Anna Q. Nilsson
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
1950
One Hour Before Dawn
as Ellen Aldrich
1920
Sold Out
as Leila Austin
1916
Enemies of Children
as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
1923
Cheating Cheaters
as Grace Palmer
1919
In Judgment of...
as Mary Manners
1918
The Fighting Chance
as Sylvia Landis
1920
The Little Minister
as Villager
1934
The Love Burglar
as Joan Gray
1919
Soldiers of Fortune
as Alice Langham
1919
If I Marry Again
as Alicia Wingate
1925
Auction of Souls
as Edith Graham
1919
Regeneration
as Katherine Williams
1914
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
as Mignon Mars
1914
Shenandoah
as Gertrude Illingham
1913
The Fatal Legacy
as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
1913
A Mississippi Tragedy
as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
1913
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
1913
A Sister's Burden
as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
1915
The Siren's Reign
as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
1915