Birth Day: 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.
Credits
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As Mrs. Elcott (uncredited) -
As Nurse (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Elcott
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As Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited) -
As Seamstress (uncredited) -
As Kay Jansen (uncredited) -
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As Anna Q. Nilsson -
As Mrs. Poynter (uncredited) -
As Woman with Harp (uncredited) -
As Saleslady -
As Mrs. Olaf Knudson -
As Mrs. Holstrom -
As Miss Brady, English Teacher -
As Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited) -
As Dr. Rossiger's Secretary -
As Mrs. Nilsson -
As Nurse (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Sherman -
As Madame Deval (uncredited) -
As Mother Lorraine
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As Paula Wales -
As Donna Ryan -
As Mrs. Taipe (uncredited) -
As Matron Ames -
As Madge -
As Mrs. Virey -
As Villager -
As Dr. Anne Galvin -
As Mrs. Peterson -
As Self -
As Bess -
As Iris d'Aquila
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As Dora Sorrell -
As Diane Delatour -
As Helen Marsden -
As Polly Fosdick -
As Mary Ryan
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As Vernie -
As Annabel Broadley -
As Diana Fothergill -
As Fanny -
As Barbara Brown -
As Alicia Wingate -
As Countess Courteau -
As Kate Lennox -
As Sandra De Hault -
As Leslie Carter -
As Anna Q. Nilsson
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As Vanna du Maurier -
As Inez Laranetta -
As Lady Auriol Dayne -
As Helen Tremaine -
As Mary Ferguson -
As Allegheny Briskow -
As Dorothy Fairfax -
As Mary Rogers -
As Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Michael Ramsay -
As Patricia - Patsy as an adult
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As Anna Q. Nilsson -
As Cherry Malotte -
As Lady Flavia Desmond -
As Lady Feo -
As Ivis -
As Genevieve Granger-Simpson -
As Self -
As Lady Margot Cork
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As Ember Edwards -
As Anna Hedder -
As Madge Vance -
As Ruth Warren -
As Ellen Aldrich -
As Mary Brown -
As Sylvia Landis -
As Margaret Muller -
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As Mrs. Pat Dyvenot -
As Carlotta Stanmore -
As Joan Gray -
As Pamela Brent -
As Grace Palmer -
As Alice Langham -
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As Mary Manners
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As Katherine Gresham
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As Carol Harper -
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As Florence Grey -
As Bettie Adams -
As Mary Norton -
As Amy
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As Rhoda Courtlandt
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As Leila Austin -
As Betty Belgrave
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As Helen Chambers -
As Helen Vedrine -
As Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman -
As Ida - Nathanial's Wife
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As Diana - an Adventuress -
As Helen -
As Marie Deering -
As Mignon Mars -
As Katherine Williams -
As Eliza - a Runaway Slave -
As Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
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As Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife -
As Gertrude Illingham -
As Agnes Lane -
As Elinor