Anna Q. 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...

Known For

Sunset Boulevard

as Anna Q. Nilsson

The Farmer's Daughter

as Mrs. Holstrom

The Regeneration

as Marie Deering

Cast Credits

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

as Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)

The Great Diamond Robbery

as Nurse (uncredited)

The Unknown Man

as (uncredited)

An American in Paris

as Kay Jansen (uncredited)

Show Boat

as Seamstress (uncredited)

Grounds for Marriage

as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)

Sunset Boulevard

as Anna Q. Nilsson

Adam's Rib

as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)

In the Good Old Summertime

as Woman with Harp (uncredited)

Fighting Father Dunne

as Mrs. Olaf Knudson

It Had to Be You

as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)

Cynthia

as Miss Brady, English Teacher

The Farmer's Daughter

as Mrs. Holstrom

The Secret Heart

as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary

Cry 'Havoc'

as Nurse (uncredited)

Crossroads

as Madame Deval (uncredited)

I Live on Danger

as Mrs. Sherman

Girls' Town

as Mother Lorraine

They Died with Their Boots On

as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)

The Great Man's Lady

as Paula Wales

Prison Farm

as Matron Ames

School for Girls

as Dr. Anne Galvin

The World Changes

as Mrs. Peterson

Blockade

as Bess