Anna Q. Nilsson
Gender: Female
Birthday: 1888-03-30 - 1974-02-11
Place of Birth: Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Also Known As: Anna Quirentia Nilsson, Annie Nilsson, Anna Nilsson, Анна Нильсен
Biography
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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Known For
1950Sunset Boulevard
1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1951An American in Paris
1916Her Surrender
1941They Died with Their Boots On
1917Infidelity
1924Painted People
1917The Inevitable
1949Adam's Rib
Hello, 'Frisco
1948Every Girl Should Be Married
1949In the Good Old Summertime
1921Ten Nights in a Bar Room
1920The Figurehead
1913Uncle Tom's Cabin
1934School for Girls
1941