Anna Q. Nilsson
Born:3/30/1888•Died:2/11/1974
Place of Birth: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.
Filmography
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
19547.2
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
19547.2
The Great Diamond Robbery
19540.0
The Unknown Man
19514.8
An American in Paris
19517.0
Show Boat
19516.1
Grounds for Marriage
19514.3
Sunset Boulevard
19508.3
Adam's Rib
19497.1
In the Good Old Summertime
19496.6
Every Girl Should Be Married
19486.3
Fighting Father Dunne
19486.0
It Had to Be You
19476.5
Cynthia
19475.9
The Farmer's Daughter
19476.9
The Secret Heart
19466.3
Cry 'Havoc'
19436.3
Headin' for God's Country
19430.0
Crossroads
19425.9
I Live on Danger
19425.7
Girls' Town
19420.0
They Died with Their Boots On
19416.6
The Great Man's Lady
19416.3
Riders of the Timberline
19410.0
Prison Farm
19385.7
Behind the Criminal
19375.7
Wanderer of the Wasteland
19355.0
The Little Minister
19345.9
School for Girls
19346.0
The World Changes
19334.8
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
19310.0
Blockade
19280.0
The Whip
19280.0
Sorrell and Son
19275.7
The 13th Juror
19270.0
Lonesome Ladies
19270.0
Babe Comes Home
19270.0
Easy Pickings
19270.0
The Masked Woman
19270.0
Midnight Lovers
19266.0
Miss Nobody
19260.0
The Greater Glory
19260.0
Too Much Money
19260.0
The Splendid Road
19250.0
Winds of Chance
19254.8
The Talker
19251.0
If I Marry Again
19251.0
Inez from Hollywood
19240.0
Hello, 'Frisco
19245.0
Vanity's Price
19240.0
The Fire Patrol
19240.0
The Side Show of Life
19240.0
Broadway After Dark
19240.0
Flowing Gold
19240.0
Painted People
19240.0
Enemies of Children
19230.0
Thundering Dawn
19230.0
Ponjola
19235.0
Adam's Rib
19235.8
The Spoilers
19230.0
Hollywood
19237.0
The Rustle of Silk
19230.0
Souls for Sale
19236.2
The Isle of Lost Ships
19230.0
Pink Gods
19220.0
A Trip to Paramountown
19227.3
The Man From Home
19226.2
Three Live Ghosts
19226.0
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
19210.0
The Lotus Eater
19210.0
The People of Värmland
19216.3
Why Girls Leave Home
19210.0
Without Limit
19210.0
In the Heart of a Fool
19201.0
The Fighting Chance
19200.0
One Hour Before Dawn
19200.0
The Toll Gate
19205.3
The 13th Commandment
19200.0
The Luck of the Irish
19201.0
Soldiers of Fortune
19190.0
Her Kingdom of Dreams
19190.0
The Love Burglar
19190.0
A Sporting Chance
19190.0
Cheating Cheaters
19190.0
Venus in the East
19190.0
Auction of Souls
19195.2
Vanity Pool
19180.0
In Judgment of...
19180.0
No Man's Land
19180.0
The Trail To Yesterday
19180.0
Heart of the Sunset
19180.0
Over There
19170.0
Seven Keys to Baldpate
19174.4
The Inevitable
19170.0
Her Surrender
19160.0
Sold Out
19160.0
The Tight Rein
19160.0
The Supreme Sacrifice
19160.0
The Scarlet Road
19160.0
The Regeneration
19156.9
The Haunting Fear
19150.0
A Sister's Burden
19150.0
The Destroyer
19150.0
The Siren's Reign
19150.0
The Night Operator at Buxton
19150.0
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
19140.0
Regeneration
19140.0
Uncle Tom's Cabin
19130.0
The Fatal Legacy
19130.0
Shenandoah
19130.0
A Mississippi Tragedy
19130.0
The Confederate Ironclad
19125.3
The Darling of the CSA
19124.0