Anna Q. Nilsson profile
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Anna Q. Nilsson

30th March 1888 Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden Acting

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.

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Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Show Boat 19th July 1951 as Seamstress (uncredited)
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Adam's Rib 17th November 1949 as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
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Cynthia 29th August 1947 as Miss Brady, English Teacher
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Crossroads 23rd July 1942 as Madame Deval (uncredited)
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The Whip 16th September 1928 as Iris d'Aquila
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Ponjola 28th October 1923 as Lady Flavia Desmond
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Adam's Rib 24th September 1923 as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
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Pink Gods 24th September 1922 as Lady Margot Cork

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