Actor

Anna Q. Nilsson

Acting

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Acting credits

121

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.6

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Movies: 121Series: 0

TMDB ID: 8638

IMDb ID: nm0632160

Known for: Acting

Born: March 30, 1888

Died: February 11, 1974

Age: 85

Place of birth: Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1912 - 1954

Years active: 43

Average TMDB rating: 6.73

Wikidata: Q434466

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.