Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting1888Ystad, 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
Sunset Boulevard
Anna Q. Nilsson
An American in Paris
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Show Boat
Seamstress (uncredited)
The Regeneration
Marie Deering
The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Holstrom
Acting History
1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Nurse (uncredited)
1951
Grounds for Marriage
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
as (uncredited)
Show Boat
as Seamstress (uncredited)
An American in Paris
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
1950
Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
1949
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
1948
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Saleslady
Fighting Father Dunne
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
1947
Cynthia
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
It Had to Be You
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Holstrom
1946
The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
1943
Cry 'Havoc'
as Nurse (uncredited)
Headin' for God's Country
as Mrs. Nilsson
1942
1941
Riders of the Timberline
as Donna Ryan
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
as Paula Wales
1938
Prison Farm
as Matron Ames
1937
Behind the Criminal
as Madge
1935
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mrs. Virey
1934
School for Girls
as Dr. Anne Galvin
The Little Minister
as Villager
1933
The World Changes
as Mrs. Peterson
1931
1927
The 13th Juror
as Helen Marsden
The Masked Woman
as Diane Delatour
Sorrell and Son
as Dora Sorrell
Easy Pickings
as Mary Ryan
Lonesome Ladies
as Polly Fosdick
Babe Comes Home
as Vernie
1926
Miss Nobody
as Barbara Brown
Midnight Lovers
as Diana Fothergill
The Greater Glory
as Fanny
Too Much Money
as Annabel Broadley
1925
Winds of Chance
as Countess Courteau
The Talker
as Kate Lennox
The Splendid Road
as Sandra De Hault
If I Marry Again
as Alicia Wingate
One Way Street
as Lady Sylvia Hutton
1924
The Fire Patrol
as Mary Ferguson
Flowing Gold
as Allegheny Briskow
Hello, 'Frisco
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Painted People
as Leslie Carter
Broadway After Dark
as Helen Tremaine
The Side Show of Life
as Lady Auriol Dayne
Inez from Hollywood
as Inez Laranetta
Vanity's Price
as Vanna du Maurier
Between Friends
as Jessica Drene
Half-a-Dollar Bill
as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
1923
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
Hollywood
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Ponjola
as Lady Flavia Desmond
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Dorothy Fairfax
Thundering Dawn
as Mary Rogers
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
The Rustle of Silk
as Lady Feo
Enemies of Children
as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
Hearts Aflame
as Helen Foraker
1922
The Man From Home
as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
Three Live Ghosts
as Ivis
Pink Gods
as Lady Margot Cork
1921
1920
One Hour Before Dawn
as Ellen Aldrich
The Toll Gate
as Mary Brown
The Luck of the Irish
as Ruth Warren
The Fighting Chance
as Sylvia Landis
In the Heart of a Fool
as Margaret Muller
The Figurehead
as Mary Forbes
The Brute Master
as Madeline Grey
1919
The Love Burglar
as Joan Gray
The Way of the Strong
as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
Soldiers of Fortune
as Alice Langham
Venus in the East
as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Her Kingdom of Dreams
as Carlotta Stanmore
A Sporting Chance
as Pamela Brent
Cheating Cheaters
as Grace Palmer
A Very Good Young Man
as Viva Bacchus
1918
In Judgment of...
as Mary Manners
No Man's Land
as Katherine Gresham
Vanity Pool
as Carol Harper
Heart of the Sunset
as Alaire Austin
1917
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Mary Norton
The Inevitable
as Florence Grey
Over There
as Bettie Adams
The Moral Code
as Jean Hyland
Infidelity
as Elaine Bernard
1916
The Supreme Sacrifice
as Helen Chambers
Sold Out
as Leila Austin
The Tight Rein
as Amy
Her Surrender
as Rhoda Courtlandt
The Scarlet Road
as Betty Belgrave
1915
The Night Operator at Buxton
as Helen
Barbara Frietchie
as Sue Negly
The Siren's Reign
as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
The Destroyer
as Helen Vedrine
A Sister's Burden
as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
The Haunting Fear
as Diana - an Adventuress
The Regeneration
as Marie Deering
1914
Regeneration
as Katherine Williams
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
as Mignon Mars
1913
The Fatal Legacy
as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
A Mississippi Tragedy
as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
Shenandoah
as Gertrude Illingham
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
1912
The Confederate Ironclad
as Elinor
The Darling of the CSA
as Agnes Lane
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher