie
No Poster
Easy Pickings
as Mary Ryan
The Masked Woman
as Diane Delatour
Midnight Lovers
as Diana Fothergill
Miss Nobody
as Barbara Brown
The Greater Glory
as Fanny
Too Much Money
as Annabel Broadley
The Splendid Road
as Sandra De Hault
Winds of Chance
as Countess Courteau
The Talker
as Kate Lennox
One Way Street
as Lady Sylvia Hutton
If I Marry Again
as Alicia Wingate
Inez from Hollywood
as Inez Laranetta
No Poster
Hello, 'Frisco
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Vanity's Price
as Vanna du Maurier
The Breath of Scandal
as Anna
The Fire Patrol
as Mary Ferguson
The Side Show of Life
as Lady Auriol Dayne
Broadway After Dark
as Helen Tremaine
Between Friends
as Jessica Drene
Flowing Gold
as Allegheny Briskow
Painted People
as Leslie Carter
Half-a-Dollar Bill
as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
Enemies of Children
as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
Thundering Dawn
as Mary Rogers
Ponjola
as Lady Flavia Desmond
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
Hollywood
as Anna Q. Nilsson
The Rustle of Silk
as Lady Feo
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Dorothy Fairfax
Hearts Aflame
as Helen Foraker
Pink Gods
as Lady Margot Cork
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
The Man From Home
as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
Three Live Ghosts
as Ivis
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
The Lotus Eater
as Madge Vance
The People of Värmland
as Anna
Why Girls Leave Home
as Anna Hedder
Without Limit
as Ember Edwards
What Women Will Do
as Lily Gibbs
The Brute Master
as Madeline Grey
In the Heart of a Fool
as Margaret Muller
The Fighting Chance
as Sylvia Landis
One Hour Before Dawn
as Ellen Aldrich
The Figurehead
as Mary Forbes
The Toll Gate
as Mary Brown
The 13th Commandment
as Leila Kip
The Luck of the Irish
as Ruth Warren
Soldiers of Fortune
as Alice Langham
Her Kingdom of Dreams
as Carlotta Stanmore
The Love Burglar
as Joan Gray
A Sporting Chance
as Pamela Brent
A Very Good Young Man
as Viva Bacchus
The Way of the Strong
as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
Cheating Cheaters
as Grace Palmer
Venus in the East
as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Auction of Souls
as Edith Graham
Vanity Pool
as Carol Harper
No Poster
In Judgment of...
as Mary Manners
No Man's Land
as Katherine Gresham
The Trail To Yesterday
Heart of the Sunset
as Alaire Austin
Over There
as Bettie Adams
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Mary Norton
The Inevitable
as Florence Grey
The Moral Code
as Jean Hyland
Infidelity
as Elaine Bernard
Her Surrender
as Rhoda Courtlandt
Sold Out
as Leila Austin
No Poster
The Tight Rein
as Amy
The Supreme Sacrifice
as Helen Chambers
The Scarlet Road
as Betty Belgrave
Barbara Frietchie
as Sue Negly
The Regeneration
as Marie Deering
The Haunting Fear
as Diana - an Adventuress
A Sister's Burden
as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
The Destroyer
as Helen Vedrine
The Siren's Reign
as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
The Night Operator at Buxton
as Helen
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
as Mignon Mars
Regeneration
as Katherine Williams
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
The Fatal Legacy
as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
Shenandoah
as Gertrude Illingham
A Mississippi Tragedy
as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
The Confederate Ironclad
as Elinor
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
The Darling of the CSA
as Agnes Lane