Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting
- Born:
- 1888-03-30
- Died:
- 1974-02-11
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Great Diamond Robbery
The Unknown Man
An American in Paris
Show Boat
Grounds for Marriage
Sunset Boulevard
Adam's Rib
In the Good Old Summertime
Every Girl Should Be Married
The Boy with Green Hair
Fighting Father Dunne
It Had to Be You
Cynthia
The Farmer's Daughter
The Secret Heart
Cry 'Havoc'
Headin' for God's Country
Crossroads
I Live on Danger
Girls' Town
They Died with Their Boots On
The Great Man's Lady
Riders of the Timberline
Prison Farm
Behind the Criminal
Wanderer of the Wasteland
The Little Minister
School for Girls
The World Changes
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
Blockade
The Whip
Sorrell and Son
The 13th Juror
Lonesome Ladies
Babe Comes Home
Easy Pickings
The Masked Woman
Midnight Lovers
Miss Nobody
The Greater Glory
Too Much Money
The Splendid Road
Winds of Chance
The Talker
One Way Street
If I Marry Again
Inez from Hollywood
Hello, 'Frisco
Vanity's Price
The Breath of Scandal
The Fire Patrol
The Side Show of Life
Broadway After Dark
Between Friends
Flowing Gold
Painted People
Half-a-Dollar Bill
Enemies of Children
Thundering Dawn
Ponjola
Adam's Rib
The Spoilers
Hollywood
The Rustle of Silk
Souls for Sale
The Isle of Lost Ships
Hearts Aflame
Pink Gods
A Trip to Paramountown
The Man From Home
Three Live Ghosts
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
The Lotus Eater
The People of Värmland
Why Girls Leave Home
Without Limit
What Women Will Do
The Brute Master
In the Heart of a Fool
The Fighting Chance
One Hour Before Dawn
The Figurehead
The Toll Gate
The 13th Commandment
The Luck of the Irish
Soldiers of Fortune
Her Kingdom of Dreams
The Love Burglar
A Sporting Chance
A Very Good Young Man
The Way of the Strong
Cheating Cheaters
Venus in the East
Auction of Souls
Vanity Pool
In Judgment of...
No Man's Land
The Trail To Yesterday
Heart of the Sunset
Over There
Seven Keys to Baldpate
The Inevitable
The Moral Code
Infidelity
Her Surrender
Sold Out
The Tight Rein
The Supreme Sacrifice
The Scarlet Road
Barbara Frietchie
The Regeneration
The Haunting Fear
A Sister's Burden
The Destroyer
The Siren's Reign
The Night Operator at Buxton
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
Regeneration
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Fatal Legacy
Shenandoah
A Mississippi Tragedy
The Confederate Ironclad
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
The Darling of the CSA