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Anna Q. Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson

Birthday: 1888-03-30 | Place of Birth: Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

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

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