Acting credits
119
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting
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Movies: 119Series: 0
TMDB ID: 8638
IMDb ID: nm0632160
Known for: Acting
Born: March 30, 1888
Died: February 11, 1974
Age: 85
Place of birth: Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1912 - 1954
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.71
Wikidata: Q434466
Also known as
Anna Quirentia Nilsson • Annie Nilsson • Anna Nilsson • Анна Нильсен
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.
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Movie credits linked with Anna Q. Nilsson.
7.1
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
1954 Movie
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Nurse (uncredited)
1954 Movie
4.8
The Unknown Man
as (uncredited)
1951 Movie
7.0
An American in Paris
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
1951 Movie
6.1
Show Boat
as Seamstress (uncredited)
1951 Movie
4.3
Grounds for Marriage
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
1951 Movie
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
1950 Movie
7.1
Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
1949 Movie
6.6
In the Good Old Summertime
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
1949 Movie
5.9
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Saleslady
1948 Movie
6.0
Fighting Father Dunne
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
1948 Movie
7.0
It Had to Be You
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
1947 Movie
5.9
Cynthia
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
1947 Movie
7.1
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Holstrom
1947 Movie
6.3
The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
1946 Movie
6.3
Cry 'Havoc'
as Nurse (uncredited)
1943 Movie
Headin' for God's Country
as Mrs. Nilsson
1943 Movie
5.8
Crossroads
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
1942 Movie
5.7
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Sherman
1942 Movie
Girls' Town
as Mother Lorraine
1942 Movie
6.6
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
1941 Movie
6.3
The Great Man's Lady
as Paula Wales
1941 Movie
2.0
Riders of the Timberline
as Donna Ryan
1941 Movie
5.7
Prison Farm
as Matron Ames
1938 Movie