Anna Q. Nilsson


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Actress

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...

Place of Birth: Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

Date of Birth: Mar 30, 1888

Date of Death: Feb 11, 1974


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Filmography

Actress (50 Known Credits)


The Great Diamond Robbery

Nurse (uncredited)

Show Boat

Seamstress (uncredited)

Grounds for Marriage

Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)

Adam's Rib

Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)

Fighting Father Dunne

Mrs. Olaf Knudson

The Farmer's Daughter

Mrs. Holstrom

Cynthia

Miss Brady, English Teacher

The Secret Heart

Dr. Rossiger's Secretary

Cry 'Havoc'

Nurse (uncredited)

Crossroads

Madame Deval (uncredited)

I Live on Danger

Mrs. Sherman

Girls' Town

Mother Lorraine

Prison Farm

Matron Ames

The World Changes

Mrs. Peterson

Sorrell and Son

Dora Sorrell

Easy Pickings

Mary Ryan

Lonesome Ladies

Polly Fosdick

Miss Nobody

Barbara Brown

Midnight Lovers

Diana Fothergill

Winds of Chance

Countess Courteau

Broadway After Dark

Helen Tremaine

The Fire Patrol

Mary Ferguson

Hello, 'Frisco

Herself - Anna Q. Nilsson

Painted People

Leslie Carter

Souls for Sale

Herself - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)

Adam's Rib

Mrs. Michael Ramsay

The Isle of Lost Ships

Dorothy Fairfax

The Spoilers

Cherry Malotte

The Man from Home

Genevieve Granger-Simpson

The Lotus Eater

Madge Vance

The Toll Gate

Mary Brown

Venus in the East

Mrs. Pat Dyvenot

Her Kingdom of Dreams

Carlotta Stanmore

A Sporting Chance

Pamela Brent

The Regeneration

Marie Deering

Nurse (uncredited)
Kay Jansen
Show Boat (1951)
Seamstress (uncredited)
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Herself
Adam's Rib (1949)
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
Mrs. Holstrom
Cynthia (1947)
Miss Brady, English Teacher
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
Nurse (uncredited)
Crossroads (1942)
Madame Deval (uncredited)
Paula Wales
Mrs. Sherman
Girls' Town (1942)
Mother Lorraine
Donna Ryan
Prison Farm (1938)
Matron Ames
Madge
Villager
Mrs. Peterson
Dora Sorrell
Easy Pickings (1927)
Mary Ryan
Polly Fosdick
Miss Nobody (1926)
Barbara Brown
Diana Fothergill
Fanny
Countess Courteau
Helen Tremaine
Mary Ferguson
Herself - Anna Q. Nilsson
Leslie Carter
Herself - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Adam's Rib (1923)
Mrs. Michael Ramsay
Dorothy Fairfax
The Spoilers (1923)
Cherry Malotte
Herself
Genevieve Granger-Simpson
Ivis
Madge Vance
The Toll Gate (1920)
Mary Brown
Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Carlotta Stanmore
Pamela Brent
Mary Norton
Amy
Marie Deering
Agnes Lane

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