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Anna Q. Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson

Acting • 1888-03-30 • 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.

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The Regeneration6.8

The Regeneration

1915

The Toll Gate5.7

The Toll Gate

1920

Seven Keys to Baldpate4.4

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1917

Auction of Souls4.9

Auction of Souls

1919

The Confederate Ironclad6.5

The Confederate Ironclad

1912

The Man From Home5.7

The Man From Home

1922

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