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