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Anna Q. Nilsson (1888–1974)

Actress

Anna Quirentia Nilsson, popularly known as "Anna Q", who was born on March 30th, 1888, in Ystad, Sweden, emigrated to the United States in 1905. The 5'7" Nilsson used her blonde beauty to become a famous model for well-known fashion photographers and fine artists. In 1907 she was chosen the most beautiful girl in the US and in 1911 made her film debut in Molly Pitcher... See full bio »

Born:

Anna Quirentia Nilsson
in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

Died:

(age 85) in Hemet, California, USA
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1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
 
1954 The Great Diamond Robbery
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1952 Fearless Fagan
Abby's Maid (uncredited)
 
1952 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– The Old Talbot (1952)
 
1952 Gruen Guild Theater (TV series)
– My Other Love (1952)
 
1951 The Unknown Man
Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1951 An American in Paris
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
 
1951 The Law and the Lady
Mrs. Scholmm (uncredited)
 
1951 Show Boat
Seamstress (uncredited)
 
1951 Grounds for Marriage
Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)
 
1950 Sunset Blvd.
Anna Q. Nilsson
 
1950 The Big Hangover
Helen Lang (uncredited)
 
1949 Malaya
Secretary (uncredited)
 
1949 Adam's Rib
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
 
1949 In the Good Old Summertime
Woman with Harp (uncredited)
 
1948 Every Girl Should Be Married
Saleslady
 
1948 The Boy with Green Hair
Townswoman (uncredited)
 
1948 Fighting Father Dunne
Mrs. Olaf Knudson
 
1947 It Had to Be You
Saleslady (uncredited)
 
1947 Cynthia
Miss Brady, English Teacher
 
1947 The Farmer's Daughter
Mrs. Holstrom
 
1946 The Secret Heart
Dr. Rossiger's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
 
1945 The Valley of Decision
Mrs. Scott's Nurse (uncredited)
 
1943 Cry 'Havoc'
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1943 Headin' for God's Country
Mrs. Nilsson
 
1942 Crossroads
Madame Deval (uncredited)
 
1942 I Live on Danger
Mrs. Sherman
 
1942 The Great Man's Lady
Paula Wales (uncredited)
 
1942 Girls' Town
Mother Lorraine
 
1941 They Died with Their Boots On
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
 
1941 Riders of the Timberline
Donna Ryan
 
1941 The People vs. Dr. Kildare
Juror Next to Foreman (uncredited)
 
1941 The Trial of Mary Dugan
Juror (uncredited)
 
1938 Prison Farm
Matron Ames
 
1938 Paradise for Three
First Bridge Player (uncredited)
 
1937 Behind the Criminal (short)
Madge
 
1935 Wanderer of the Wasteland
Mrs. Virey
 
1934 The Little Minister
Villager (uncredited)
 
1934 School for Girls
Dr. Anne Galvin
 
1933 The World Changes
Mrs. Peterson
 
1928 Blockade
Bess
 
1928 The Whip
Iris d'Aquila
 
1927 The Thirteenth Juror
Helen Marsden
 
1927 Sorrell and Son
Dora Sorrell
 
1927 Lonesome Ladies
Polly Fosdick
 
1927 Babe Comes Home
Vernie
 
1927 Easy Pickings
Mry Ryan
 
1927 The Masked Woman
Diane Delatour
 
1926 Midnight Lovers
Diana Fothergill
 
1926 Miss Nobody
Barbara Brown
 
1926 The Greater Glory
Fanny
 
1926 Her Second Chance
Mrs. Constance Lee/Caroline Logan
 
1926 Too Much Money
Annabel Broadley
 
1925 The Splendid Road
Sandra De Hault
 
1925 Winds of Chance
Countess Courteau
 
1925 The Talker
Kate Lennox
 
1925 One Way Street
Lady Sylvia Hutton
 
1925 The Top of the World
Sylvia Ingleton
 
1925 If I Marry Again
Alicia Wingate
 
1924 Inez from Hollywood
Inez Laranetta
 
1924 Hello, 'Frisco (short)
Anna Q. Nilsson
 
1924 Vanity's Price
Vaana Du Maurier
 
1924 The Breath of Scandal
 
1924 The Fire Patrol
Mary Ferguson
 
1924 The Side Show of Life
Lady Auriol Dayne
 
1924 Broadway After Dark
Helen Tremaine
 
1924 Between Friends
Jessica Drene
 
1924 Flowing Gold
Allegheny Briskow
 
1924 Painted People
Leslie Carter
 
1924 Half-a-Dollar Bill
The Stranger (Mrs. Webber)
 
1924 The Judgment of the Storm
 
1923 Enemies of Children
 
1923 Innocence
Fay Leslie
 
1923 Thundering Dawn
Mary Rogers
 
1923 Ponjola
Lady Flavia Desmond
 
1923 Adam's Rib
Mrs. Michael Ramsay
 
1923 The Spoilers
Cherry Malotte
 
1923 The Rustle of Silk
Lady Feo
 
1923 The Isle of Lost Ships
Dorothy Fairfax
 
1923 Hearts Aflame
Helen Foraker
 
1922 Pink Gods
Lady Margot Cork
 
1922 The Man from Home
Genevieve Granger-Simpson
 
1922 Three Live Ghosts
Ivis
 
1921 Ten Nights in a Bar Room
 
1921 The Lotus Eater
Madge Vance
 
1921 Värmlänningarna
Anna
 
1921 Why Girls Leave Home
Anna Hedder
 
1921/I The Oath
Irene Lansing
 
1921 Without Limit
Ember Edwards
 
1921 What Women Will Do
Lily Gibbs
 
1920 The Brute Master
Madeline Grey
 
1920 In the Heart of a Fool
Margaret Muller
 
1920 The Fighting Chance
Sylvia Landis
 
1920 One Hour Before Dawn
Ellen Aldrich
 
1920 The Figurehead
Mary Forbes
 
1920 The Toll Gate
Mary Brown
 
1920 The Thirteenth Commandment
Leila Kip
 
1920 The Luck of the Irish
Ruth Warren
 
1919 Soldiers of Fortune
Alice Langham
 
1919 Her Kingdom of Dreams
Carlotta Stanmore
 
1919/II A Sporting Chance
Pamela Brent
 
1919 The Love Burglar
Joan Gray
 
1919 A Very Good Young Man
Viva Bacchus
 
1919 Way of the Strong
Audrie Hendrie/Monica Norton
 
1919 Venus in the East
Mrs. Pat Dyvenot
 
1919 Cheating Cheaters
Grace Palmer
 
1919 Auction of Souls
Edith Graham
 
1918 The Vanity Pool
Carol Harper
 
1918 In Judgment of...
Mary Manners
 
1918 No Man's Land
Katherine Gresham
 
1918 The Trail to Yesterday
Sheila Langford
 
1918 Heart of the Sunset
Alaire Austin
 
1917 Over There
Bettie Adams
 
1917 Seven Keys to Baldpate
Mary Norton
 
1917 The Silent Master
Undetermined Role
 
1917 The Inevitable
Florence Grey
 
1917 The Moral Code
Jean Hyland
 
1917 Infidelity
Elaine Bernard
 
1916 Her Surrender
Rhoda Cortlandt (as Anna Nilsson)
 
1916 The Supreme Sacrifice
Helen Chambers
 
1916 The Scarlet Road
Betty Belgrave
 
1916 Puppets of Fate (short)
 
1916 A Trial of Souls (short)
 
1916 The Tight Rein (short) (as Anna Nilsson)
 
1916/I Sowing the Wind (short)
 
1915 Barbara Frietchie
Sue Negly
 
1915 The Night of the Embassy Ball (short)
Nora, the Maid (as Anna Nilsson)
 
1915 Voices in the Dark (short)
Ethel Granger - the Daughter (as Anna Nilsson)
 
1915 Regeneration
Marie Deering
 
1915/I The Game of Life (short)
Ilma Stern (as Anna Nilsson)
 
1915 Hiding from the Law (short)
Rita - Jacques' Wife (as Anna Nilsson)
 
1915 The Haunting Fear (short)
Diana - an Adventuress (as Anna Nilsson)
 
1915 Rivals (short)
Sally Dixon - Lee's Sweetheart
 
1915 A Sister's Burden (short)
Ida - Nathanial's Wife (as Anna Nilsson)
 
1915/II The Destroyer (short)
Helen Vedrine
 
1915 The Haunted House of Wild Isle (short)
Ann Miller - the Doctor's Ward
 
1915 The Second Commandment (short)
Mirza - Sahki's Wife
 
1915 The Siren's Reign (short)
Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman
 
1915 The Night Operator at Buxton (short)
Helen
 
1915 Barriers Swept Aside (short)
Natalie Thorpe - the Wife
 
1915 In the Hands of the Jury (short)
Lenore Butler - the Daughter
 
1914 The Hazards of Helen
Helen [Ch. 18] 'The Night Operator at Buxton'
 
1914 The Man in the Vault (short)
Evelyn Van Pelt
 
1914 The Ex-Convict (short)
Marjorie Pelton - Richard's Wife
 
1914 The Man with the Glove (short)
 
1914/II A Diamond in the Rough (short)
Valeria
 
1914 Wolfe; Or, The Conquest of Quebec
Mignon Mars (as Anna Nilsson)
 
1914/II Regeneration (short)
Katherine Williams
 
1914 The Secret of the Will (short)
Sarah Lane - the Wife/The Grown Daughter
 
1914 Perils of the White Lights (short)
Annabelle - a Young Showgirl
 
1914 Tell-Tale Stains (short)
Mary Macey - Burke's Assistant
 
1914 A Shot in the Night (short)
Laura Trent - the Step-Mother
 
1913/II Uncle Tom's Cabin (short)
Eliza - a Runaway Slave
 
1913 A Man in the World of Men (short)
Alice - the Landlady's Daughter
 
1913 The Counterfeiter's Confederate (short)
Marion Purdy/May Brown
 
1913 The Breath of Scandal (short)
Mary Lane - The Village Teacher
 
1913/III Retribution (short)
Imogene - a Flirt
 
1913 The Fatal Legacy (short)
Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife
 
1913 Shipwrecked (short)
Patricia Jelds - the Daughter
 
1913 Shenandoah (short)
Gertrude Illingham
 
1913 The Gypsy's Brand (short)
Robar - the Gypsy Girl
 
1913 John Burns of Gettysburg (short)
Bess Burns - Tom's Wife
 
1913 Captured by Strategy (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 The Infamous Don Miguel (short)
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1913 A Mississippi Tragedy (short)
Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter
 
1913 The Battle of Bloody Ford (short)
Agatha Elton
 
1913 Prisoners of War (short)
Mrs. Edwin Worth
 
1913 The Grim Toll of War (short)
Virginia Ellis - The Colonel's New Wife
 
1913/I The Turning Point (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 A Treacherous Shot (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1912 The Toll Gate Raiders (short)
Charlotte - the Judge's Daughter
 
1912 The Farm Bully (short)
Anna - the Farmer's Daughter
 
1912 Battle in the Virginia Hills (short)
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1912 The Fraud at the Hope Mine (short)
Merry - the Stenographer
 
1912 The Girl in the Caboose (short)
 
1912 His Mother's Picture (short)
Kitty
 
1912 The Confederate Ironclad (short)
Elinor - Union Spy
 
1912 The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher (short)
Betty
 
1912 A Railroad Lochinvar (short)
Peggy
 
1912 The Darling of the CSA (short)
Agnes Lane
 
1912 Saved from Court Martial (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1912 The Prison Ship (short)
Ruth Carpenter
 
1912 The Soldier Brothers of Susanna (short)
Susanna - the Sister
 
1912 The Siege of Petersburg (short)
Charlotte Pemberton - their daughter
 
1912 The Bugler of Battery B (short)
Miss Colwell
 
1912 The Filibusterers (short)
Anita
 
1912 The Drummer Girl of Vicksburg (short)
 
1912 Under a Flag of Truce (short)
Rose Neville
 
1912 'Fighting' Dan McCool (short)
Edith - Dan's Sweetheart
 
1912 War's Havoc (short)
Jennie McPherson - Mrs. Faulkner
 
1912 Tide of Battle (short)
Alisia Stafford - Hardee's Sweetheart
 
1912 Victim of Circumstances (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1912 Battle of Pottsburg Bridge (short)
Bartlow's Sweetheart
 
1912 Two Spies (short)
Vera Cross
 
1911 The Flash in the Night (short)
Kate
 
1911/I Molly Pitcher (short)
Molly Pitcher
 
1911 The Express Envelope (short)
Hazel (unconfirmed)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1926 Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 14 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1923 Hollywood
Herself
 
1923 Souls for Sale
Herself - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
 
1922 A Trip to Paramountown (documentary short)
Herself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 23 (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1997 Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (TV documentary short)
Mrs. Elcott
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
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Alternate Names:

Anna Nilsson

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Her middle name, Quirentia, comes from Saint Quirinius' day, 30th March, the day on which she was born. See more »

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Star Sign:

Aries