Cast & creator
Anna Q. Nilsson
Best known for Sunset Boulevard, An American in Paris, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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.
Also known as: Anna Quirentia Nilsson, Annie Nilsson, Anna Nilsson, Анна Нильсен
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1912–1954 · acting roles
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Filmography (128)
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Sunset Boulevard
Anna Q. Nilsson
1950
An American in Paris
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
1951
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott
1954
Adam's Rib
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
1949
They Died with Their Boots On
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
1941
Show Boat
Seamstress (uncredited)
1951
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Every Girl Should Be Married
Saleslady
1948
In the Good Old Summertime
Woman with Harp (uncredited)
1949
The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Holstrom
1947
Crossroads
Madame Deval (uncredited)
1942
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Mrs. Virey
1935
It Had to Be You
Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
1947
The Secret Heart
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
1946
The Figurehead
Mary Forbes
1920
The Inevitable
Florence Grey
1917
The Great Diamond Robbery
Nurse (uncredited)
1954
Half-a-Dollar Bill
The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
1924
Blockade
Bess
1928
One Hour Before Dawn
Ellen Aldrich
1920
The Unknown Man
(uncredited)
1951Easy Pickings
Mary Ryan
1927
A Very Good Young Man
Viva Bacchus
1919
The Man From Home
Genevieve Granger-Simpson
1922
Painted People
Leslie Carter
1924
Infidelity
Elaine Bernard
1917
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Eliza - a Runaway Slave
1913
The Great Man's Lady
Paula Wales
1941
The Little Minister
Villager
1934
The Breath of Scandal
Anna
1924Hello, 'Frisco
Anna Q. Nilsson
1924
Venus in the East
Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
1919
Riders of the Timberline
Donna Ryan
1941
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
1923
Without Limit
Ember Edwards
1921
Cynthia
Miss Brady, English Teacher
1947
Her Surrender
Rhoda Courtlandt
1916
A Trip to Paramountown
Self
1922
I Live on Danger
Mrs. Sherman
1942
Cry 'Havoc'
Nurse (uncredited)
1943
A Sister's Burden
Ida - Nathanial's Wife
1915
Three Live Ghosts
Ivis
1922
The World Changes
Mrs. Peterson
1933
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
1921
Cheating Cheaters
Grace Palmer
1919
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Mary Norton
1917
The Way of the Strong
Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
1919Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
Self
1931
Why Girls Leave Home
Anna Hedder
1921
Hollywood
Anna Q. Nilsson
1923
The Luck of the Irish
Ruth Warren
1920
School for Girls
Dr. Anne Galvin
1934
Her Kingdom of Dreams
Carlotta Stanmore
1919
If I Marry Again
Alicia Wingate
1925
Headin' for God's Country
Mrs. Nilsson
1943
The Rustle of Silk
Lady Feo
1923
The Siren's Reign
Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
1915
Grounds for Marriage
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
1951
Vanity Pool
Carol Harper
1918
The Side Show of Life
Lady Auriol Dayne
1924
No Man's Land
Katherine Gresham
1918
Sorrell and Son
Dora Sorrell
1927
The Darling of the CSA
Agnes Lane
1912
Prison Farm
Matron Ames
1938
In the Heart of a Fool
Margaret Muller
1920
Fighting Father Dunne
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
1948
Broadway After Dark
Helen Tremaine
1924
The Night Operator at Buxton
Helen
1915
Midnight Lovers
Diana Fothergill
1926
The Greater Glory
Fanny
1926
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
1912
Winds of Chance
Countess Courteau
1925
The Regeneration
Marie Deering
1915
One Way Street
Lady Sylvia Hutton
1925
Heart of the Sunset
Alaire Austin
1918
Adam's Rib
Mrs. Michael Ramsay
1923
The 13th Commandment
Leila Kip
1920
Babe Comes Home
Vernie
1927
Auction of Souls
Edith Graham
1919The Tight Rein
Amy
1916
The Isle of Lost Ships
Dorothy Fairfax
1923
Flowing Gold
Allegheny Briskow
1924
The Moral Code
Jean Hyland
1917
What Women Will Do
Lily Gibbs
1921
The Trail To Yesterday
1918
Girls' Town
Mother Lorraine
1942
Too Much Money
Annabel Broadley
1926
The Brute Master
Madeline Grey
1920
The Spoilers
Cherry Malotte
1923
The Splendid Road
Sandra De Hault
1925
Inez from Hollywood
Inez Laranetta
1924
The Fire Patrol
Mary Ferguson
1924
Soldiers of Fortune
Alice Langham
1919
A Sporting Chance
Pamela Brent
1919
The 13th Juror
Helen Marsden
1927
The Confederate Ironclad
Elinor
1912
The Talker
Kate Lennox
1925
Hearts Aflame
Helen Foraker
1923
Miss Nobody
Barbara Brown
1926
Pink Gods
Lady Margot Cork
1922
The Whip
Iris d'Aquila
1928
The Scarlet Road
Betty Belgrave
1916
Enemies of Children
Patricia - Patsy as an adult
1923
Behind the Criminal
Madge
1937
Vanity's Price
Vanna du Maurier
1924
The Masked Woman
Diane Delatour
1927
The Toll Gate
Mary Brown
1920
Lonesome Ladies
Polly Fosdick
1927
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
Mignon Mars
1914
Thundering Dawn
Mary Rogers
1923
The Lotus Eater
Madge Vance
1921
Ponjola
Lady Flavia Desmond
1923
The Love Burglar
Joan Gray
1919
The Fighting Chance
Sylvia Landis
1920
Over There
Bettie Adams
1917
Sold Out
Leila Austin
1916
Regeneration
Katherine Williams
1914
Between Friends
Jessica Drene
1924
The Fatal Legacy
Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
1913In Judgment of...
Mary Manners
1918
The Haunting Fear
Diana - an Adventuress
1915
The Destroyer
Helen Vedrine
1915
The Supreme Sacrifice
Helen Chambers
1916
Shenandoah
Gertrude Illingham
1913
A Mississippi Tragedy
Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
1913
The People of Värmland
Anna
1921
Barbara Frietchie
Sue Negly
1915