As Actor
Cynthia
1947
5.9
Anna Q. Nilsson
Acting
Birth date
March 30, 1888
Birth place
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Death date
February 11, 1974
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.
Featured in
As Actor
Riders of the Timberline
1941
2.0
As Actor
Prison Farm
1938
5.7
As Actor
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
5.0
As Actor
Sorrell and Son
1927
5.7
As Actor
Midnight Lovers
1926
6.0
As Actor
Ponjola
1923
5.0
As Actor
Adam's Rib
1923
5.8
As Actor
The Man From Home
1922
6.2
As Actor
Three Live Ghosts
1922
6.0
As Actor
The People of Värmland
1921
6.3
As Actor
The Toll Gate
1920
5.3
As Actor
The Luck of the Irish
1920
1.0
As Actor
The Regeneration
1915
6.9
As Actor
Regeneration
1914
7.5
As Actor
The Darling of the CSA
1912
4.0