Actor
Anna Q. Nilsson
138 years · Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden · 122 films
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.
Best known for
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Anna Q. Nilsson
On Philo
An American in Paris
1951 · Kay Jansen (uncredited)
On Hoopla
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · Mrs. Elcott (uncredited), Mrs. Elcott
On Hoopla
Adam's Rib
1949 · Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
On Mometu
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
On Fawesome
Show Boat
1951 · Seamstress (uncredited)
On Public Domain Movies
Filmography 122
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · Mrs. Elcott (uncredited), Mrs. Elcott
On Hoopla
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954 · Nurse (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
1951 · (uncredited)
An American in Paris
1951 · Kay Jansen (uncredited)
On Hoopla
Show Boat
1951 · Seamstress (uncredited)
On Public Domain Movies
Grounds for Marriage
1951 · Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Anna Q. Nilsson
On Philo
Adam's Rib
1949 · Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
On Mometu
In the Good Old Summertime
1949 · Woman with Harp (uncredited)
On Hoopla
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948 · Saleslady
The Boy with Green Hair
1948 · Actor
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 · Mrs. Olaf Knudson
It Had to Be You
1947 · Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
Cynthia
1947 · Miss Brady, English Teacher
The Farmer's Daughter
1947 · Mrs. Holstrom
The Secret Heart
1946 · Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
On YouTube TV
Cry 'Havoc'
1943 · Nurse (uncredited)
Headin' for God's Country
1943 · Mrs. Nilsson
Crossroads
1942 · Madame Deval (uncredited)
I Live on Danger
1942 · Mrs. Sherman
Girls' Town
1942 · Mother Lorraine
On Tubi TV
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
On Fawesome
The Great Man's Lady
1941 · Paula Wales
Riders of the Timberline
1941 · Donna Ryan