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