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