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    Anna Q. Nilsson

    1888-03-30 (136 years old) in 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.

    Movies

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    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
    72 %|Jul 22, 1954
    Comedy, Drama, Western
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    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
    72 %|Jul 22, 1954
    Comedy, Drama, Western
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    The Great Diamond Robbery
    0 %|Jan 29, 1954
    Comedy, Crime
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    The Unknown Man
    48 %|Nov 9, 1951
    Crime, Drama
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    An American in Paris
    70.07 %|Sep 26, 1951
    Music, Romance, Comedy
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    Show Boat
    60 %|Jul 19, 1951
    Music, Romance, Drama
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    Grounds for Marriage
    43 %|Jan 12, 1951
    Music, Comedy
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    Sunset Boulevard
    83.07000000000001 %|Aug 10, 1950
    Drama
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    Adam's Rib
    71 %|Nov 18, 1949
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    In the Good Old Summertime
    65 %|Jul 29, 1949
    Comedy, Music, Romance
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    Every Girl Should Be Married
    64 %|Dec 25, 1948
    Comedy, Romance
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    Fighting Father Dunne
    60 %|May 12, 1948
    Crime, Drama
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    It Had to Be You
    65 %|Dec 7, 1947
    Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
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    Cynthia
    59 %|Aug 29, 1947
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Farmer's Daughter
    69 %|Mar 26, 1947
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Secret Heart
    63 %|Dec 25, 1946
    Drama
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    Cry 'Havoc'
    63 %|Nov 23, 1943
    Drama, War
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    Headin' for God's Country
    0 %|Aug 26, 1943
    Action, Drama, War
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    Crossroads
    59 %|Jul 23, 1942
    Drama, Mystery
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    I Live on Danger
    57 %|Jun 16, 1942
    Thriller
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    Girls' Town
    0 %|Mar 6, 1942
    Drama
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    They Died with Their Boots On
    66 %|Nov 20, 1941
    Western, War, Drama, Romance
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    The Great Man's Lady
    62.73 %|Oct 31, 1941
    Western, Drama, Romance
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    Riders of the Timberline
    0 %|Sep 17, 1941
    Western
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    Prison Farm
    57 %|Jun 17, 1938
    Drama, Crime
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    Behind the Criminal
    45 %|Oct 30, 1937
    Crime
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    Wanderer of the Wasteland
    50 %|Sep 9, 1935
    Adventure, Action, Romance, Western
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    The Little Minister
    59 %|Dec 28, 1934
    Drama, Romance
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    School for Girls
    60 %|Mar 22, 1934
    Crime
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    The World Changes
    48 %|Nov 25, 1933
    Drama
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    Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
    0 %|Sep 18, 1931
    Documentary, Drama
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    Blockade
    0 %|Dec 16, 1928
    Adventure
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    The Whip
    0 %|Sep 16, 1928
    Drama
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    Sorrell and Son
    55 %|Dec 2, 1927
    Drama
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    The 13th Juror
    0 %|Nov 13, 1927
    Mystery
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    Lonesome Ladies
    0 %|Jul 3, 1927
    Comedy
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    Babe Comes Home
    0 %|May 22, 1927
    Comedy
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    Easy Pickings
    0 %|Feb 20, 1927
    Mystery
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    The Masked Woman
    0 %|Jan 16, 1927
    Drama
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    Midnight Lovers
    60 %|Oct 25, 1926
    War, Comedy, Romance
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    Miss Nobody
    0 %|Jun 27, 1926
    Drama
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    The Greater Glory
    0 %|May 2, 1926
    Drama, War, Romance
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    Too Much Money
    0 %|Jan 3, 1926
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    The Splendid Road
    0 %|Dec 6, 1925
    Drama, Western
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    Winds of Chance
    48 %|Aug 15, 1925
    Adventure, Drama
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    The Talker
    10 %|May 24, 1925
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    If I Marry Again
    10 %|Feb 15, 1925
    Drama, Romance
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    Inez from Hollywood
    0 %|Dec 14, 1924
    Drama
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    Hello, 'Frisco
    50 %|Sep 28, 1924
    Comedy
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    Vanity's Price
    0 %|Sep 7, 1924
    Drama
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    The Fire Patrol
    0 %|Aug 14, 1924
    Drama
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    The Side Show of Life
    0 %|Jul 21, 1924
    Drama
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    Broadway After Dark
    0 %|May 19, 1924
    Comedy
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    Flowing Gold
    0 %|Mar 1, 1924
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    Painted People
    0 %|Jan 28, 1924
    Comedy
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    Enemies of Children
    0 %|Dec 13, 1923
    Drama
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    Thundering Dawn
    0 %|Nov 5, 1923
    Drama, Romance
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    Ponjola
    50 %|Oct 28, 1923
    Adventure, Drama
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    Adam's Rib
    58 %|Sep 24, 1923
    Drama
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    The Spoilers
    0 %|Aug 26, 1923
    Drama, Western
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    Hollywood
    70 %|Aug 19, 1923
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Rustle of Silk
    0 %|May 13, 1923
    Drama, Romance
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    Souls for Sale
    62 %|Apr 22, 1923
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    The Isle of Lost Ships
    0 %|Mar 17, 1923
    Drama
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    Pink Gods
    0 %|Sep 24, 1922
    Drama
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    A Trip to Paramountown
    60 %|Jul 10, 1922
    Documentary
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    The Man From Home
    62 %|Apr 30, 1922
    Drama
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    Three Live Ghosts
    60 %|Jan 1, 1922
    Comedy
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    The Lotus Eater
    0 %|Nov 27, 1921
    Romance, Drama
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    The People of Värmland
    63 %|Oct 23, 1921
    Romance, Drama
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    Why Girls Leave Home
    0 %|Sep 4, 1921
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    Without Limit
    0 %|Mar 20, 1921
    Drama
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    In the Heart of a Fool
    10 %|Oct 1, 1920
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    The Fighting Chance
    0 %|Aug 1, 1920
    Drama
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    One Hour Before Dawn
    0 %|Jul 11, 1920
    Mystery
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    The Toll Gate
    53 %|Apr 15, 1920
    Western
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    The 13th Commandment
    0 %|Jan 17, 1920
    Drama
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    The Luck of the Irish
    10 %|Jan 5, 1920
    Drama
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    Soldiers of Fortune
    0 %|Nov 22, 1919
    Adventure, Drama
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    Her Kingdom of Dreams
    0 %|Sep 21, 1919
    Drama, Romance
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    The Love Burglar
    0 %|Jul 13, 1919
    Crime, Romance
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    A Sporting Chance
    0 %|Jul 13, 1919
    Comedy
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    Cheating Cheaters
    0 %|Jan 26, 1919
    Comedy
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    Venus in the East
    0 %|Jan 26, 1919
    Comedy, Drama
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    Auction of Souls
    52 %|Jan 19, 1919
    Drama, Romance, War, History
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    Vanity Pool
    0 %|Dec 7, 1918
    Drama
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    In Judgment of...
    0 %|Aug 12, 1918
    Drama
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    No Man's Land
    0 %|Jul 8, 1918
    Drama, War
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    The Trail To Yesterday
    0 %|May 6, 1918
    Western
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    Heart of the Sunset
    0 %|Mar 1, 1918
    Drama, Western
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    Over There
    0 %|Oct 27, 1917
    Drama, War
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    Seven Keys to Baldpate
    44 %|Oct 16, 1917
    Thriller, Mystery
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    The Inevitable
    0 %|Apr 5, 1917
    Drama
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    Sold Out
    0 %|Jun 5, 1916
    Drama
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    The Tight Rein
    0 %|May 14, 1916
    Drama
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    The Supreme Sacrifice
    0 %|Mar 20, 1916
    Drama
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    The Scarlet Road
    0 %|Feb 16, 1916
    Drama
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    Her Surrender
    0 %|Jan 1, 1916
    Drama
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    The Regeneration
    69 %|Sep 12, 1915
    Romance, Crime, Drama
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    The Haunting Fear
    0 %|Jun 11, 1915
    Drama, Horror
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    A Sister's Burden
    0 %|May 10, 1915
    Drama
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    The Destroyer
    0 %|Apr 30, 1915
    Drama, Romance
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    The Siren's Reign
    0 %|Apr 2, 1915
    Drama
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    The Night Operator at Buxton
    0 %|Mar 13, 1915
    Thriller
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    Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
    0 %|May 25, 1914
    Drama, History
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    Regeneration
    0 %|May 11, 1914
    Drama
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    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    0 %|Dec 17, 1913
    Drama
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    The Fatal Legacy
    0 %|Sep 10, 1913
    Drama
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    Shenandoah
    0 %|Jul 4, 1913
    Drama, War
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    A Mississippi Tragedy
    0 %|Apr 5, 1913
    Drama
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    The Confederate Ironclad
    53 %|Oct 4, 1912
    History, Thriller, War
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    The Darling of the CSA
    40 %|Sep 6, 1912
    Drama, History, Adventure

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