Actor info
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Name :
Anna Q. Nilsson
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Born :
March 30, 1888 in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden (85 years at death)
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Died :
February 11, 1974
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
128 films (1912–1954)
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Also known as :
Anna Quirentia Nilsson, Annie Nilsson, Anna Nilsson, Анна Нильсен
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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.
Notable films
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) as Mrs. Elcott
- An American in Paris (1951) as Kay Jansen (uncredited)
- Sunset Boulevard (1950) as Anna Q. Nilsson
- They Died with Their Boots On (1941) as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
