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Anna Q. Nilsson
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.
Top Filmography
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950 // MOVIE
7.0
An American in Paris
1951 // MOVIE
7.1
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 // MOVIE
7.1
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 // MOVIE
7.1
Adam's Rib
1949 // MOVIE
6.6
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 // MOVIE
6.2
Show Boat
1951 // MOVIE
6.8
The Regeneration
1915 // MOVIE
6.7
In the Good Old Summertime
1949 // MOVIE
7.1
The Farmer's Daughter
1947 // MOVIE
5.8
Crossroads
1942 // MOVIE
5.9
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948 // MOVIE
6.2
Souls for Sale
1923 // MOVIE
5.5
The Little Minister
1934 // MOVIE
4.8
The Unknown Man
1951 // MOVIE