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.
Acted in 120
1950s
- 1954
The Great Diamond Robbery
Nurse (uncredited)
- 1951
The Unknown Man
(uncredited)
Grounds for Marriage
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
Every Girl Should Be Married
Saleslady
Fighting Father Dunne
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
- 1947
It Had to Be You
Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
Cynthia
Miss Brady, English Teacher
The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Holstrom
- 1946
The Secret Heart
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
- 1943
Headin' for God's Country
Mrs. Nilsson
- 1942
Crossroads
Madame Deval (uncredited)
I Live on Danger
Mrs. Sherman
Girls' Town
Mother Lorraine
- 1941
The Great Man's Lady
Paula Wales
1930s
- 1938
Prison Farm
Matron Ames
- 1937
Behind the Criminal
Madge
- 1935
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Mrs. Virey
- 1934
The Little Minister
Villager
School for Girls
Dr. Anne Galvin
- 1933
The World Changes
Mrs. Peterson
1920s
- 1928
Blockade
Bess
The Whip
Iris d'Aquila
- 1927
Sorrell and Son
Dora Sorrell
The 13th Juror
Helen Marsden
Lonesome Ladies
Polly Fosdick
Babe Comes Home
Vernie
The Masked Woman
Diane Delatour
- 1926
Midnight Lovers
Diana Fothergill
Miss Nobody
Barbara Brown
The Greater Glory
Fanny
Too Much Money
Annabel Broadley
- 1925
The Splendid Road
Sandra De Hault
Winds of Chance
Countess Courteau
The Talker
Kate Lennox
One Way Street
Lady Sylvia Hutton
If I Marry Again
Alicia Wingate
- 1924
Inez from Hollywood
Inez Laranetta
Vanity's Price
Vanna du Maurier
The Breath of Scandal
Anna
The Fire Patrol
Mary Ferguson
The Side Show of Life
Lady Auriol Dayne
Broadway After Dark
Helen Tremaine
Between Friends
Jessica Drene
Flowing Gold
Allegheny Briskow
Painted People
Leslie Carter
Half-a-Dollar Bill
The Stranger - Mrs. Webber
- 1923
Enemies of Children
Patricia - Patsy as an adult
Thundering Dawn
Mary Rogers
Ponjola
Lady Flavia Desmond
Adam's Rib
Mrs. Michael Ramsay
The Spoilers
Cherry Malotte
Hollywood
Anna Q. Nilsson
The Rustle of Silk
Lady Feo
The Isle of Lost Ships
Dorothy Fairfax
Hearts Aflame
Helen Foraker
- 1922
Pink Gods
Lady Margot Cork
The Man From Home
Genevieve Granger-Simpson
- 1921
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
Movie
The Lotus Eater
Madge Vance
The People of Värmland
Anna
Why Girls Leave Home
Anna Hedder
Without Limit
Ember Edwards
What Women Will Do
Lily Gibbs
- 1920
The Brute Master
Madeline Grey
In the Heart of a Fool
Margaret Muller
The Fighting Chance
Sylvia Landis
One Hour Before Dawn
Ellen Aldrich
The Figurehead
Mary Forbes
The Toll Gate
Mary Brown
The 13th Commandment
Leila Kip
The Luck of the Irish
Ruth Warren
1910s
- 1919
Soldiers of Fortune
Alice Langham
Her Kingdom of Dreams
Carlotta Stanmore
The Love Burglar
Joan Gray
A Sporting Chance
Pamela Brent
A Very Good Young Man
Viva Bacchus
The Way of the Strong
Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton
Cheating Cheaters
Grace Palmer
Venus in the East
Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
Auction of Souls
Edith Graham
- 1918
Vanity Pool
Carol Harper
No Man's Land
Katherine Gresham
The Trail To Yesterday
Movie
Heart of the Sunset
Alaire Austin
- 1917
Over There
Bettie Adams
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Mary Norton
The Inevitable
Florence Grey
The Moral Code
Jean Hyland
Infidelity
Elaine Bernard
- 1916
Sold Out
Leila Austin
The Supreme Sacrifice
Helen Chambers
The Scarlet Road
Betty Belgrave
- 1915
Barbara Frietchie
Sue Negly
The Regeneration
Marie Deering
The Haunting Fear
Diana - an Adventuress
A Sister's Burden
Ida - Nathanial's Wife
The Destroyer
Helen Vedrine
The Siren's Reign
Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
The Night Operator at Buxton
Helen
- 1914
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
Mignon Mars
- 1913
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Eliza - a Runaway Slave
The Fatal Legacy
Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
Shenandoah
Gertrude Illingham
A Mississippi Tragedy
Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
- 1912
The Confederate Ironclad
Elinor
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
Betty - the Girl Telegrapher
The Darling of the CSA
Agnes Lane
Appearances2
1920s
- 1923
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
- 1922
A Trip to Paramountown
Self