Anna Q. Nilsson
AKA: Anna Quirentia Nilsson
Birthday: 1888-03-30
Died: 1974-02-11
Birthplace: Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
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
Character: Anna Q. Nilsson
Character: Patricia - Patsy as an adult
Character: Alicia Wingate
Character: Katherine Williams
Character: Gertrude Illingham
Character: Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
Character: Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
Character: Eliza - a Runaway Slave
Character: Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
Character: Ida - Nathanial's Wife
Character: Diana - an Adventuress
Character: Anna Q. Nilsson
Character: Helen Chambers
Character: Margaret Muller
Character: Allegheny Briskow
Character: Sandra De Hault
Character: Countess Courteau
Character: Miss Brady, English Teacher
Character: Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Character: Katherine Gresham
Character: Mrs. Olaf Knudson
Character: Mother Lorraine
Character: Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Character: Helen Tremaine
Character: Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Character: Lady Flavia Desmond
Character: Nurse (uncredited)
Character: Mrs. Michael Ramsay
Character: Seamstress (uncredited)
Character: Rhoda Courtlandt
Character: Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Character: Genevieve Granger-Simpson
Character: Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Character: Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
Character: Nurse (uncredited)
Character: Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
Character: Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
Character: Diana Fothergill
Character: Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Character: Dorothy Fairfax
Character: Madame Deval (uncredited)
Character: Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Character: Anna Q. Nilsson
Character: Carlotta Stanmore
Character: Diane Delatour
Character: Lady Auriol Dayne
Character: Cherry Malotte
Character: Annabel Broadley
Character: Inez Laranetta
Character: Dr. Anne Galvin
Character: Lady Margot Cork