Personal Info
Known Credits
112
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1888-03-30 (137 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Also Known For
Anna Quirentia NilssonAnnie NilssonAnna Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson
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 ...
Known For
Acting
1954 --
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
| Mrs. Elcott
1954 --
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
| Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
1954 --
The Great Diamond Robbery
| Nurse (uncredited)
1951 --
The Unknown Man
|
1951 --
An American in Paris
| Kay Jansen (uncredited)
1951 --
Show Boat
| Seamstress (uncredited)
1951 --
Grounds for Marriage
| Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
1950 --
Sunset Boulevard
| Anna Q. Nilsson
1949 --
Adam's Rib
| Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
1949 --
In the Good Old Summertime
| Woman with Harp (uncredited)
1948 --
Every Girl Should Be Married
| Saleslady
1948 --
Fighting Father Dunne
| Mrs. Olaf Knudson
1947 --
It Had to Be You
| Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
1947 --
Cynthia
| Miss Brady, English Teacher
1947 --
The Farmer's Daughter
| Mrs. Holstrom
1946 --
The Secret Heart
| Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
1943 --
Cry 'Havoc'
| Nurse (uncredited)
1943 --
Headin' for God's Country
| Mrs. Nilsson
1942 --
Crossroads
| Madame Deval (uncredited)
1942 --
I Live on Danger
| Mrs. Sherman
1942 --
Girls' Town
| Mother Lorraine
1941 --
They Died with Their Boots On
| Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
1941 --
The Great Man's Lady
| Paula Wales
1941 --
Riders of the Timberline
| Donna Ryan
1938 --
Prison Farm
| Matron Ames
1937 --
Behind the Criminal
| Madge
1935 --
Wanderer of the Wasteland
| Mrs. Virey
1934 --
The Little Minister
| Villager
1934 --
School for Girls
| Dr. Anne Galvin
1933 --
The World Changes
| Mrs. Peterson
1931 --
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
| Self
1928 --
Blockade
| Bess
1928 --
The Whip
| Iris d'Aquila
1927 --
Sorrell and Son
| Dora Sorrell
1927 --
The 13th Juror
| Helen Marsden
1927 --
Lonesome Ladies
| Polly Fosdick
1927 --
Babe Comes Home
| Vernie
1927 --
Easy Pickings
| Mary Ryan
1927 --
The Masked Woman
| Diane Delatour
1926 --
Midnight Lovers
| Diana Fothergill
1926 --
Miss Nobody
| Barbara Brown
1926 --
The Greater Glory
| Fanny
1926 --
Too Much Money
| Annabel Broadley
1925 --
The Splendid Road
| Sandra De Hault
1925 --
Winds of Chance
| Countess Courteau
1925 --
The Talker
| Kate Lennox
1925 --
If I Marry Again
| Alicia Wingate
1924 --
Inez from Hollywood
| Inez Laranetta
1924 --
Hello, 'Frisco
| Anna Q. Nilsson
1924 --
Vanity's Price
| Vanna du Maurier
1924 --
The Fire Patrol
| Mary Ferguson
1924 --
The Side Show of Life
| Lady Auriol Dayne
1924 --
Broadway After Dark
| Helen Tremaine
1924 --
Flowing Gold
| Allegheny Briskow
1924 --
Painted People
| Leslie Carter
1923 --
Enemies of Children
| Patricia - Patsy as an adult
1923 --
Thundering Dawn
| Mary Rogers
1923 --
Ponjola
| Lady Flavia Desmond
1923 --
Adam's Rib
| Mrs. Michael Ramsay
1923 --
The Spoilers
| Cherry Malotte
1923 --
Hollywood
| Anna Q. Nilsson
1923 --
The Rustle of Silk
| Lady Feo
1923 --
Souls for Sale
| Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
1923 --
The Isle of Lost Ships
| Dorothy Fairfax
1922 --
Pink Gods
| Lady Margot Cork
1922 --
A Trip to Paramountown
| Self
1922 --
The Man From Home
| Genevieve Granger-Simpson
1922 --
Three Live Ghosts
| Ivis
1921 --
The Lotus Eater
| Madge Vance
1921 --
The People of Värmland
|
1921 --
Why Girls Leave Home
| Anna Hedder
1921 --
Without Limit
| Ember Edwards
1920 --
In the Heart of a Fool
| Margaret Muller
1920 --
The Fighting Chance
| Sylvia Landis
1920 --
One Hour Before Dawn
| Ellen Aldrich
1920 --
The Toll Gate
| Mary Brown
1920 --
The 13th Commandment
|
1920 --
The Luck of the Irish
| Ruth Warren
1919 --
Soldiers of Fortune
| Alice Langham
1919 --
Her Kingdom of Dreams
| Carlotta Stanmore
1919 --
A Sporting Chance
| Pamela Brent
1919 --
The Love Burglar
| Joan Gray
1919 --
Venus in the East
| Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
1919 --
Cheating Cheaters
| Grace Palmer
1919 --
Auction of Souls
|
1918 --
Vanity Pool
| Carol Harper
1918 --
In Judgment of...
| Mary Manners
1918 --
No Man's Land
| Katherine Gresham
1918 --
The Trail To Yesterday
|
1918 --
Heart of the Sunset
|
1917 --
Over There
| Bettie Adams
1917 --
Seven Keys to Baldpate
| Mary Norton
1917 --
The Inevitable
| Florence Grey
1916 --
Sold Out
| Leila Austin
1916 --
The Tight Rein
| Amy
1916 --
The Supreme Sacrifice
| Helen Chambers
1916 --
The Scarlet Road
| Betty Belgrave
1916 --
Her Surrender
| Rhoda Courtlandt
1915 --
The Regeneration
| Marie Deering
1915 --
The Haunting Fear
| Diana - an Adventuress
1915 --
A Sister's Burden
| Ida - Nathanial's Wife
1915 --
The Destroyer
| Helen Vedrine
1915 --
The Siren's Reign
| Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
1915 --
The Night Operator at Buxton
| Helen
1914 --
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
| Mignon Mars
1914 --
Regeneration
| Katherine Williams
1913 --
Uncle Tom's Cabin
| Eliza - a Runaway Slave
1913 --
The Fatal Legacy
| Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
1913 --
Shenandoah
| Gertrude Illingham
1913 --
A Mississippi Tragedy
| Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
1912 --
The Confederate Ironclad
| Elinor
1912 --
The Darling of the CSA
| Agnes Lane