Anna Q. Nilsson
Known for: Acting
Born: March 30, 1888
Died: February 11, 1974
Place of birth: 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.
Advertisement
Filmography
127 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
7.1
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
10.0
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
5.1
The Unknown Man
1951
7.0
An American in Paris
1951
6.2
Show Boat
1951
5.0
Grounds for Marriage
1951
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950
7.1
Adam's Rib
1949
6.8
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
5.9
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
6.2
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
7.5
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
7.8
It Had to Be You
1947
6.2
Cynthia
1947
7.1
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
6.5
The Secret Heart
1946
6.5
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
8.0
Headin' for God's Country
1943
5.9
Crossroads
1942
6.1
I Live on Danger
1942
10.0
Girls' Town
1942
6.7
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
6.3
The Great Man's Lady
1941
4.5
Riders of the Timberline
1941
6.8
Prison Farm
1938
6.0
Behind the Criminal
1937
6.0
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
5.8
The Little Minister
1934
7.5
School for Girls
1934
4.8
The World Changes
1933NR
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
1931
10.0
Blockade
1928
10.0
The Whip
1928
6.0
Sorrell and Son
1927
9.0
The 13th Juror
1927
7.0
Lonesome Ladies
1927
9.0
Babe Comes Home
192710.0
Easy Pickings
1927
10.0
The Masked Woman
1927
7.5
Midnight Lovers
1926
9.0
Miss Nobody
1926
8.0
The Greater Glory
1926
9.0
Too Much Money
1926
7.0
The Splendid Road
1925
6.5
Winds of Chance
1925
4.0
The Talker
1925
9.0
One Way Street
1925
3.3
If I Marry Again
1925
8.0
Inez from Hollywood
19247.5
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
8.0
Vanity's Price
1924
9.0
The Breath of Scandal
1924
7.0
The Fire Patrol
1924
8.0
The Side Show of Life
1924
10.0
Broadway After Dark
1924
7.0
Between Friends
1924
9.0
Flowing Gold
1924
10.0
Painted People
1924
10.0
Half-a-Dollar Bill
1924
9.0
Enemies of Children
1923
8.0
Thundering Dawn
1923
7.5
Ponjola
1923
6.8
Adam's Rib
1923
9.0
The Spoilers
1923
9.0
Hollywood
1923
10.0
The Rustle of Silk
1923
6.3
Souls for Sale
1923
10.0
The Isle of Lost Ships
1923
9.0
Hearts Aflame
1923
7.0
Pink Gods
1922
7.8
A Trip to Paramountown
1922
5.7
The Man From Home
1922
6.5
Three Live Ghosts
1922
10.0
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
1921
9.0
The Lotus Eater
1921
6.5
The People of Värmland
1921
10.0
Why Girls Leave Home
1921
9.0
Without Limit
1921
7.0
What Women Will Do
1921
8.0
The Brute Master
1920
3.7
In the Heart of a Fool
1920
7.0
The Fighting Chance
1920
10.0
One Hour Before Dawn
1920
9.0
The Figurehead
1920
5.7
The Toll Gate
1920
9.0
The 13th Commandment
1920
3.0
The Luck of the Irish
1920
7.0
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
7.0
Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919
8.0
The Love Burglar
1919
10.0
A Sporting Chance
1919
10.0
A Very Good Young Man
1919
4.5
The Way of the Strong
1919
8.0
Cheating Cheaters
1919
8.0
Venus in the East
1919
4.9
Auction of Souls
1919
NR
Vanity Pool
1918NR
In Judgment of...
1918
NR
No Man's Land
1918
NR
The Trail To Yesterday
1918
8.0
Heart of the Sunset
1918
9.0
Over There
1917
4.4
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1917
10.0
The Inevitable
1917
1.0
The Moral Code
1917
7.0
Infidelity
1917
8.0
Her Surrender
1916
8.0
Sold Out
19168.0
The Tight Rein
1916
NR
The Supreme Sacrifice
1916
8.0
The Scarlet Road
1916
NR
Barbara Frietchie
1915
6.8
The Regeneration
1915
8.0
The Haunting Fear
1915
NR
A Sister's Burden
1915
9.0
The Destroyer
1915
7.0
The Siren's Reign
1915
NR
The Night Operator at Buxton
1915
NR
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
1914
8.0
Regeneration
1914
8.0
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1913
7.0
The Fatal Legacy
1913
10.0
Shenandoah
1913
7.0
A Mississippi Tragedy
1913
6.5
The Confederate Ironclad
1912
10.0
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
1912
4.0
The Darling of the CSA
1912