Anna Q. Nilsson

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

Sunset Boulevard

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Show Boat

An American in Paris

They Died with Their Boots On

Adam's Rib

The Boy with Green Hair

All Movies (128)

• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers1954 · as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers1954 · as Mrs. Elcott
• The Great Diamond Robbery1954 · as Nurse (uncredited)
• The Unknown Man1951 · as (uncredited)
• An American in Paris1951 · as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
• Show Boat1951 · as Seamstress (uncredited)
• Grounds for Marriage1951 · as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
• Sunset Boulevard1950 · as Anna Q. Nilsson
• Adam's Rib1949 · as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
• In the Good Old Summertime1949 · as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
• Every Girl Should Be Married1948 · as Saleslady
• The Boy with Green Hair1948
• Fighting Father Dunne1948 · as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
• It Had to Be You1947 · as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
• Cynthia1947 · as Miss Brady, English Teacher
• The Farmer's Daughter1947 · as Mrs. Holstrom
• The Secret Heart1946 · as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
• Cry 'Havoc'1943 · as Nurse (uncredited)
• Headin' for God's Country1943 · as Mrs. Nilsson
• Crossroads1942 · as Madame Deval (uncredited)
• I Live on Danger1942 · as Mrs. Sherman
• Girls' Town1942 · as Mother Lorraine
• They Died with Their Boots On1941 · as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
• The Great Man's Lady1941 · as Paula Wales
• Riders of the Timberline1941 · as Donna Ryan
• Prison Farm1938 · as Matron Ames
• Behind the Criminal1937 · as Madge
• Wanderer of the Wasteland1935 · as Mrs. Virey
• The Little Minister1934 · as Villager
• School for Girls1934 · as Dr. Anne Galvin
• The World Changes1933 · as Mrs. Peterson
• Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!1931 · as Self
• Blockade1928 · as Bess
• The Whip1928 · as Iris d'Aquila
• Sorrell and Son1927 · as Dora Sorrell
• The 13th Juror1927 · as Helen Marsden
• Lonesome Ladies1927 · as Polly Fosdick
• Babe Comes Home1927 · as Vernie
• Easy Pickings1927 · as Mary Ryan
• The Masked Woman1927 · as Diane Delatour
• Midnight Lovers1926 · as Diana Fothergill
• Miss Nobody1926 · as Barbara Brown
• The Greater Glory1926 · as Fanny
• Too Much Money1926 · as Annabel Broadley
• The Splendid Road1925 · as Sandra De Hault
• Winds of Chance1925 · as Countess Courteau
• The Talker1925 · as Kate Lennox
• One Way Street1925 · as Lady Sylvia Hutton
• If I Marry Again1925 · as Alicia Wingate
• Inez from Hollywood1924 · as Inez Laranetta
• Hello, 'Frisco1924 · as Anna Q. Nilsson
• Vanity's Price1924 · as Vanna du Maurier
• The Breath of Scandal1924 · as Anna
• The Fire Patrol1924 · as Mary Ferguson
• The Side Show of Life1924 · as Lady Auriol Dayne
• Broadway After Dark1924 · as Helen Tremaine
• Between Friends1924 · as Jessica Drene
• Flowing Gold1924 · as Allegheny Briskow
• Painted People1924 · as Leslie Carter
• Half-a-Dollar Bill1924 · as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
• Enemies of Children1923 · as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
• Thundering Dawn1923 · as Mary Rogers
• Ponjola1923 · as Lady Flavia Desmond
• Adam's Rib1923 · as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
• The Spoilers1923 · as Cherry Malotte
• Hollywood1923 · as Anna Q. Nilsson
• The Rustle of Silk1923 · as Lady Feo
• Souls for Sale1923 · as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
• The Isle of Lost Ships1923 · as Dorothy Fairfax
• Hearts Aflame1923 · as Helen Foraker
• Pink Gods1922 · as Lady Margot Cork
• A Trip to Paramountown1922 · as Self
• The Man From Home1922 · as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
• Three Live Ghosts1922 · as Ivis
• Ten Nights in a Bar Room1921
• The Lotus Eater1921 · as Madge Vance
• The People of Värmland1921 · as Anna
• Why Girls Leave Home1921 · as Anna Hedder
• Without Limit1921 · as Ember Edwards
• What Women Will Do1921 · as Lily Gibbs
• The Brute Master1920 · as Madeline Grey
• In the Heart of a Fool1920 · as Margaret Muller
• The Fighting Chance1920 · as Sylvia Landis
• One Hour Before Dawn1920 · as Ellen Aldrich
• The Figurehead1920 · as Mary Forbes
• The Toll Gate1920 · as Mary Brown
• The 13th Commandment1920 · as Leila Kip
• The Luck of the Irish1920 · as Ruth Warren
• Soldiers of Fortune1919 · as Alice Langham
• Her Kingdom of Dreams1919 · as Carlotta Stanmore
• The Love Burglar1919 · as Joan Gray
• A Sporting Chance1919 · as Pamela Brent
• A Very Good Young Man1919 · as Viva Bacchus
• The Way of the Strong1919 · as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
• Cheating Cheaters1919 · as Grace Palmer
• Venus in the East1919 · as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
• Auction of Souls1919 · as Edith Graham
• Vanity Pool1918 · as Carol Harper
• In Judgment of...1918 · as Mary Manners
• No Man's Land1918 · as Katherine Gresham
• The Trail To Yesterday1918
• Heart of the Sunset1918 · as Alaire Austin
• Over There1917 · as Bettie Adams
• Seven Keys to Baldpate1917 · as Mary Norton
• The Inevitable1917 · as Florence Grey
• The Moral Code1917 · as Jean Hyland
• Infidelity1917 · as Elaine Bernard
• Her Surrender1916 · as Rhoda Courtlandt
• Sold Out1916 · as Leila Austin
• The Tight Rein1916 · as Amy
• The Supreme Sacrifice1916 · as Helen Chambers
• The Scarlet Road1916 · as Betty Belgrave
• Barbara Frietchie1915 · as Sue Negly
• The Regeneration1915 · as Marie Deering
• The Haunting Fear1915 · as Diana - an Adventuress
• A Sister's Burden1915 · as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
• The Destroyer1915 · as Helen Vedrine
• The Siren's Reign1915 · as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
• The Night Operator at Buxton1915 · as Helen
• Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec1914 · as Mignon Mars
• Regeneration1914 · as Katherine Williams
• Uncle Tom's Cabin1913 · as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
• The Fatal Legacy1913 · as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
• Shenandoah1913 · as Gertrude Illingham
• A Mississippi Tragedy1913 · as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
• The Confederate Ironclad1912 · as Elinor
• The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher1912 · as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
• The Darling of the CSA1912 · as Agnes Lane