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.
Filmography
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
as Mrs. Elcott
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
1951
as (uncredited)
An American in Paris
1951
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Show Boat
1951
as Seamstress (uncredited)
Grounds for Marriage
1951
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Adam's Rib
1949
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
as Saleslady
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
It Had to Be You
1947
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
Cynthia
1947
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Mrs. Holstrom
The Secret Heart
1946
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
as Nurse (uncredited)
Headin' for God's Country
1943
as Mrs. Nilsson
Crossroads
1942
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
I Live on Danger
1942
as Mrs. Sherman
Girls' Town
1942
as Mother Lorraine
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Paula Wales