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.
The Rustle of Silk
Sunset Boulevard
An American in Paris
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
They Died with Their Boots On
Show Boat
Adam's Rib
In the Good Old Summertime
Crossroads
Every Girl Should Be Married
The Farmer's Daughter
The Little Minister
Riders of the Timberline
Cry 'Havoc'
The Unknown Man
It Had to Be You
The Regeneration
The Great Man's Lady
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Souls for Sale
