Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting
Born March 30, 1888 · Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Died February 11, 1974
Also known as Anna Quirentia Nilsson · Annie Nilsson · Anna Nilsson
Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography14 titles
The Great Diamond Robbery
Sunset Boulevard
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Adam's Rib
An American in Paris
The Regeneration
In the Good Old Summertime
They Died with Their Boots On
Winds of Chance
Souls for Sale
Show Boat
The Boy with Green Hair
Every Girl Should Be Married
Riders of the Timberline