Anna Q. Nilsson

Birthday: 3/30/1888
Deathday: 2/11/1974
Place of birth: Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Anna Quirentia Nilsson, Annie Nilsson, Anna Nilsson

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.