Anna Q. Nilsson

actress

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 discov...

Born: March 30, 1888 in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

Died: February 11, 1974 (age 85)

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Known For

7.6

Sunset Boulevard

Movies & TV Credits

112 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Movie	7.5	Actress	Mrs. Elcott	1954
The Great Diamond Robbery Movie	5.7	Actress	Nurse (uncredited)	1954
Grounds for Marriage Movie	5.5	Actress	Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)	1951
An American in Paris Movie	7.3	Actress	Kay Jansen (uncredited)	1951
Show Boat Movie	6.7	Actress	Seamstress (uncredited)	1951
The Unknown Man Movie	6.2	Actress	—	1951
Sunset Boulevard Movie	8.3	Actress	Anna Q. Nilsson	1950
Adam's Rib Movie	7.6	Actress	Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)	1949
In the Good Old Summertime Movie	6.9	Actress	Woman with Harp (uncredited)	1949
Every Girl Should Be Married Movie	6.5	Actress	Saleslady	1948
Fighting Father Dunne Movie	6.4	Actress	Mrs. Olaf Knudson	1948
Cynthia Movie	6.0	Actress	Miss Brady, English Teacher	1947
The Farmer's Daughter Movie	7.3	Actress	Mrs. Holstrom	1947
It Had to Be You Movie	6.2	Actress	Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)	1947
The Secret Heart Movie	6.3	Actress	Dr. Rossiger's Secretary	1946
Cry 'Havoc' Movie	6.8	Actress	Nurse (uncredited)	1943
Headin' for God's Country Movie	6.3	Actress	Mrs. Nilsson	1943
Crossroads Movie	6.5	Actress	Madame Deval (uncredited)	1942
I Live on Danger Movie	5.9	Actress	Mrs. Sherman	1942
Girls' Town Movie	5.9	Actress	Mother Lorraine	1942
They Died with Their Boots On Movie	7.1	Actress	Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)	1941
Riders of the Timberline Movie	6.0	Actress	Donna Ryan	1941
The Great Man's Lady Movie	6.4	Actress	Paula Wales	1941
Prison Farm Movie	6.1	Actress	Matron Ames	1938
Behind the Criminal Short Film	6.9	Actress	Madge	1937
Wanderer of the Wasteland Movie	5.8	Actress	Mrs. Virey	1935
School for Girls Movie	7.3	Actress	Dr. Anne Galvin	1934
The Little Minister Movie	6.0	Actress	Villager	1934
The World Changes Movie	6.5	Actress	Mrs. Peterson	1933
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! Short Film	—	Actress	Self	1931
Blockade Movie	5.1	Actress	Bess	1928
The Whip Movie	4.3	Actress	Iris d'Aquila	1928
Babe Comes Home Movie	7.4	Actress	Vernie	1927
Lonesome Ladies Movie	6.5	Actress	Polly Fosdick	1927
Sorrell and Son Movie	6.0	Actress	Dora Sorrell	1927
Easy Pickings Movie	6.5	Actress	Mary Ryan	1927
The Masked Woman Movie	—	Actress	Diane Delatour	1927
The 13th Juror Movie	4.5	Actress	Helen Marsden	1927
Miss Nobody Movie	5.5	Actress	Barbara Brown	1926
Midnight Lovers Movie	7.0	Actress	Diana Fothergill	1926
The Greater Glory Movie	7.7	Actress	Fanny	1926
Too Much Money Movie	—	Actress	Annabel Broadley	1926
Winds of Chance Movie	7.2	Actress	Countess Courteau	1925
The Talker Movie	—	Actress	Kate Lennox	1925
The Splendid Road Movie	5.4	Actress	Sandra De Hault	1925
If I Marry Again Movie	5.9	Actress	Alicia Wingate	1925
Painted People Movie	6.8	Actress	Leslie Carter	1924
The Fire Patrol Movie	6.3	Actress	Mary Ferguson	1924
Inez from Hollywood Movie	6.6	Actress	Inez Laranetta	1924
The Side Show of Life Movie	6.5	Actress	Lady Auriol Dayne	1924
Broadway After Dark Movie	5.1	Actress	Helen Tremaine	1924
Flowing Gold Movie	7.5	Actress	Allegheny Briskow	1924
Vanity's Price Movie	—	Actress	Vanna du Maurier	1924
Hello, 'Frisco Short Film	6.0	Actress	Anna Q. Nilsson	1924
Adam's Rib Movie	5.6	Actress	Mrs. Michael Ramsay	1923
Thundering Dawn Movie	7.3	Actress	Mary Rogers	1923
Ponjola Movie	5.8	Actress	Lady Flavia Desmond	1923
The Isle of Lost Ships Movie	7.3	Actress	Dorothy Fairfax	1923
The Spoilers Movie	8.3	Actress	Cherry Malotte	1923
The Rustle of Silk Movie	4.9	Actress	Lady Feo	1923
Souls for Sale Movie	6.8	Actress	Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)	1923
Enemies of Children Movie	5.9	Actress	Patricia - Patsy as an adult	1923
Hollywood Movie	6.9	Actress	Anna Q. Nilsson	1923
Pink Gods Movie	8.1	Actress	Lady Margot Cork	1922
Three Live Ghosts Movie	6.4	Actress	Ivis	1922
The Man From Home Movie	6.5	Actress	Genevieve Granger-Simpson	1922
A Trip to Paramountown Short Film	6.6	Actress	Self	1922
The People of Värmland Movie	7.8	Actress	—	1921
Without Limit Movie	—	Actress	Ember Edwards	1921
The Lotus Eater Movie	6.9	Actress	Madge Vance	1921
Why Girls Leave Home Movie	—	Actress	Anna Hedder	1921
Ten Nights in a Bar Room Movie	5.9	Actress	—	1921
The Toll Gate Movie	6.1	Actress	Mary Brown	1920
One Hour Before Dawn Movie	3.7	Actress	Ellen Aldrich	1920
The Fighting Chance Movie	—	Actress	Sylvia Landis	1920
The Luck of the Irish Movie	2.9	Actress	Ruth Warren	1920
The 13th Commandment Movie	5.1	Actress	—	1920
In the Heart of a Fool Movie	4.1	Actress	Margaret Muller	1920
Venus in the East Movie	4.5	Actress	Mrs. Pat Dyvenot	1919
A Sporting Chance Movie	4.9	Actress	Pamela Brent	1919
Her Kingdom of Dreams Movie	5.8	Actress	Carlotta Stanmore	1919
Cheating Cheaters Movie	5.9	Actress	Grace Palmer	1919
Soldiers of Fortune Movie	6.3	Actress	Alice Langham	1919
The Love Burglar Movie	4.0	Actress	Joan Gray	1919
Auction of Souls Movie	5.3	Actress	—	1919
Heart of the Sunset Movie	5.6	Actress	—	1918
The Trail To Yesterday Movie	4.9	Actress	—	1918
Vanity Pool Movie	—	Actress	Carol Harper	1918
No Man's Land Movie	6.9	Actress	Katherine Gresham	1918
In Judgment of... Movie	4.7	Actress	Mary Manners	1918
Seven Keys to Baldpate Movie	5.9	Actress	Mary Norton	1917
Over There Movie	4.7	Actress	Bettie Adams	1917
The Inevitable Movie	—	Actress	Florence Grey	1917
The Supreme Sacrifice Movie	4.7	Actress	Helen Chambers	1916
Her Surrender Movie	—	Actress	Rhoda Courtlandt	1916
The Scarlet Road Movie	—	Actress	Betty Belgrave	1916
The Tight Rein Short Film	—	Actress	Amy	1916
Sold Out Short Film	—	Actress	Leila Austin	1916
The Regeneration Movie	6.9	Actress	Marie Deering	1915
The Haunting Fear Short Film	5.3	Actress	Diana - an Adventuress	1915
The Siren's Reign Short Film	—	Actress	Marguerite Morrison - The Other Woman	1915
The Destroyer Short Film	—	Actress	Helen Vedrine	1915
A Sister's Burden Short Film	—	Actress	Ida - Nathanial's Wife	1915
The Night Operator at Buxton Short Film	—	Actress	Helen	1915
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec Movie	6.1	Actress	Mignon Mars	1914
Regeneration Short Film	—	Actress	Katherine Williams	1914
A Mississippi Tragedy Short Film	—	Actress	Martha Calhoun - the Planter's Daughter	1913
Shenandoah Short Film	—	Actress	Gertrude Illingham	1913
The Fatal Legacy Short Film	5.7	Actress	Anna Halleck - Harry's Wife	1913
Uncle Tom's Cabin Short Film	7.3	Actress	Eliza - a Runaway Slave	1913
The Darling of the CSA Short Film	5.9	Actress	Agnes Lane	1912
The Confederate Ironclad Short Film	5.8	Actress	Elinor	1912

Anna Q. Nilsson

Known For

Adam's Rib

An American in Paris

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Sunset Boulevard

Movies & TV Credits