
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 …
Known For
Sunset Boulevard
Anna Q. Nilsson
An American in Paris
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott
Adam's Rib
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Show Boat
Seamstress (uncredited)
The Regeneration
Marie Deering
The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Holstrom
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Filmography
Acting (126)
Movies (126)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954as Mrs. Elcott
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954as Nurse (uncredited)
Grounds for Marriage
1951as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
An American in Paris
1951as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Show Boat
1951as Seamstress (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
1951as (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
1950as Anna Q. Nilsson
Adam's Rib
1949as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime
1949as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Fighting Father Dunne
1948as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948as Saleslady
Cynthia
1947as Miss Brady, English Teacher
It Had to Be You
1947as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
The Farmer's Daughter
1947as Mrs. Holstrom
The Secret Heart
1946as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Cry 'Havoc'
1943as Nurse (uncredited)
Headin' for God's Country
1943as Mrs. Nilsson
Girls' Town
1942as Mother Lorraine
I Live on Danger
1942as Mrs. Sherman
Crossroads
1942as Madame Deval (uncredited)
Riders of the Timberline
1941as Donna Ryan
They Died with Their Boots On
1941as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
1941as Paula Wales
Prison Farm
1938as Matron Ames
Behind the Criminal
1937as Madge
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935as Mrs. Virey
School for Girls
1934as Dr. Anne Galvin
The Little Minister
1934as Villager
The World Changes
1933as Mrs. Peterson
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
1931as Self
Blockade
1928as Bess
The Whip
1928as Iris d'Aquila
Babe Comes Home
1927as Vernie
Easy Pickings
1927as Mary Ryan
The Masked Woman
1927as Diane Delatour
The 13th Juror
1927as Helen Marsden
Sorrell and Son
1927as Dora Sorrell
Lonesome Ladies
1927as Polly Fosdick
Miss Nobody
1926as Barbara Brown
The Greater Glory
1926as Fanny
Midnight Lovers
1926as Diana Fothergill
Too Much Money
1926as Annabel Broadley
The Talker
1925as Kate Lennox
Winds of Chance
1925as Countess Courteau
The Splendid Road
1925as Sandra De Hault
One Way Street
1925as Lady Sylvia Hutton
If I Marry Again
1925as Alicia Wingate
Hello, 'Frisco
1924as Anna Q. Nilsson
Painted People
1924as Leslie Carter
The Fire Patrol
1924as Mary Ferguson
Flowing Gold
1924as Allegheny Briskow
The Breath of Scandal
1924
Inez from Hollywood
1924as Inez Laranetta
Broadway After Dark
1924as Helen Tremaine
The Side Show of Life
1924as Lady Auriol Dayne
Vanity's Price
1924as Vanna du Maurier
Between Friends
1924as Jessica Drene
Half-a-Dollar Bill
1924as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
Adam's Rib
1923as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
Souls for Sale
1923as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Ponjola
1923as Lady Flavia Desmond
Hollywood
1923as Anna Q. Nilsson
The Rustle of Silk
1923as Lady Feo
The Isle of Lost Ships
1923as Dorothy Fairfax
The Spoilers
1923as Cherry Malotte
Thundering Dawn
1923as Mary Rogers
Hearts Aflame
1923as Helen Foraker
Enemies of Children
1923as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
Three Live Ghosts
1922as Ivis
A Trip to Paramountown
1922as Self
The Man From Home
1922as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
Pink Gods
1922as Lady Margot Cork
The People of Värmland
1921
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
1921
Without Limit
1921as Ember Edwards
The Lotus Eater
1921as Madge Vance
What Women Will Do
1921
Why Girls Leave Home
1921as Anna Hedder
The Luck of the Irish
1920as Ruth Warren
One Hour Before Dawn
1920as Ellen Aldrich
In the Heart of a Fool
1920as Margaret Muller
The 13th Commandment
1920
The Toll Gate
1920as Mary Brown
The Fighting Chance
1920as Sylvia Landis
The Figurehead
1920as Mary Forbes
The Brute Master
1920as Madeline Grey
The Love Burglar
1919as Joan Gray
Cheating Cheaters
1919as Grace Palmer
Venus in the East
1919as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
A Sporting Chance
1919as Pamela Brent
The Way of the Strong
1919as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
Auction of Souls
1919
Soldiers of Fortune
1919as Alice Langham
Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919as Carlotta Stanmore
A Very Good Young Man
1919as Viva Bacchus
In Judgment of...
1918as Mary Manners
The Trail To Yesterday
1918No Man's Land
1918as Katherine Gresham
Vanity Pool
1918as Carol Harper
Heart of the Sunset
1918as Alaire Austin
The Inevitable
1917as Florence Grey
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1917as Mary Norton
Over There
1917as Bettie Adams
The Moral Code
1917as Jean Hyland
Infidelity
1917as Elaine Bernard
The Supreme Sacrifice
1916as Helen Chambers
The Scarlet Road
1916as Betty Belgrave
The Tight Rein
1916as Amy
Her Surrender
1916as Rhoda Courtlandt
Sold Out
1916as Leila Austin
The Night Operator at Buxton
1915as Helen
The Siren's Reign
1915as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
The Regeneration
1915as Marie Deering
A Sister's Burden
1915as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
The Haunting Fear
1915as Diana - an Adventuress
The Destroyer
1915as Helen Vedrine
Barbara Frietchie
1915as Sue Negly
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
1914as Mignon Mars
Regeneration
1914as Katherine Williams
The Fatal Legacy
1913as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1913as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
Shenandoah
1913as Gertrude Illingham
A Mississippi Tragedy
1913as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
The Darling of the CSA
1912as Agnes Lane
The Confederate Ironclad
1912as Elinor
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
1912as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
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