Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
112
Gender
Female
Birthday
March 30, 1888 ( 86 years old )
Place of Birth
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Also Known As
Anna Quirentia Nilsson
Annie Nilsson
Anna Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson
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.
Known For
Sunset Boulevard
1950-08-10One Hour Before Dawn
1920-07-11Sold Out
1916-06-05Enemies of Children
1923-12-13Cheating Cheaters
1919-01-26In Judgment of...
1918-08-12The Fighting Chance
1920-08-01The Little Minister
1934-12-28Soldiers of Fortune
1919-11-22The Love Burglar
1919-07-13