Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting · Born 1888-03-30 · age 85 at death · 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.
Titles
Sunset Boulevard
An American in Paris
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Adam's Rib
They Died with Their Boots On
Show Boat
The Boy with Green Hair
The Regeneration
In the Good Old Summertime
The Farmer's Daughter
Crossroads
Every Girl Should Be Married
The Little Minister
Cry 'Havoc'
The Unknown Man
The Great Man's Lady
The Secret Heart
The Toll Gate
Auction of Souls
The World Changes
Seven Keys to Baldpate
I Live on Danger
Cynthia
The Man From Home
Behind the Criminal
Sorrell and Son
Fighting Father Dunne
Grounds for Marriage
Prison Farm
Three Live Ghosts
It Had to Be You
The Confederate Ironclad
The People of Värmland
If I Marry Again
Regeneration
Hollywood
In the Heart of a Fool
The Luck of the Irish
Winds of Chance
Adam's Rib
The Talker
Ponjola
Riders of the Timberline
Midnight Lovers
Hello, 'Frisco
School for Girls
Wanderer of the Wasteland
One Hour Before Dawn
Sold Out
Enemies of Children
Cheating Cheaters
The Fighting Chance
Soldiers of Fortune
The Love Burglar
Shenandoah
The Fatal Legacy
A Mississippi Tragedy
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Siren's Reign
The Destroyer