Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting
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.
Known for
1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
1954The Great Diamond Robbery
Nurse (uncredited)
1951The Unknown Man
(uncredited)
1951Grounds for Marriage
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
1951Show Boat
Seamstress (uncredited)
1951An American in Paris
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
1950Sunset Boulevard
Anna Q. Nilsson
1949In the Good Old Summertime
Woman with Harp (uncredited)
1949Adam's Rib
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
1948Fighting Father Dunne
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
1948Every Girl Should Be Married
Saleslady
1947Cynthia
Miss Brady, English Teacher
1947It Had to Be You
Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
1947The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Holstrom
1946The Secret Heart
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
1943Cry 'Havoc'
Nurse (uncredited)
1943Headin' for God's Country
Mrs. Nilsson
1942I Live on Danger
Mrs. Sherman
1942Girls' Town
Mother Lorraine
1942Crossroads
Madame Deval (uncredited)
1941Riders of the Timberline
Donna Ryan
1941They Died with Their Boots On
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
1941The Great Man's Lady
Paula Wales
1938Prison Farm
Matron Ames