Anna Q. Nilsson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 30 March 1888 · Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
- Died
- 11 February 1974
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
Acting 127
- 1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as Mrs. Elcott
- 1954The Great Diamond Robbery as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1951The Unknown Man as (uncredited)
- 1951An American in Paris as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
- 1951Show Boat as Seamstress (uncredited)
- 1951Grounds for Marriage as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
- 1950Sunset Boulevard as Anna Q. Nilsson
- 1949Adam's Rib as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
- 1949In the Good Old Summertime as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
- 1948Every Girl Should Be Married as Saleslady
- 1948The Boy with Green Hair
- 1948Fighting Father Dunne as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
- 1947It Had to Be You as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
- 1947Cynthia as Miss Brady, English Teacher
- 1947The Farmer's Daughter as Mrs. Holstrom
- 1946The Secret Heart as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
- 1943Cry 'Havoc' as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1943Headin' for God's Country as Mrs. Nilsson
- 1942Crossroads as Madame Deval (uncredited)
- 1942I Live on Danger as Mrs. Sherman
- 1942Girls' Town as Mother Lorraine
- 1941They Died with Their Boots On as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
- 1941The Great Man's Lady as Paula Wales
- 1941Riders of the Timberline as Donna Ryan
- 1938Prison Farm as Matron Ames
- 1937Behind the Criminal as Madge
- 1935Wanderer of the Wasteland as Mrs. Virey
- 1934The Little Minister as Villager
- 1934School for Girls as Dr. Anne Galvin
- 1933The World Changes as Mrs. Peterson
- 1931Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! as Self
- 1928Blockade as Bess
- 1928The Whip as Iris d'Aquila
- 1927Sorrell and Son as Dora Sorrell
- 1927The 13th Juror as Helen Marsden
- 1927Lonesome Ladies as Polly Fosdick
- 1927Babe Comes Home as Vernie
- 1927Easy Pickings as Mary Ryan
- 1927The Masked Woman as Diane Delatour
- 1926Midnight Lovers as Diana Fothergill
- 1926Miss Nobody as Barbara Brown
- 1926The Greater Glory as Fanny
- 1926Too Much Money as Annabel Broadley
- 1925The Splendid Road as Sandra De Hault
- 1925Winds of Chance as Countess Courteau
- 1925The Talker as Kate Lennox
- 1925One Way Street as Lady Sylvia Hutton
- 1925If I Marry Again as Alicia Wingate
- 1924Inez from Hollywood as Inez Laranetta
- 1924Hello, 'Frisco as Anna Q. Nilsson
- 1924Vanity's Price as Vanna du Maurier
- 1924The Breath of Scandal as Anna
- 1924The Fire Patrol as Mary Ferguson
- 1924The Side Show of Life as Lady Auriol Dayne
- 1924Broadway After Dark as Helen Tremaine
- 1924Between Friends as Jessica Drene
- 1924Flowing Gold as Allegheny Briskow
- 1924Painted People as Leslie Carter
- 1924Half-a-Dollar Bill as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
- 1923Enemies of Children as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
- 1923Thundering Dawn as Mary Rogers
- 1923Ponjola as Lady Flavia Desmond
- 1923Adam's Rib as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
- 1923The Spoilers as Cherry Malotte
- 1923Hollywood as Anna Q. Nilsson
- 1923The Rustle of Silk as Lady Feo
- 1923Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
- 1923The Isle of Lost Ships as Dorothy Fairfax
- 1923Hearts Aflame as Helen Foraker
- 1922Pink Gods as Lady Margot Cork
- 1922A Trip to Paramountown as Self
- 1922The Man From Home as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
- 1922Three Live Ghosts as Ivis
- 1921Ten Nights in a Bar Room
- 1921The Lotus Eater as Madge Vance
- 1921The People of Värmland as Anna
- 1921Why Girls Leave Home as Anna Hedder
- 1921Without Limit as Ember Edwards
- 1921What Women Will Do as Lily Gibbs
- 1920The Brute Master as Madeline Grey
- 1920In the Heart of a Fool as Margaret Muller
- 1920The Fighting Chance as Sylvia Landis
- 1920One Hour Before Dawn as Ellen Aldrich
- 1920The Figurehead as Mary Forbes
- 1920The Toll Gate as Mary Brown
- 1920The 13th Commandment as Leila Kip
- 1920The Luck of the Irish as Ruth Warren
- 1919Soldiers of Fortune as Alice Langham
- 1919Her Kingdom of Dreams as Carlotta Stanmore
- 1919The Love Burglar as Joan Gray
- 1919A Sporting Chance as Pamela Brent
- 1919A Very Good Young Man as Viva Bacchus
- 1919The Way of the Strong as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
- 1919Cheating Cheaters as Grace Palmer
- 1919Venus in the East as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
- 1919Auction of Souls as Edith Graham
- 1918Vanity Pool as Carol Harper
- 1918In Judgment of... as Mary Manners
- 1918No Man's Land as Katherine Gresham
- 1918The Trail To Yesterday
- 1918Heart of the Sunset as Alaire Austin
- 1917Over There as Bettie Adams
- 1917Seven Keys to Baldpate as Mary Norton
- 1917The Inevitable as Florence Grey
- 1917The Moral Code as Jean Hyland
- 1917Infidelity as Elaine Bernard
- 1916Her Surrender as Rhoda Courtlandt
- 1916Sold Out as Leila Austin
- 1916The Tight Rein as Amy
- 1916The Supreme Sacrifice as Helen Chambers
- 1916The Scarlet Road as Betty Belgrave
- 1915Barbara Frietchie as Sue Negly
- 1915The Regeneration as Marie Deering
- 1915The Haunting Fear as Diana - an Adventuress
- 1915A Sister's Burden as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
- 1915The Destroyer as Helen Vedrine
- 1915The Siren's Reign as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
- 1915The Night Operator at Buxton as Helen
- 1914Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec as Mignon Mars
- 1914Regeneration as Katherine Williams
- 1913Uncle Tom's Cabin as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
- 1913The Fatal Legacy as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
- 1913Shenandoah as Gertrude Illingham
- 1913A Mississippi Tragedy as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
- 1912The Confederate Ironclad as Elinor
- 1912The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
- 1912The Darling of the CSA as Agnes Lane