Anna Q. Nilsson
Born:
1888-03-30
From:
Ystad, 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.
Acting
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Great Diamond Robbery
The Unknown Man
An American in Paris
Show Boat
Grounds for Marriage
Sunset Boulevard
Adam's Rib
In the Good Old Summertime
Every Girl Should Be Married
The Boy with Green Hair
Fighting Father Dunne
It Had to Be You
Cynthia
The Farmer's Daughter
The Secret Heart
Cry 'Havoc'
Headin' for God's Country
Crossroads
I Live on Danger
Girls' Town
They Died with Their Boots On
The Great Man's Lady
Riders of the Timberline