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.
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434466
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Filmography (Movies)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Character:Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
Release Date:22/07/1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Character:Mrs. Elcott
Release Date:22/07/1954
The Great Diamond Robbery
Character:Nurse (uncredited)
Release Date:29/01/1954
The Unknown Man
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:16/11/1951
An American in Paris
Character:Kay Jansen (uncredited)
Release Date:26/09/1951
Show Boat
Character:Seamstress (uncredited)
Release Date:19/07/1951
Grounds for Marriage
Character:Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
Release Date:12/01/1951
Sunset Boulevard
Character:Anna Q. Nilsson
Release Date:10/08/1950
Adam's Rib
Character:Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
Release Date:18/11/1949
In the Good Old Summertime
Character:Woman with Harp (uncredited)
Release Date:29/07/1949
Every Girl Should Be Married
Character:Saleslady
Release Date:25/12/1948
Fighting Father Dunne
Character:Mrs. Olaf Knudson
Release Date:12/05/1948
It Had to Be You
Character:Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
Release Date:07/12/1947
Cynthia
Character:Miss Brady, English Teacher
Release Date:29/08/1947
The Farmer's Daughter
Character:Mrs. Holstrom
Release Date:26/03/1947
The Secret Heart
Character:Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
Release Date:25/12/1946
Cry 'Havoc'
Character:Nurse (uncredited)
Release Date:23/11/1943
Headin' for God's Country
Character:Mrs. Nilsson
Release Date:26/08/1943
Crossroads
Character:Madame Deval (uncredited)
Release Date:23/07/1942
I Live on Danger
Character:Mrs. Sherman
Release Date:16/06/1942
Girls' Town
Character:Mother Lorraine
Release Date:06/03/1942
They Died with Their Boots On
Character:Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
Release Date:20/11/1941
The Great Man's Lady
Character:Paula Wales
Release Date:31/10/1941
Riders of the Timberline
Character:Donna Ryan
Release Date:17/09/1941
Prison Farm
Character:Matron Ames
Release Date:17/06/1938
Behind the Criminal
Character:Madge
Release Date:30/10/1937
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Character:Mrs. Virey
Release Date:09/09/1935
The Little Minister
Character:Villager
Release Date:28/12/1934
School for Girls
Character:Dr. Anne Galvin
Release Date:22/03/1934
The World Changes
Character:Mrs. Peterson
Release Date:25/11/1933
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
Character:Self
Release Date:18/09/1931
Blockade
Character:Bess
Release Date:16/12/1928
The Whip
Character:Iris d'Aquila
Release Date:16/09/1928
Sorrell and Son
Character:Dora Sorrell
Release Date:02/12/1927
The 13th Juror
Character:Helen Marsden
Release Date:13/11/1927
Lonesome Ladies
Character:Polly Fosdick
Release Date:03/07/1927
Babe Comes Home
Character:Vernie
Release Date:22/05/1927
Easy Pickings
Character:Mary Ryan
Release Date:20/02/1927
The Masked Woman
Character:Diane Delatour
Release Date:16/01/1927
Midnight Lovers
Character:Diana Fothergill
Release Date:25/10/1926
Miss Nobody
Character:Barbara Brown
Release Date:27/06/1926
The Greater Glory
Character:Fanny
Release Date:02/05/1926
Too Much Money
Character:Annabel Broadley
Release Date:03/01/1926
The Splendid Road
Character:Sandra De Hault
Release Date:06/12/1925
Winds of Chance
Character:Countess Courteau
Release Date:15/08/1925
The Talker
Character:Kate Lennox
Release Date:24/05/1925
If I Marry Again
Character:Alicia Wingate
Release Date:15/02/1925
Inez from Hollywood
Character:Inez Laranetta
Release Date:14/12/1924
Hello, 'Frisco
Character:Anna Q. Nilsson
Release Date:28/09/1924
Vanity's Price
Character:Vanna du Maurier
Release Date:07/09/1924
The Breath of Scandal
Character:
Release Date:01/09/1924
The Fire Patrol
Character:Mary Ferguson
Release Date:14/08/1924
The Side Show of Life
Character:Lady Auriol Dayne
Release Date:21/07/1924
Broadway After Dark
Character:Helen Tremaine
Release Date:19/05/1924
Between Friends
Character:Jessica Drene
Release Date:11/05/1924
Flowing Gold
Character:Allegheny Briskow
Release Date:01/03/1924
Painted People
Character:Leslie Carter
Release Date:28/01/1924
Half-a-Dollar Bill
Character:The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
Release Date:14/01/1924
Enemies of Children
Character:Patricia - Patsy as an adult
Release Date:13/12/1923
Thundering Dawn
Character:Mary Rogers
Release Date:05/11/1923
Ponjola
Character:Lady Flavia Desmond
Release Date:28/10/1923
Adam's Rib
Character:Mrs. Michael Ramsay
Release Date:24/09/1923
The Spoilers
Character:Cherry Malotte
Release Date:26/08/1923
Hollywood
Character:Anna Q. Nilsson
Release Date:19/08/1923
The Rustle of Silk
Character:Lady Feo
Release Date:13/05/1923
Souls for Sale
Character:Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Release Date:22/04/1923
The Isle of Lost Ships
Character:Dorothy Fairfax
Release Date:17/03/1923
Hearts Aflame
Character:Helen Foraker
Release Date:01/01/1923
Pink Gods
Character:Lady Margot Cork
Release Date:24/09/1922
A Trip to Paramountown
Character:Self
Release Date:10/07/1922
The Man From Home
Character:Genevieve Granger-Simpson
Release Date:30/04/1922
Three Live Ghosts
Character:Ivis
Release Date:01/01/1922
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
Character:
Release Date:11/12/1921
The Lotus Eater
Character:Madge Vance
Release Date:27/11/1921
The People of Värmland
Character:
Release Date:23/10/1921
Why Girls Leave Home
Character:Anna Hedder
Release Date:04/09/1921
Without Limit
Character:Ember Edwards
Release Date:20/03/1921
What Women Will Do
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1921
In the Heart of a Fool
Character:Margaret Muller
Release Date:01/10/1920
The Fighting Chance
Character:Sylvia Landis
Release Date:01/08/1920
One Hour Before Dawn
Character:Ellen Aldrich
Release Date:11/07/1920
The Toll Gate
Character:Mary Brown
Release Date:15/04/1920
The 13th Commandment
Character:
Release Date:17/01/1920
The Luck of the Irish
Character:Ruth Warren
Release Date:05/01/1920
Soldiers of Fortune
Character:Alice Langham
Release Date:22/11/1919
Her Kingdom of Dreams
Character:Carlotta Stanmore
Release Date:21/09/1919
The Love Burglar
Character:Joan Gray
Release Date:13/07/1919
A Sporting Chance
Character:Pamela Brent
Release Date:13/07/1919
A Very Good Young Man
Character:Viva Bacchus
Release Date:06/07/1919
The Way of the Strong
Character:Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
Release Date:17/03/1919
Cheating Cheaters
Character:Grace Palmer
Release Date:26/01/1919
Venus in the East
Character:Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Release Date:26/01/1919
Auction of Souls
Character:
Release Date:19/01/1919
Vanity Pool
Character:Carol Harper
Release Date:07/12/1918
In Judgment of...
Character:Mary Manners
Release Date:12/08/1918
No Man's Land
Character:Katherine Gresham
Release Date:08/07/1918
The Trail To Yesterday
Character:
Release Date:06/05/1918
Heart of the Sunset
Character:
Release Date:01/03/1918
Over There
Character:Bettie Adams
Release Date:27/10/1917
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Character:Mary Norton
Release Date:16/10/1917
The Inevitable
Character:Florence Grey
Release Date:05/04/1917
The Moral Code
Character:Jean Hyland
Release Date:15/02/1917
Her Surrender
Character:Rhoda Courtlandt
Release Date:01/10/1916
Sold Out
Character:Leila Austin
Release Date:05/06/1916
The Tight Rein
Character:Amy
Release Date:14/05/1916
The Supreme Sacrifice
Character:Helen Chambers
Release Date:20/03/1916
The Scarlet Road
Character:Betty Belgrave
Release Date:16/02/1916
Barbara Frietchie
Character:Sue Negly
Release Date:28/11/1915
The Regeneration
Character:Marie Deering
Release Date:12/09/1915
The Haunting Fear
Character:Diana - an Adventuress
Release Date:11/06/1915
A Sister's Burden
Character:Ida - Nathanial's Wife
Release Date:10/05/1915
The Destroyer
Character:Helen Vedrine
Release Date:30/04/1915
The Siren's Reign
Character:Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
Release Date:02/04/1915
The Night Operator at Buxton
Character:Helen
Release Date:13/03/1915
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
Character:Mignon Mars
Release Date:25/05/1914
Regeneration
Character:Katherine Williams
Release Date:11/05/1914
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Character:Eliza - a Runaway Slave
Release Date:17/12/1913
The Fatal Legacy
Character:Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
Release Date:10/09/1913
Shenandoah
Character:Gertrude Illingham
Release Date:04/07/1913
A Mississippi Tragedy
Character:Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
Release Date:05/04/1913
The Confederate Ironclad
Character:Elinor
Release Date:04/10/1912
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
Character:Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
Release Date:21/09/1912
The Darling of the CSA
Character:Agnes Lane
Release Date:06/09/1912
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