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.
Filmography
all 112
Movies 112
self 6
Grace Palmer

Marco Borsato - Symphonica in Rosso (2006)
Movie
Mrs. Elcott / Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Movie
4
Nurse (uncredited)

The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)
Movie
Kay Jansen (uncredited)

An American in Paris (1951)
Movie
3
Seamstress (uncredited)

Show Boat (1951)
Movie
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)

Grounds for Marriage (1951)
Movie
Anna Q. Nilsson

Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Movie
5.25
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)

Adam's Rib (1949)
Movie
6.13
Woman with Harp (uncredited)

In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Movie
Mrs. Olaf Knudson

Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
Movie
Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)

It Had to Be You (1947)
Movie
Miss Brady, English Teacher

Cynthia (1947)
Movie
Mrs. Holstrom

The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Movie
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary

The Secret Heart (1946)
Movie
Nurse (uncredited)

Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
Movie
Mrs. Nilsson

Headin' for God's Country (1943)
Movie
Madame Deval (uncredited)

Crossroads (1942)
Movie
Mrs. Sherman

I Live on Danger (1942)
Movie
Paula Wales

The Great Man's Lady (1942)
Movie
Mother Lorraine

Girls' Town (1942)
Movie
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Movie
Donna Ryan

Riders of the Timberline (1941)
Movie
Matron Ames

Prison Farm (1938)
Movie
Mrs. Virey

Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
Movie
Villager

The Little Minister (1934)
Movie
Dr. Anne Galvin

School for Girls (1934)
Movie
Mrs. Peterson

The World Changes (1933)
Movie
Iris d'Aquila

The Whip (1928)
Movie
Dora Sorrell

Sorrell and Son (1927)
Movie
Helen Marsden

The 13th Juror (1927)
Movie
Polly Fosdick

Lonesome Ladies (1927)
Movie
Mry Ryan

Easy Pickings (1927)
Movie
Diane Delatour

The Masked Woman (1927)
Movie
Diana Fothergill

Midnight Lovers (1926)
Movie
Barbara Brown

Miss Nobody (1926)
Movie
Annabel Broadley

Too Much Money (1926)
Movie
Sandra De Hault

The Splendid Road (1925)
Movie
Countess Courteau

Winds of Chance (1925)
Movie
Kate Lennox

The Talker (1925)
Movie
Alicia Wingate

If I Marry Again (1925)
Movie
Inez Laranetta

Inez from Hollywood (1924)
Movie
Anna Q. Nilsson

Hello, 'Frisco (1924)
Movie
Vanna Du Maurier

Vanity's Price (1924)
Movie
Mary Ferguson

The Fire Patrol (1924)
Movie
Lady Auriol Dayne

The Side Show of Life (1924)
Movie
Helen Tremaine

Broadway After Dark (1924)
Movie
Allegheny Briskow

Flowing Gold (1924)
Movie
Leslie Carter

Painted People (1924)
Movie
Patricia - Patsy as an adult

Enemies of Children (1923)
Movie
Mary Rogers

Thundering Dawn (1923)
Movie
Lady Flavia Desmond

Ponjola (1923)
Movie
Mrs. Michael Ramsay

Adam's Rib (1923)
Movie
Cherry Malotte

The Spoilers (1923)
Movie
Anna Q. Nilsson

Hollywood (1923)
Movie
Lady Feo

The Rustle of Silk (1923)
Movie
Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)

Souls for Sale (1923)
Movie
Dorothy Fairfax

The Isle of Lost Ships (1923)
Movie
Lady Margot Cork

Pink Gods (1922)
Movie
Genevieve Granger-Simpson

The Man From Home (1922)
Movie
Madge Vance

The Lotus Eater (1921)
Movie
Anna Hedder

Why Girls Leave Home (1921)
Movie
Ember Edwards

Without Limit (1921)
Movie
Margaret Muller

In the Heart of a Fool (1920)
Movie
Sylvia Landis

The Fighting Chance (1920)
Movie
Ellen Aldrich

One Hour Before Dawn (1920)
Movie
Mary Brown

The Toll Gate (1920)
Movie
Leila Kip

The 13th Commandment (1920)
Movie
Ruth Warren

The Luck of the Irish (1920)
Movie
Alice Langham

Soldiers of Fortune (1919)
Movie
Carlotta Stanmore

Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919)
Movie
Pamela Brent

A Sporting Chance (1919)
Movie
Joan Gray

The Love Burglar (1919)
Movie
Mrs. Pat Dyvenot

Venus in the East (1919)
Movie
Grace Palmer

Cheating Cheaters (1919)
Movie
Edith Graham

Ravished Armenia (1919)
Movie
Carol Harper

Vanity Pool (1918)
Movie
Mary Manners

In Judgment of... (1918)
Movie
Katherine Gresham

No Man's Land (1918)
Movie
Sheila Langford

The Trail To Yesterday (1918)
Movie
Alaire Austin

Heart of the Sunset (1918)
Movie
Mary Norton

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917)
Movie
Undetermined Role

The Silent Master (1917)
Movie
Florence Grey

The Inevitable (1917)
Movie
Leila Austin

Sold Out (1916)
Movie
Amy Prentice - the Mill Worker

The Tight Rein (1916)
Movie
Helen Chambers

The Supreme Sacrifice (1916)
Movie
Betty Belgrave

The Scarlet Road (1916)
Movie
Rhoda Cortlandt

Her Surrender (1916)
Movie
Marie Deering

The Regeneration (1915)
Movie
Diana - an Adventuress

The Haunting Fear (1915)
Movie
Ida - Nathanial's Wife

A Sister's Burden (1915)
Movie
Helen Vedrine

The Destroyer (1915)
Movie
Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman

The Siren's Reign (1915)
Movie
Mignon Mars

Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec (1914)
Movie
Katherine Williams

Regeneration (1914)
Movie
Eliza - a Runaway Slave

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1913)
Movie
Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife

The Fatal Legacy (1913)
Movie
Gertrude Illingham

Shenandoah (1913)
Movie
Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter

A Mississippi Tragedy (1913)
Movie
Elinor Adams - a Union Spy

The Confederate Ironclad (1912)
Movie
Agnes Lane

The Darling of the CSA (1912)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1888-03-30
Deathday1974-02-11 (85 years old)
Birth NameAnna Quirentia Nilsson
Birth PlaceYstad, Sweden
ReligionLutheranism
CitizenshipsSweden, United States
Also Known AsAnna Quirentia Nilsson, Annie Nilsson, Anna Nilsson
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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