Anna Q. Nilsson
1888-03-30 ( 137 years old ) in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

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.

Movies

Show Boat 1951-07-19
Adam's Rib 1949-11-18
Cynthia 1947-08-29
Cry 'Havoc' 1943-11-23
Crossroads 1942-07-23
Girls' Town 1942-03-06
Prison Farm 1938-06-17
Blockade 1928-12-16
The Whip 1928-09-16
The 13th Juror 1927-11-13
Easy Pickings 1927-02-20
Miss Nobody 1926-06-27
Too Much Money 1926-01-03
The Talker 1925-05-24
Hello, 'Frisco 1924-09-28
Vanity's Price 1924-09-07
Flowing Gold 1924-03-01
Painted People 1924-01-28
Ponjola 1923-10-28
Adam's Rib 1923-09-24
The Spoilers 1923-08-26
Hollywood 1923-08-19
Souls for Sale 1923-04-22
Pink Gods 1922-09-24
Without Limit 1921-03-20
The Toll Gate 1920-04-15
Vanity Pool 1918-12-07
No Man's Land 1918-07-08
Over There 1917-10-27
The Inevitable 1917-04-05
Her Surrender 1916-10-01
Sold Out 1916-06-05
The Tight Rein 1916-05-14
The Destroyer 1915-04-30
Regeneration 1914-05-11
Shenandoah 1913-07-04