Anna Q. Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson

b. 1888 — d. 1974 (aged 86) Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Actress

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 model. In 1907 she was named America's most beautiful woman and became a model for the 1910s beauty ideal, The Gibson Girl Look.

Known For

Ponjola
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★ 5.4
Ponjola
1923
The Greater Glory
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★ 7.4
The Greater Glory
1926
The 13th Juror
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The 13th Juror
1927
Sunset Boulevard
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★ 8.4
Sunset Boulevard
1950

Filmography

Fighting Father Dunne
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★ 6.6
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 Actress
Cynthia
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★ 6.2
Cynthia
1947 Actress
Girls' Town
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★ 5.8
Girls' Town
1942 Actress
Riders of the Timberline
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★ 6.3
Riders of the Timberline
1941 Actress
Prison Farm
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★ 6.2
Prison Farm
1938 Actress
Behind the Criminal
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★ 7.1
Behind the Criminal
1937 Actress
Wanderer of the Wasteland
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★ 5.3
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935 Actress
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Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
1931 Self
Blockade
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★ 4.5
Blockade
1928 Actress
The Whip
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The Whip
1928 Actress
Sorrell and Son
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★ 5.9
Sorrell and Son
1927 Actress
Babe Comes Home
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★ 7.1
Babe Comes Home
1927 Actress
The 13th Juror
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The 13th Juror
1927 Actress
The Masked Woman
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The Masked Woman
1927 Actress
Lonesome Ladies
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Lonesome Ladies
1927 Actress
Easy Pickings
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Easy Pickings
1927 Actress
The Greater Glory
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★ 7.4
The Greater Glory
1926 Actress
Midnight Lovers
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★ 6.7
Midnight Lovers
1926 Actress
Too Much Money
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Too Much Money
1926 Actress
Miss Nobody
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Miss Nobody
1926 Actress
Her Second Chance
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Her Second Chance
1926 Actress
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Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 14
1926 Self
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Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 15
1926 Self
Winds of Chance
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★ 7.1
Winds of Chance
1925 Actress
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Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 14
1925 Self
The Top of the World
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The Top of the World
1925 Actress
If I Marry Again
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If I Marry Again
1925 Actress
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One Way Street
1925 Actress
The Splendid Road
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The Splendid Road
1925 Actress
The Talker
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The Talker
1925 Actress
Inez from Hollywood
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★ 6.0
Inez from Hollywood
1924 Actress
Flowing Gold
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★ 7.1
Flowing Gold
1924 Actress
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★ 4.3
Half-a-Dollar Bill
1924 Actress
The Side Show of Life
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The Side Show of Life
1924 Actress
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Vanity's Price
1924 Actress
The Fire Patrol
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The Fire Patrol
1924 Actress
Broadway After Dark
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Broadway After Dark
1924 Actress
The Breath of Scandal
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The Breath of Scandal
1924 Actress
Between Friends
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Between Friends
1924 Actress
Adam's Rib
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★ 5.8
Adam's Rib
1923 Actress
The Isle of Lost Ships
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★ 7.5
The Isle of Lost Ships
1923 Actress
Ponjola
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★ 5.4
Ponjola
1923 Actress
The Spoilers
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★ 6.8
The Spoilers
1923 Actress
Thundering Dawn
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Thundering Dawn
1923 Actress
The Rustle of Silk
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The Rustle of Silk
1923 Actress
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Innocence
1923 Actress
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Enemies of Children
1923 Actress
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Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 2
1923 Self
The Man from Home
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★ 6.4
The Man from Home
1922 Actress
Three Live Ghosts
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★ 6.3
Three Live Ghosts
1922 Actress
Hearts Aflame
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Hearts Aflame
1922 Actress
Pink Gods
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Pink Gods
1922 Actress
The Lotus Eater
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★ 7.0
The Lotus Eater
1921 Actress
Värmlänningarna
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★ 7.2
Värmlänningarna
1921 Actress
The Oath
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★ 3.8
The Oath
1921 Actress
Without Limit
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Without Limit
1921 Actress
Why Girls Leave Home
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Why Girls Leave Home
1921 Actress
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Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 23
1921 Self
What Women Will Do
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What Women Will Do
1921 Actress
The Toll Gate
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★ 6.3
The Toll Gate
1920 Actress
The Luck of the Irish
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★ 2.3
The Luck of the Irish
1920 Actress
In the Heart of a Fool
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In the Heart of a Fool
1920 Actress
The Fighting Chance
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The Fighting Chance
1920 Actress
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The Figurehead
1920 Actress
The Brute Master
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The Brute Master
1920 Actress
The 13th Commandment
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The 13th Commandment
1920 Actress
One Hour Before Dawn
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One Hour Before Dawn
1920 Actress
Auction of Souls
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★ 5.4
Auction of Souls
1919 Actress
Soldiers of Fortune
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★ 6.3
Soldiers of Fortune
1919 Actress
The Love Burglar
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★ 3.4
The Love Burglar
1919 Actress
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The Way of the Strong
1919 Actress
Her Kingdom of Dreams
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Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919 Actress
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A Sporting Chance
1919 Actress
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A Very Good Young Man
1919 Actress
Venus in the East
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Venus in the East
1919 Actress
Cheating Cheaters
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Cheating Cheaters
1919 Actress
No Man's Land
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No Man's Land
1918 Actress
The Trail to Yesterday
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The Trail to Yesterday
1918 Actress
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In Judgment of...
1918 Actress
The Vanity Pool
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The Vanity Pool
1918 Actress
Heart of the Sunset
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Heart of the Sunset
1918 Actress
Seven Keys to Baldpate
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★ 6.0
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1917 Actress
The Silent Master
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★ 5.8
The Silent Master
1917 Actress
The Moral Code
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The Moral Code
1917 Actress
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Over There
1917 Actress
Infidelity
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Infidelity
1917 Actress
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The Inevitable
1917 Actress
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Her Surrender
1916 Actress
The Scarlet Road
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The Scarlet Road
1916 Actress
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Beyond Recall
1916 Actress
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The Irony of Justice
1916 Actress
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Weighed in the Balance
1916 Actress
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The Goad of Jealousy
1916 Actress
Truth Crushed to Earth
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Truth Crushed to Earth
1916 Actress
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The Weaker Strain
1916 Actress
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The Lost Paradise
1916 Actress
Sold Out
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Sold Out
1916 Actress
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The Silent Shame
1916 Actress
Puppets of Fate
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Puppets of Fate
1916 Actress
The Supreme Sacrifice
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The Supreme Sacrifice
1916 Actress
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