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Anna Q. Nilsson
Actor
Born March 30, 1888Died February 11, 1974 (85 years)
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.
Anna Q. Nilsson Filmography
| 1950 | Sunset Boulevard · as Anna Q. Nilsson |
| 1923 | Hollywood · as Anna Q. Nilsson |
| 1923 | Souls for Sale · as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' · as Mrs. Elcott |
| 1954 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers · as Mrs. Elcott |
| 1954 | The Great Diamond Robbery · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Fearless Fagan · as Abby's Maid |
| 1951 | |
| 1951 | An American in Paris · as Kay Jansen (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Gruen Guild Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | The Law and the Lady · as Mrs. Scholmm |
| 1951 | Show Boat · as Seamstress (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Grounds for Marriage · as Dowager At Friday Club (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Big Hangover · as Helen Lang |
| 1949 | Malaya · as Secretary |
| 1949 | Adam's Rib · as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited) |
| 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime · as Woman With Harp (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | Every Girl Should Be Married · as Saleslady |
| 1948 | The Boy with Green Hair · as Townswoman |
| 1948 | Fighting Father Dunne · as Mrs. Olaf Knudson |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You · as Saleslady At Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Cynthia · as Miss Brady, English Teacher |
| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter · as Mrs. Holstrom |
| 1946 | The Secret Heart · as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary |
| 1945 | The Sailor Takes a Wife · as Switchboard Operator |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision · as Mrs. Scott's Nurse |
| 1943 | Cry 'Havoc' · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Crossroads · as Madame Deval (uncredited) |
| 1942 | I Live on Danger · as Mrs. Sherman |
| 1942 | Girls' Town · as Mother Lorraine |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On · as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Lady · as Paula Wales |
| 1941 | Riders of the Timberline · as Donna Ryan |
| 1941 | The People vs. Dr. Kildare · as Juror Next To Foreman |
| 1941 | The Trial of Mary Dugan · as Juror |
| 1938 | Prison Farm · as Matron Ames |
| 1938 | Paradise for Three · as First Bridge Player |
| 1934 | The Little Minister · as Villager |
| 1933 | The World Changes · as Mrs. Peterson |
| 1927 | Sorrell and Son · as Dora Sorrell |
| 1925 | Winds of Chance · as Countess Courteau |
| 1924 | The Side Show of Life · as Lady Auriol Dayne |
| 1923 | Adam's Rib · as Mrs. Michael Ramsay |
| 1922 | The Man from Home · as Genevieve Granger-Simpson |
| 1922 | Three Live Ghosts · as Ivis |
| 1921 | The Lotus Eater · as Madge Vance |
| 1920 | The Toll Gate · as Mary Brown |
| 1919 | Soldiers of Fortune · as Alice Langham |
| 1919 | |
| 1917 | Seven Keys to Baldpate · as Mary Norton |
| 1915 | The Regeneration · as Marie Deering |
| 1915 | The Haunting Fear · as Diana - An Adventuress |
| 1914 | The Hazards of Helen · as Helen [ch. 18] 'the Night Operator At Buxton' |
| 1914 | The Man in the Vault · as Evelyn Van Pelt |
| 1914 | Regeneration · as Katherine Williams |
| 1913 | The Counterfeiter's Confederate · as Marion Purdy |
| 1913 | The Gypsy's Brand · as Robar - The Gypsy Girl |
| 1913 | The Battle of Bloody Ford · as Agatha Elton |
| 1913 | The Grim Toll of War · as Virginia Ellis - The Colonel's New Wife |
| 1912 | The Farm Bully · as Anna Whitcome - The Farmer's Daughter |