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Anna Q. Nilsson
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 o…
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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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1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Movie Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
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1954
The Great Diamond Robbery
Movie Nurse (uncredited)
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1951
The Unknown Man
Movie (uncredited)
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1951
An American in Paris
Movie Kay Jansen (uncredited)
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1951
Show Boat
Movie Seamstress (uncredited)
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1951
Grounds for Marriage
Movie Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
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1950
Sunset Boulevard
Movie Anna Q. Nilsson
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1949
Adam's Rib
Movie Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
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1949
In the Good Old Summertime
Movie Woman with Harp (uncredited)
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1948
Every Girl Should Be Married
Movie Saleslady
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1948
The Boy with Green Hair
Movie
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1948
Fighting Father Dunne
Movie Mrs. Olaf Knudson
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1947
It Had to Be You
Movie Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
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1947
Cynthia
Movie Miss Brady, English Teacher
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1947
The Farmer's Daughter
Movie Mrs. Holstrom
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1946
The Secret Heart
Movie Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
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1943
Cry 'Havoc'
Movie Nurse (uncredited)
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1943
Headin' for God's Country
Movie Mrs. Nilsson
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1942
Crossroads
Movie Madame Deval (uncredited)
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1942
I Live on Danger
Movie Mrs. Sherman
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1942
Girls' Town
Movie Mother Lorraine
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1941
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
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1941
The Great Man's Lady
Movie Paula Wales
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1941
Riders of the Timberline
Movie Donna Ryan
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1938
Prison Farm
Movie Matron Ames
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1937
Behind the Criminal
Movie Madge
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1935
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Movie Mrs. Virey
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1934
The Little Minister
Movie Villager
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1934
School for Girls
Movie Dr. Anne Galvin
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1933
The World Changes
Movie Mrs. Peterson
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1931
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
Movie Self
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1928
Blockade
Movie Bess
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1928
The Whip
Movie Iris d'Aquila
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1927
Sorrell and Son
Movie Dora Sorrell
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1927
The 13th Juror
Movie Helen Marsden
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1927
Lonesome Ladies
Movie Polly Fosdick
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1927
Babe Comes Home
Movie Vernie
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1927
Easy Pickings
Movie Mary Ryan
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1927
The Masked Woman
Movie Diane Delatour
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1926
Midnight Lovers
Movie Diana Fothergill
