Anna Q. Nilsson Biography

Fast Facts

• Was the first Swedish actress to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Her film career was put on hold after she was thrown from a horse in 1925 and was paralyzed for a year
• After being illustrated as the original "Penrhyn Stanlaws Girl," she was hired for her first film role in 1911's "Molly Pitcher․"
• Immigrated to America in 1910 and began learning English while working as a nursemaid before becoming a model
• Best known for her role as Mary Brown in "The Toll Gate," as Madge Vance in "The Lotus Eater," and as Ruth Warren in "The Luck of the Irish․"
• Appeared in a total of 84 films in only six years - between 1911 and 1917 - including "The Haunted House," "A Desperate Chance," and "Under a Flag of Truce․"
• Had a cameo in the 1950 silent film spoof "Sunset Boulevard" along with several other old silent film stars like Buster Keaton
• Her middle name, Quirentia, comes from Saint Quirinius' Day, on which she was born