About
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 BoulevardMovie • 1950
Seven Brides for Seven BrothersMovie • 1954
An American in ParisMovie • 1951
Adam's RibMovie • 1949
They Died with Their Boots OnMovie • 1941
Show BoatMovie • 1951
The Boy with Green HairMovie • 1948
In the Good Old SummertimeMovie • 1949
The Farmer's DaughterMovie • 1947
Every Girl Should Be MarriedMovie • 1948
CrossroadsMovie • 1942
The RegenerationMovie • 1915