Anna Q. Nilsson

Known for ActingBorn 1888-03-30Died 1974-02-11Ystad, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Great Diamond Robbery

Girls' Town

Blockade

The Whip

Easy Pickings

The Masked Woman

Broadway After Dark

Painted People

Half-a-Dollar Bill

The Isle of Lost Ships

The Rustle of Silk

Why Girls Leave Home

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

One Hour Before Dawn

A Sporting Chance

A Very Good Young Man

The Inevitable

Shenandoah

The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher

Babe Comes Home

The 13th Juror

Miss Nobody

Too Much Money

One Way Street

Flowing Gold

The Breath of Scandal

Enemies of Children

Hollywood

The Spoilers

Hearts Aflame

The Lotus Eater

Without Limit

The 13th Commandment

The Figurehead

Over There

The Destroyer

Sunset Boulevard

Headin' for God's Country

The Greater Glory

The Side Show of Life

Inez from Hollywood

Vanity's Price

Thundering Dawn

It Had to Be You

The Brute Master

Cheating Cheaters

The Love Burglar

Venus in the East