Anna Q. Nilsson
ActingPersonal Info
gender
Female
birthday
March 30, 1888
died
February 11, 1974
place of birth
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
also known as
Anna Quirentia Nilsson · Annie Nilsson · Anna Nilsson · Анна Нильсен
total credits
50 movies
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.
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Filmography
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