Person Details
Birthday: 1888-03-30 02:20:23
Death: 1974-02-11 02:20:23
Aliases: Anna Quirentia Nilsson , Annie Nilsson , Anna Nilsson
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
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Movie Involvements: 75
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Sunset Boulevard
(1950) Anna Q. NilssonShow Boat
(1951) Seamstress (uncredited)They Died with Their Boots On
(1941) Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)Crossroads
(1942) Madame Deval (uncredited)The Whip
(1928) Iris d'AquilaThe Little Minister
(1934) VillagerInez from Hollywood
(1924) Inez LaranettaPink Gods
(1922) Lady Margot CorkActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
1954 | Mrs. Elcott | |
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited) | ||
Nurse (uncredited) | ||
1951 | N/A | |
Kay Jansen (uncredited) | ||
Seamstress (uncredited) | ||
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited) | ||
1950 | Anna Q. Nilsson | |
1949 | Mrs. Poynter (uncredited) | |
Woman with Harp (uncredited) | ||
1948 | Saleslady | |
Mrs. Olaf Knudson | ||
1947 | Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited) | |
Miss Brady, English Teacher | ||
Mrs. Holstrom | ||
1946 | Dr. Rossiger's Secretary | |
1943 | Nurse (uncredited) | |
Mrs. Nilsson | ||
1942 | Madame Deval (uncredited) | |
Mrs. Sherman | ||
Paula Wales | ||
Mother Lorraine | ||
1941 | Mrs. Taipe (uncredited) | |
Donna Ryan | ||
1938 | Matron Ames | |
1937 | Madge | |
1935 | Mrs. Virey | |
1934 | Villager | |
Dr. Anne Galvin | ||
1933 | Mrs. Peterson | |
1931 | Self | |
1928 | Bess | |
Iris d'Aquila | ||
1927 | Dora Sorrell | |
Helen Marsden | ||
Polly Fosdick | ||
Vernie | ||
Mary Ryan | ||
Diane Delatour | ||
1926 | Diana Fothergill | |
Barbara Brown | ||
Fanny | ||
Annabel Broadley | ||
1925 | Sandra De Hault | |
Countess Courteau | ||
Kate Lennox | ||
Alicia Wingate | ||
1924 | Inez Laranetta | |
Anna Q. Nilsson | ||
Mary Ferguson | ||
Lady Auriol Dayne | ||
Helen Tremaine | ||
Allegheny Briskow | ||
Leslie Carter | ||
1923 | N/A | |
Mary Rogers | ||
Lady Flavia Desmond | ||
Mrs. Michael Ramsay | ||
Cherry Malotte | ||
Anna Q. Nilsson | ||
Lady Feo | ||
Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited) | ||
Dorothy Fairfax | ||
1922 | Lady Margot Cork | |
Self | ||
Genevieve Granger-Simpson | ||
Ivis | ||
1921 | Madge Vance | |
N/A | ||
Ember Edwards | ||
1920 | Margaret Muller | |
Sylvia Landis | ||
N/A | ||
Mary Brown | ||
N/A | ||
Ruth Warren | ||
1919 | Alice Langham | |
Carlotta Stanmore | ||
Pamela Brent | ||
Joan Gray | ||
Mrs. Pat Dyvenot | ||
Grace Palmer | ||
N/A | ||
1918 | Carol Harper | |
Mary Manners | ||
Katherine Gresham | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
1917 | Mary Norton | |
1916 | Leila Austin | |
Amy | ||
Helen Chambers | ||
N/A | ||
1915 | Marie Deering | |
Diana - an Adventuress | ||
Ida - Nathanial's Wife | ||
Helen Vedrine | ||
Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman | ||
Helen | ||
1914 | Mignon Mars | |
Katherine Williams | ||
1913 | Eliza - a Runaway Slave | |
Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife | ||
Gertrude Illingham | ||
Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter | ||
1912 | Elinor | |
Agnes Lane | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |