Anna Q. Nilsson
Born March 30, 1888 (Age: 137)
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Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
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.
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.
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Filmography
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
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as Mrs. Elcott
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Age: 66
Sunset Boulevard
1950
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as Anna Q. Nilsson
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Age: 62
Crossroads
1942
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as Madame Deval (uncredited)
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Age: 54
I Live on Danger
1942
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as Mrs. Sherman
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Age: 54
Girls' Town
1942
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as Mother Lorraine
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Age: 53
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
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as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
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Age: 53
The Great Man's Lady
1941
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as Paula Wales
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Age: 53
Riders of the Timberline
1941
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as Donna Ryan
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Age: 53
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
1931
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as Self
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Age: 43
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
1921
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as
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Age: 33
What Women Will Do
1921
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as
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Age: 32
No Image
In Judgment of...
1918
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as Mary Manners
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Age: 30
No Man's Land
1918
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as Katherine Gresham
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Age: 30
The Trail To Yesterday
1918
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as
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Age: 30
Barbara Frietchie
1915
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as Sue Negly
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Age: 27