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Anna Q. Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson

Acting
March 30, 1888 (Age 137) - February 11, 1974
Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

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.

Actor Details

Birthday

March 30, 1888 (Age 137)

Place of Birth

Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

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Acting

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