
Known for
Acting
Born
March 30, 1888
Birthplace
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Died
February 11, 1974 (aged 85)
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.
1954
as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited), as Mrs. Elcott
1954
as Nurse (uncredited)
1951
as (uncredited)
1951
as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
1951
as Seamstress (uncredited)
1951
as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
1950
as Anna Q. Nilsson
1949
as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
1949
as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
1948
as Saleslady
1948
1948
as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
1947
as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
1947
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
1947
as Mrs. Holstrom
1946
as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
1943
as Nurse (uncredited)
1943
as Mrs. Nilsson
1942
as Madame Deval (uncredited)
1942
as Mrs. Sherman
1942
as Mother Lorraine
1941
as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
1941
as Paula Wales
1941
as Donna Ryan
1938
as Matron Ames