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Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson

  • Department:Acting
  • Place of birth:Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
  • Birthday:3/30/1888
  • Deathday:2/11/1974
  • Popularity:1
  • Also known as:Anna Quirentia Nilsson | Annie Nilsson | Anna Nilsson | Анна Нильсен

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.Expand

Acting and producing career