Anna Q. Nilsson
View on IMDb ↗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
The Great Diamond Robbery
Girls' Town
Blockade
The Whip
The Masked Woman
Broadway After Dark
Painted People
Half-a-Dollar Bill
The Isle of Lost Ships
The Rustle of SilkFilmography (127)
- 1954
The Great Diamond RobberyNurse (uncredited) - 1954
Seven Brides for Seven BrothersMrs. Elcott (uncredited) - 1951
An American in ParisKay Jansen (uncredited) - 1951
Show BoatSeamstress (uncredited) - 1951
The Unknown Man(uncredited) - 1951
Grounds for MarriageDowager at Friday Club (uncredited) - 1950
Sunset BoulevardAnna Q. Nilsson - 1949
Adam's RibMrs. Poynter (uncredited) - 1949
In the Good Old SummertimeWoman with Harp (uncredited) - 1948
Fighting Father DunneMrs. Olaf Knudson - 1948
The Boy with Green Hair - 1948
Every Girl Should Be MarriedSaleslady - 1947
It Had to Be YouSaleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited) - 1947
The Farmer's DaughterMrs. Holstrom - 1947
CynthiaMiss Brady, English Teacher - 1946
The Secret HeartDr. Rossiger's Secretary - 1943
Headin' for God's CountryMrs. Nilsson - 1943
Cry 'Havoc'Nurse (uncredited) - 1942
Girls' TownMother Lorraine - 1942
I Live on DangerMrs. Sherman - 1942
CrossroadsMadame Deval (uncredited) - 1941
They Died with Their Boots OnMrs. Taipe (uncredited) - 1941
The Great Man's LadyPaula Wales - 1941
Riders of the TimberlineDonna Ryan - 1938
Prison FarmMatron Ames - 1937
Behind the CriminalMadge - 1935
Wanderer of the WastelandMrs. Virey - 1934
School for GirlsDr. Anne Galvin - 1934
The Little MinisterVillager - 1933
The World ChangesMrs. Peterson - 1931Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!Self
- 1928
BlockadeBess - 1928
The WhipIris d'Aquila - 1927Easy PickingsMary Ryan
- 1927
The Masked WomanDiane Delatour - 1927
Babe Comes HomeVernie - 1927
The 13th JurorHelen Marsden - 1927
Lonesome LadiesPolly Fosdick - 1927
Sorrell and SonDora Sorrell - 1926
Miss NobodyBarbara Brown - 1926
Too Much MoneyAnnabel Broadley - 1926
The Greater GloryFanny - 1926
Midnight LoversDiana Fothergill - 1925
One Way StreetLady Sylvia Hutton - 1925
The Splendid RoadSandra De Hault - 1925
Winds of ChanceCountess Courteau - 1925
The TalkerKate Lennox - 1925
If I Marry AgainAlicia Wingate - 1924
Broadway After DarkHelen Tremaine - 1924
Painted PeopleLeslie Carter - 1924
Half-a-Dollar BillThe Stranger - Mrs. Webber - 1924
Flowing GoldAllegheny Briskow - 1924
The Breath of ScandalAnna - 1924
The Side Show of LifeLady Auriol Dayne - 1924
Inez from HollywoodInez Laranetta - 1924
Vanity's PriceVanna du Maurier - 1924Hello, 'FriscoAnna Q. Nilsson
- 1924
The Fire PatrolMary Ferguson - 1924
Between FriendsJessica Drene - 1923
The Isle of Lost ShipsDorothy Fairfax - 1923
The Rustle of SilkLady Feo - 1923
Enemies of ChildrenPatricia - Patsy as an adult - 1923
HollywoodAnna Q. Nilsson - 1923
The SpoilersCherry Malotte - 1923
Hearts AflameHelen Foraker - 1923
Thundering DawnMary Rogers - 1923
PonjolaLady Flavia Desmond - 1923
Adam's RibMrs. Michael Ramsay - 1923
Souls for SaleSelf - Celebrity Actress (uncredited) - 1922
A Trip to ParamountownSelf - 1922
Pink GodsLady Margot Cork - 1922
Three Live GhostsIvis - 1922
The Man From HomeGenevieve Granger-Simpson - 1921
Why Girls Leave HomeAnna Hedder - 1921
Ten Nights in a Bar Room - 1921
The Lotus EaterMadge Vance - 1921
Without LimitEmber Edwards - 1921
What Women Will DoLily Gibbs - 1921
The People of VärmlandAnna - 1920
One Hour Before DawnEllen Aldrich - 1920
The 13th CommandmentLeila Kip - 1920
The FigureheadMary Forbes - 1920
The Brute MasterMadeline Grey - 1920
The Fighting ChanceSylvia Landis - 1920
The Toll GateMary Brown - 1920
In the Heart of a FoolMargaret Muller - 1920
The Luck of the IrishRuth Warren - 1919
A Sporting ChancePamela Brent - 1919
A Very Good Young ManViva Bacchus - 1919
Cheating CheatersGrace Palmer - 1919
The Love BurglarJoan Gray - 1919
Venus in the EastMrs. Pat Dyvenot - 1919
The Way of the StrongAudrie Hendrie / Monica Norton - 1919
Soldiers of FortuneAlice Langham - 1919
Her Kingdom of DreamsCarlotta Stanmore - 1919
Auction of SoulsEdith Graham - 1918
Heart of the SunsetAlaire Austin - 1918In Judgment of...Mary Manners
- 1918
No Man's LandKatherine Gresham - 1918
The Trail To Yesterday - 1918
Vanity PoolCarol Harper - 1917
The InevitableFlorence Grey - 1917
Over ThereBettie Adams - 1917
InfidelityElaine Bernard - 1917
Seven Keys to BaldpateMary Norton - 1917
The Moral CodeJean Hyland - 1916
Sold OutLeila Austin - 1916The Tight ReinAmy
- 1916
Her SurrenderRhoda Courtlandt - 1916
The Scarlet RoadBetty Belgrave - 1916
The Supreme SacrificeHelen Chambers - 1915
The DestroyerHelen Vedrine - 1915
The Haunting FearDiana - an Adventuress - 1915
The Siren's ReignMarguerite Morrison - The Other Woman - 1915
The RegenerationMarie Deering - 1915
A Sister's BurdenIda - Nathanial's Wife - 1915
The Night Operator at BuxtonHelen - 1915
Barbara FrietchieSue Negly - 1914
RegenerationKatherine Williams - 1914
Wolfe or the Conquest of QuebecMignon Mars - 1913
ShenandoahGertrude Illingham - 1913
Uncle Tom's CabinEliza - a Runaway Slave - 1913
The Fatal LegacyAnna Halleck - Harry's Wife - 1913
A Mississippi TragedyMartha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter - 1912The Grit of the Girl TelegrapherBetty - the Girl Telegrapher
- 1912
The Confederate IroncladElinor - 1912
The Darling of the CSAAgnes Lane