Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · Movie
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited), Mrs. Elcott
Anna Q. Nilsson
1888-03-30
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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.
Filmography
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954 · Movie
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
1951 · Movie
as (uncredited)
Grounds for Marriage
1951 · Movie
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Show Boat
1951 · Movie
as Seamstress (uncredited)
An American in Paris
1951 · Movie
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Movie
as Anna Q. Nilsson
In the Good Old Summertime
1949 · Movie
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
1949 · Movie
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 · Movie
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948 · Movie
as Saleslady
The Boy with Green Hair
1948 · Movie
Cynthia
1947 · Movie
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
It Had to Be You
1947 · Movie
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
The Farmer's Daughter
1947 · Movie
as Mrs. Holstrom
The Secret Heart
1946 · Movie
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Cry 'Havoc'
1943 · Movie
as Nurse (uncredited)
Headin' for God's Country
1943 · Movie
as Mrs. Nilsson
I Live on Danger
1942 · Movie
as Mrs. Sherman
Girls' Town
1942 · Movie
as Mother Lorraine
Crossroads
1942 · Movie
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
Riders of the Timberline
1941 · Movie
as Donna Ryan
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Movie
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
1941 · Movie
as Paula Wales
Prison Farm
1938 · Movie
as Matron Ames
Behind the Criminal
1937 · Movie
as Madge
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935 · Movie
as Mrs. Virey
The Little Minister
1934 · Movie
as Villager
School for Girls
1934 · Movie
as Dr. Anne Galvin
The World Changes
1933 · Movie
as Mrs. Peterson
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Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
1931 · Movie
as Self
Blockade
1928 · Movie
as Bess
The Whip
1928 · Movie
as Iris d'Aquila
Sorrell and Son
1927 · Movie
as Dora Sorrell
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Easy Pickings
1927 · Movie
as Mary Ryan
Lonesome Ladies
1927 · Movie
as Polly Fosdick
Babe Comes Home
1927 · Movie
as Vernie
The Masked Woman
1927 · Movie
as Diane Delatour
The 13th Juror
1927 · Movie
as Helen Marsden
Midnight Lovers
1926 · Movie
as Diana Fothergill
Miss Nobody
1926 · Movie
as Barbara Brown
The Greater Glory
1926 · Movie
as Fanny
Too Much Money
1926 · Movie
as Annabel Broadley
If I Marry Again
1925 · Movie
as Alicia Wingate
The Splendid Road
1925 · Movie
as Sandra De Hault
Winds of Chance
1925 · Movie
as Countess Courteau
The Talker
1925 · Movie
as Kate Lennox
One Way Street
1925 · Movie
as Lady Sylvia Hutton
Flowing Gold
1924 · Movie
as Allegheny Briskow
Broadway After Dark
1924 · Movie
as Helen Tremaine
The Fire Patrol
1924 · Movie
as Mary Ferguson
Painted People
1924 · Movie
as Leslie Carter
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Hello, 'Frisco
1924 · Movie
as Anna Q. Nilsson
The Side Show of Life
1924 · Movie
as Lady Auriol Dayne
Inez from Hollywood
1924 · Movie
as Inez Laranetta
Vanity's Price
1924 · Movie
as Vanna du Maurier
Between Friends
1924 · Movie
as Jessica Drene
The Breath of Scandal
1924 · Movie
as Anna
Half-a-Dollar Bill
1924 · Movie
as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
Enemies of Children
1923 · Movie
as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
Hollywood
1923 · Movie
as Anna Q. Nilsson
Souls for Sale
1923 · Movie
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Ponjola
1923 · Movie
as Lady Flavia Desmond
Adam's Rib
1923 · Movie
as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
The Isle of Lost Ships
1923 · Movie
as Dorothy Fairfax
The Spoilers
1923 · Movie
as Cherry Malotte
The Rustle of Silk
1923 · Movie
as Lady Feo
Thundering Dawn
1923 · Movie
as Mary Rogers
Hearts Aflame
1923 · Movie
as Helen Foraker
A Trip to Paramountown
1922 · Movie
as Self
The Man From Home
1922 · Movie
as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
Three Live Ghosts
1922 · Movie
as Ivis
Pink Gods
1922 · Movie
as Lady Margot Cork
The Lotus Eater
1921 · Movie
as Madge Vance
The People of Värmland
1921 · Movie
as Anna
Without Limit
1921 · Movie
as Ember Edwards
Why Girls Leave Home
1921 · Movie
as Anna Hedder
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
1921 · Movie
What Women Will Do
1921 · Movie
as Lily Gibbs
One Hour Before Dawn
1920 · Movie
as Ellen Aldrich
The Fighting Chance
1920 · Movie
as Sylvia Landis
In the Heart of a Fool
1920 · Movie
as Margaret Muller
The Luck of the Irish
1920 · Movie
as Ruth Warren
The 13th Commandment
1920 · Movie
as Leila Kip
The Toll Gate
1920 · Movie
as Mary Brown
The Brute Master
1920 · Movie
as Madeline Grey
The Figurehead
1920 · Movie
as Mary Forbes
Cheating Cheaters
1919 · Movie
as Grace Palmer
The Love Burglar
1919 · Movie
as Joan Gray
Soldiers of Fortune
1919 · Movie
as Alice Langham
Auction of Souls
1919 · Movie
as Edith Graham
Venus in the East
1919 · Movie
as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919 · Movie
as Carlotta Stanmore
A Sporting Chance
1919 · Movie
as Pamela Brent
The Way of the Strong
1919 · Movie
as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
A Very Good Young Man
1919 · Movie
as Viva Bacchus
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In Judgment of...
1918 · Movie
as Mary Manners
No Man's Land
1918 · Movie
as Katherine Gresham
The Trail To Yesterday
1918 · Movie
Vanity Pool
1918 · Movie
as Carol Harper
Heart of the Sunset
1918 · Movie
as Alaire Austin
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1917 · Movie
as Mary Norton
The Inevitable
1917 · Movie
as Florence Grey
Over There
1917 · Movie
as Bettie Adams
The Moral Code
1917 · Movie
as Jean Hyland
Infidelity
1917 · Movie
as Elaine Bernard
Sold Out
1916 · Movie
as Leila Austin
The Supreme Sacrifice
1916 · Movie
as Helen Chambers
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The Tight Rein
1916 · Movie
as Amy
Her Surrender
1916 · Movie
as Rhoda Courtlandt
The Scarlet Road
1916 · Movie
as Betty Belgrave
The Siren's Reign
1915 · Movie
as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
The Destroyer
1915 · Movie
as Helen Vedrine
A Sister's Burden
1915 · Movie
as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
The Haunting Fear
1915 · Movie
as Diana - an Adventuress
The Night Operator at Buxton
1915 · Movie
as Helen
The Regeneration
1915 · Movie
as Marie Deering
Barbara Frietchie
1915 · Movie
as Sue Negly
Regeneration
1914 · Movie
as Katherine Williams
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
1914 · Movie
as Mignon Mars
Shenandoah
1913 · Movie
as Gertrude Illingham
The Fatal Legacy
1913 · Movie
as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
A Mississippi Tragedy
1913 · Movie
as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1913 · Movie
as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
The Darling of the CSA
1912 · Movie
as Agnes Lane
The Confederate Ironclad
1912 · Movie
as Elinor
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The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
1912 · Movie
as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
