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.
Acting
Movie
Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
1950
Movie
An American in Paris
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
1951
Movie
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
1954
Movie
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott
1954
Movie
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
1949
Movie
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
1941
Movie
Show Boat
as Seamstress (uncredited)
1951
Movie
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Movie
The Regeneration
as Marie Deering
1915
Movie
In the Good Old Summertime
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
1949
Movie
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Holstrom
1947
Movie
Crossroads
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
1942
Movie
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Saleslady
1948
Movie
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
1923
Movie
The Little Minister
as Villager
1934
Movie
Cry 'Havoc'
as Nurse (uncredited)
1943
Movie
The Unknown Man
as (uncredited)
1951
Movie
The Great Man's Lady
as Paula Wales
1941
Movie
The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
1946
Movie
The Toll Gate
as Mary Brown
1920
Movie
Auction of Souls
as Edith Graham
1919
Movie
The World Changes
as Mrs. Peterson
1933
Movie
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Mary Norton
1917
Movie
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Sherman
1942