Personal Info
Birth date
1888-03-30 (137 Years)
Day of death
1974-02-11
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Also known as
Anna Quirentia Nilsson
Annie Nilsson
Anna Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson
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.
Filmography
Sunset Boulevard
8.294
Overview:
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.Hollywood
7
Overview:
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
7.156
Overview:
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.An American in Paris
7.017
Overview:
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.Adam's Rib
7.091
Overview:
A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.They Died with Their Boots On
6.592
Overview:
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.Show Boat
6.1
Overview:
A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.In the Good Old Summertime
6.6
Overview:
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.It Had to Be You
6.5
Overview:
A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.Every Girl Should Be Married
6.3
Overview:
Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him into marriageThe Farmer's Daughter
6.9
Overview:
After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.Cynthia
5.9
Overview:
Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.The Secret Heart
6.3
Overview:
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.Crossroads
5.9
Overview:
A French diplomat who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.Cry 'Havoc'
6.3
Overview:
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.The Little Minister
5.9
Overview:
The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one of his parishioners, the hot-blooded Gypsy girl Babbie. A village-wide scandal soon erupts over the minister's relationship with this feisty, passionate young woman, who holds a secret about the village's nobleman, Lord Milford Rintoul, and his role in an increasingly fractious labor dispute.Grounds for Marriage
4.3
Overview:
Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.Fighting Father Dunne
6
Overview:
A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.The Unknown Man
4.8
Overview:
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.Prison Farm
5.7
Overview:
Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her boy friend (Lloyd Nolan). The male crook is sentence to six months on a prison farm populated by both men and women (segregated, of course). Ross is also incarcerated, suffering the cruelties of the sadistic male and female guards (including J. Carroll Naish and future "Ma Kettle" Marjorie Main!)Wanderer of the Wasteland
5
Overview:
Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not commit. He wanders into the desert wastelands and joins an outlaw gang who prey on gold prospectors. Years later, he meets his wife and her gold-prospecting father as they have come there seeking their fortune, and not knowing the danger of the treacherous desert wastes, the poisoned-water holes and the outlaw bands of marauders who roam the desert in search of the gold found by others. He comes to their aid and, eventually, manges to clear his name of the false charge against him.The World Changes
4.8
Overview:
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.The Great Man's Lady
6.3
Overview:
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.The Great Diamond Robbery
NYR
Overview:
Ambrose C. Park, left on a park bench as an infant with an impulsive need to find his parents, is an assistant to a diamond cutter. Shyster lawyer Remlick, in a strategy to get a fabulous uncut diamond through Ambrose, arranges for Emily Drummon, Duke Fargoh and Maggie Drummon to pose as Ambrose's long-lost parents and sister. The diamond, through many comic situations, is acquired and the gang is going to have Ambrose cut the diamond, and relieve him of the two stones and his parental illusions at the same time. But Maggie, who has no taste for the deception, tips Ambrose off and a wild chase ensues. At the end, Ambrose is very happy as he can now marry his "sister."The Regeneration
6.925
Overview:
At 10 years old, Owen becomes a ragged orphan when his mother dies. Abusive next-door neighbors the Conways take him in, and by 17, Owen has learned that might is right. At 25, he's a career gangster: loitering, gambling and drinking in dens of iniquity. Marie Deering arrives in Owen's area, eager to empower the impoverished, gang-affiliated youth through education. Owen slowly but surely leaves his old life behind, choosing the narrow path- all the while falling in love with Marie. Skinny, who's taken over Owen's role in the gang, reappears to him, spelling trouble.The Rustle of Silk
NYR
Overview:
Lola de Breze loves Lord Arthur Fallaray from afar, though there seems to be no way to bring them together -- he is England's Colonial Secretary and married, while she is merely a working class maiden. But when she is given a maid's position in his household, it brings her that much closer to her idol. She puts on a fancy gown and heads to the Ritz in hopes of getting a formal introduction. After being fired from the household, she follows Fallaray to his country home and nurses him when he falls ill. Lord Fallaray's wife Lady Feo doesn't love him and is having an affair with Paul Chalfont. When it looks like he will be faced with scandal, Fallaray contemplates giving up politics and marrying Lola.The Talker
1
Overview:
Kate Lennox is bored with suburban life and her husband, Harry. Their next-door neighbors, the hen-pecked Henry Fells and his wife, Maud, have several boarders, among them Barbara Farley, who is Lennox's stenographer, and Lonnie Whinston, who is in love with Lennox's little sister, Ruth. Kate claims that women need more independence and less duty, and flirts with Ned Hollister, a car salesman.Acting
1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited), Mrs. Elcott
1954The Great Diamond Robbery as Nurse (uncredited)
1951The Unknown Man as Unknown
1951An American in Paris as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
1951Show Boat as Seamstress (uncredited)
1951Grounds for Marriage as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
1950Sunset Boulevard as Anna Q. Nilsson
1949Adam's Rib as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
1949In the Good Old Summertime as Woman with Harp (uncredited)
1948Every Girl Should Be Married as Saleslady
1948Fighting Father Dunne as Mrs. Olaf Knudson
1947It Had to Be You as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)
1947Cynthia as Miss Brady, English Teacher
1947The Farmer's Daughter as Mrs. Holstrom
1946The Secret Heart as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary
1943Cry 'Havoc' as Nurse (uncredited)
1943Headin' for God's Country as Mrs. Nilsson
1942Crossroads as Madame Deval (uncredited)
1942I Live on Danger as Mrs. Sherman
1942Girls' Town as Mother Lorraine
1941They Died with Their Boots On as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
1941The Great Man's Lady as Paula Wales
1941Riders of the Timberline as Donna Ryan
1938Prison Farm as Matron Ames
1937Behind the Criminal as Madge
1935Wanderer of the Wasteland as Mrs. Virey
1934The Little Minister as Villager
1934School for Girls as Dr. Anne Galvin
1933The World Changes as Mrs. Peterson
1931Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! as Self
1928Blockade as Bess
1928The Whip as Iris d'Aquila
1927Sorrell and Son as Dora Sorrell
1927The 13th Juror as Helen Marsden
1927Lonesome Ladies as Polly Fosdick
1927Babe Comes Home as Vernie
1927Easy Pickings as Mary Ryan
1927The Masked Woman as Diane Delatour
1926Midnight Lovers as Diana Fothergill
1926Miss Nobody as Barbara Brown
1926The Greater Glory as Fanny
1926Too Much Money as Annabel Broadley
1925The Splendid Road as Sandra De Hault
1925Winds of Chance as Countess Courteau
1925The Talker as Kate Lennox
1925If I Marry Again as Alicia Wingate
1924Inez from Hollywood as Inez Laranetta
1924Hello, 'Frisco as Anna Q. Nilsson
1924Vanity's Price as Vanna du Maurier
1924The Fire Patrol as Mary Ferguson
1924The Side Show of Life as Lady Auriol Dayne
1924Broadway After Dark as Helen Tremaine
1924Flowing Gold as Allegheny Briskow
1924Painted People as Leslie Carter
1923Enemies of Children as Patricia - Patsy as an adult
1923Thundering Dawn as Mary Rogers
1923Ponjola as Lady Flavia Desmond
1923Adam's Rib as Mrs. Michael Ramsay
1923The Spoilers as Cherry Malotte
1923Hollywood as Anna Q. Nilsson
1923The Rustle of Silk as Lady Feo
1923Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
1923The Isle of Lost Ships as Dorothy Fairfax
1922Pink Gods as Lady Margot Cork
1922A Trip to Paramountown as Self
1922The Man From Home as Genevieve Granger-Simpson
1922Three Live Ghosts as Ivis
1921Ten Nights in a Bar Room as Unknown
1921The Lotus Eater as Madge Vance
1921The People of Värmland as Unknown
1921Why Girls Leave Home as Anna Hedder
1921Without Limit as Ember Edwards
1920In the Heart of a Fool as Margaret Muller
1920The Fighting Chance as Sylvia Landis
1920One Hour Before Dawn as Ellen Aldrich
1920The Toll Gate as Mary Brown
1920The 13th Commandment as Unknown
1920The Luck of the Irish as Ruth Warren
1919Soldiers of Fortune as Alice Langham
1919Her Kingdom of Dreams as Carlotta Stanmore
1919The Love Burglar as Joan Gray
1919A Sporting Chance as Pamela Brent
1919Cheating Cheaters as Grace Palmer
1919Venus in the East as Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
1919Auction of Souls as Unknown
1918Vanity Pool as Carol Harper
1918In Judgment of... as Mary Manners
1918No Man's Land as Katherine Gresham
1918The Trail To Yesterday as Unknown
1918Heart of the Sunset as Unknown
1917Over There as Bettie Adams
1917Seven Keys to Baldpate as Mary Norton
1917The Inevitable as Florence Grey
1916Her Surrender as Rhoda Courtlandt
1916Sold Out as Leila Austin
1916The Tight Rein as Amy
1916The Supreme Sacrifice as Helen Chambers
1916The Scarlet Road as Betty Belgrave
1915The Regeneration as Marie Deering
1915The Haunting Fear as Diana - an Adventuress
1915A Sister's Burden as Ida - Nathanial's Wife
1915The Destroyer as Helen Vedrine
1915The Siren's Reign as Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
1915The Night Operator at Buxton as Helen
1914Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec as Mignon Mars
1914Regeneration as Katherine Williams
1913Uncle Tom's Cabin as Eliza - a Runaway Slave
1913The Fatal Legacy as Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
1913Shenandoah as Gertrude Illingham
1913A Mississippi Tragedy as Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
1912The Confederate Ironclad as Elinor
1912The Darling of the CSA as Agnes Lane