Anna Q. Nilsson
Birthday: 1888-03-30 | Place of Birth: Ystad, Skåne län, SwedenAnna 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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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
1941
Riders of the Timberline
as Donna Ryan
1938
Prison Farm
as Matron Ames
1927
Easy Pickings
as Mary Ryan
1917
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Mary Norton
1915
The Regeneration
as Marie Deering
1912
The Confederate Ironclad
as Elinor
