Portrait of Anna Q. Nilsson

Acting

Anna Q. Nilsson

Career

Active from 1912 to 1942, with up to 8 main titles a year.

Leading roles
78
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Auction of Souls
Auction of Souls
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Anna Q. Nilsson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Dark Humor
    0.8, average 2.8
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.5, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    0.9, average 2.5
  • Fantasy
    0.1, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 6
  • Silent Film 4
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Romance 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Mystery 2
  • Early 20th Century 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Silent Film Era 2
  • Silent Film Classic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

121
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

7 titles ยท average score 72
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
GoodWatch score 77

as Mrs. Elcott / Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)

The Great Diamond Robbery
The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)
GoodWatch score 80

as Nurse (uncredited)

An American in Paris
An American in Paris (1951)
GoodWatch score 80

as Kay Jansen (uncredited)

Show Boat
Show Boat (1951)
GoodWatch score 73

as Seamstress (uncredited)

The Unknown Man
The Unknown Man (1951)
GoodWatch score 52

as (uncredited)

Grounds for Marriage
Grounds for Marriage (1951)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dowager at Friday Club (uncredited)

Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
GoodWatch score 91

as Anna Q. Nilsson

1940s

16 titles ยท average score 65
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib (1949)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)

In the Good Old Summertime
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
GoodWatch score 66

as Woman with Harp (uncredited)

Every Girl Should Be Married
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
GoodWatch score 61

as Saleslady

The Farmer's Daughter
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
GoodWatch score 87

as Mrs. Holstrom

It Had to Be You
It Had to Be You (1947)
GoodWatch score 71

as Saleslady at Hamilton-Cooper (uncredited)

Cynthia
Cynthia (1947)
GoodWatch score 55

as Miss Brady, English Teacher

The Secret Heart
The Secret Heart (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

as Dr. Rossiger's Secretary

Cry 'Havoc'
Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
GoodWatch score 61

as Nurse (uncredited)

Girls' Town
Girls' Town (1942)

as Mother Lorraine

Crossroads
Crossroads (1942)
GoodWatch score 58

as Madame Deval (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)

The Great Man's Lady
The Great Man's Lady (1941)
GoodWatch score 57

as Paula Wales

1930s

6 titles ยท average score 47
Prison Farm
Prison Farm (1938)

as Matron Ames

Behind the Criminal
Behind the Criminal (1937)

as Madge

Wanderer of the Wasteland
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)

as Mrs. Virey

The Little Minister
The Little Minister (1934)
GoodWatch score 50

as Villager

School for Girls
School for Girls (1934)

as Dr. Anne Galvin

The World Changes
The World Changes (1933)
GoodWatch score 45

as Mrs. Peterson

1920s

53 titles ยท average score 60
Blockade
Blockade (1928)

as Bess

Sorrell and Son
Sorrell and Son (1927)

as Dora Sorrell

Babe Comes Home
Babe Comes Home (1927)

as Vernie

The Greater Glory
The Greater Glory (1926)

as Fanny

Midnight Lovers
Midnight Lovers (1926)

as Diana Fothergill

Winds of Chance
Winds of Chance (1925)

as Countess Courteau

Half-a-Dollar Bill
Half-a-Dollar Bill (1924)

as The Stranger - Mrs. Webber

The Isle of Lost Ships
The Isle of Lost Ships (1923)

as Dorothy Fairfax

The Man From Home
The Man From Home (1922)

as Genevieve Granger-Simpson

Three Live Ghosts
Three Live Ghosts (1922)

as Ivis

The Luck of the Irish
The Luck of the Irish (1920)

as Ruth Warren

The Toll Gate
The Toll Gate (1920)
GoodWatch score 60

as Mary Brown

1910s

39 titles ยท average score 67
Auction of Souls
Auction of Souls (1919)
GoodWatch score 71

as Edith Graham

Soldiers of Fortune
Soldiers of Fortune (1919)

as Alice Langham

The Way of the Strong
The Way of the Strong (1919)

as Audrie Hendrie / Monica Norton

The Love Burglar
The Love Burglar (1919)

as Joan Gray

Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917)

as Mary Norton

Infidelity
Infidelity (1917)

as Elaine Bernard

The Inevitable
The Inevitable (1917)

as Florence Grey

Her Surrender
Her Surrender (1916)

as Rhoda Courtlandt

The Regeneration
The Regeneration (1915)
GoodWatch score 68

as Marie Deering

The Confederate Ironclad
The Confederate Ironclad (1912)
GoodWatch score 62

as Elinor

The Darling of the CSA
The Darling of the CSA (1912)

as Agnes Lane

The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher (1912)

as Betty - the Girl Telegrapher