Acting
Community Rating
7.6
TMDB estimate
Born
March 30, 1888
Died
February 11, 1974 (age 85)
Born in
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
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.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
1954
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The Great Diamond Robbery
as Nurse (uncredited)
1954
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The Unknown Man
as (uncredited)
1951
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An American in Paris
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
1951
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Show Boat
as Seamstress (uncredited)
1951
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Grounds for Marriage
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
1951
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Sunset Boulevard
as Anna Q. Nilsson
1950
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Adam's Rib
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
1949
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In the Good Old Summertime
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
1949
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Every Girl Should Be Married
as Saleslady
1948
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Fighting Father Dunne
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
1948
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It Had to Be You
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
1947
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Cynthia
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
1947
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The Farmer's Daughter
as Mrs. Holstrom
1947
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The Secret Heart
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
1946
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Cry 'Havoc'
as Nurse (uncredited)
1943
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Headin' for God's Country
as Mrs. Nilsson
1943
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Crossroads
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
1942
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I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Sherman
1942
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Girls' Town
as Mother Lorraine
1942
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