Anna Q. Nilsson
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.
Filmography
Sunset Boulevard
An American in Paris
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Adam's Rib
The Luck of the Irish
The World Changes
In the Good Old Summertime
Without Limit
School for Girls
Venus in the East
Souls for Sale
The Unknown Man
The Greater Glory
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
Painted People
One Hour Before Dawn
They Died with Their Boots On
No Image
Hello, 'Frisco
Cry 'Havoc'
Show Boat
Crossroads
The Night Operator at Buxton
Hollywood
Blockade
The Great Man's Lady
The Great Diamond Robbery
The Secret Heart
Shenandoah
Her Surrender
The Scarlet Road