Anna Q. Nilsson
Actor
Date of birth: March 30, 1888Date of death: February 11, 1974 (85)City: 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.
Filmography
38 roles1950s2 roles
1940s5 roles
1930s4 roles
1920s11 roles
1910s16 roles
