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      "description": "'Anna Q Nilsson', *Internet Movie Database* (H\u00e4mtad 2020-03-20)",
      "type": "Uppslagsverk",
      "type_eng": "Encyclopaedia",
      "url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632160/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1"
    },
    {
      "description": "'Anna Q Nilsson', *Svensk filmdatabas* (H\u00e4mtad 2020-04-01)",
      "type": "Uppslagsverk",
      "type_eng": "Encyclopaedia",
      "url": "http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=58271"
    },
    {
      "description": "'Hearts aflame', *AFI catalogue of feature films*, American FIlm Institute (H\u00e4mtad 2020-03-19)",
      "type": "Uppslagsverk",
      "type_eng": "Encyclopaedia",
      "url": "https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/9629?cxt=filmography"
    },
    {
      "description": "'As we go to the press', *Photoplay*, Maj 1928, s. 6.",
      "type": "Litteratur",
      "type_eng": "Literature"
    },
    {
      "description": "'Gossip of all the studios', *Photoplay*, September, 1928, s. 92.",
      "type": "Litteratur",
      "type_eng": "Literature"
    },
    {
      "description": "Sj\u00f6berg, Per, *Svenskan som er\u00f6vrade v\u00e4rlden: en bok om Anna Q Nilsson*, Club Syd, Ystad, 2007",
      "type": "Litteratur",
      "type_eng": "Literature"
    },
    {
      "description": "Wollstein, Hans J., *Strangers in Hollywood: the history of Scandinavian actors in American films from 1910 to World War II*, Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J., 1994",
      "type": "Litteratur",
      "type_eng": "Literature"
    },
    {
      "description": "\u00c5hlander, Lars (red.), *Svensk filmografi. 2, 1920-1929*, Svenska filminstitutet, Stockholm, 1982.",
      "type": "Litteratur",
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  "subtitle": "Sk\u00e5despelare, fotomodell",
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  "text": "Anna Q Nilsson var sk\u00e5despelare, och kan anses vara den f\u00f6rsta svenska filmstj\u00e4rnan med internationellt genomslag. Under sin n\u00e4stan 50-\u00e5riga karri\u00e4r medverkade hon i ett stort antal filmer, n\u00e4stan alla producerade i Hollywood, USA, under dess \u201dGolden Age\u201d.\n\nAnna Quirentia Nilsson f\u00f6ddes 1888 i Ystad, som dotter till poliskonstapeln Per Nilsson och hans hustru Anna, f\u00f6dd J\u00f6nsson. \u00c5r 1897 flyttade familjen till Kattarp, d\u00e4r fadern blev f\u00f6rman p\u00e5 Hasslarps sockerbruk. Anna Q Nilsson hj\u00e4lpte till med betgallring efter skolan, men dr\u00f6mde om att finna lyckan i Amerika. Hon gjorde mycket bra ifr\u00e5n sig i skolan och tog examen med h\u00f6gsta betyg. P\u00e5 grund av sina goda betyg anst\u00e4lldes hon som expedit i Halmstad, vilket vid den tiden var ovanligt f\u00f6r en ung kvinna fr\u00e5n en arbetarfamilj. Under ett antal \u00e5r sparade hon till biljetten som skulle ta henne \u00f6ver till USA.\n\n\u00c5r 1905 emigrerade Anna Q Nilsson och anl\u00e4nde till New York, d\u00e4r hon fick arbete som hembitr\u00e4de. En dag \u201duppt\u00e4cktes\u201d hon p\u00e5 gatan av den ber\u00f6mde amerikanske portr\u00e4ttm\u00e5laren James Carroll Beckwith. Detta blev inledningen p\u00e5 en intensiv karri\u00e4r som modell och snart var Anna Q Nilsson New Yorks h\u00f6gst betalda fotomodell. Bland annat arbetade hon som modell f\u00f6r The Gibson Girl Look, ett mode- och kvinnoideal som betecknade en ungdomlig, synnerligen feminin och likv\u00e4l sportig kvinna.\n\nSom ber\u00f6md fotomodell och omslagsflicka med \u201dnordiska drag\u201d var det bara en tidsfr\u00e5ga innan Anna Q Nilsson lockades in i den nya och kraftigt expanderade amerikanska filmindustrin. \u00c5r 1911 debuterade hon i enaktsfilmen *Molly Pitcher*, ett krigsdrama d\u00e4r hon spelade mot Guy Coombs, som \u00e5ret efter blev hennes f\u00f6rste make i ett kortvarigt \u00e4ktenskap. Filmen producerades av filmbolaget Kalem Company. Med en veckol\u00f6n p\u00e5 40 dollar gjorde Anna Q Nilsson sammanlagt 27 filmer hos Kalem mellan 1911 och 1913, n\u00e4stan alltid med Coombs i den manliga huvudrollen och p\u00e5fallande ofta med det amerikanska inb\u00f6rdeskriget som fond.\n\n\u00c5r 1913 b\u00f6rjade Anna Q Nilsson frilansa och spelade bland annat i en tidig version av *Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin*, 1913, producerad av Universal Pictures. Under 1910- och 1920-talet fortsatte hon outtr\u00f6ttligt att spela in filmer f\u00f6r Famous Players, Paramount, Metro, Goldwyn, Mayflower, First National, Fox och Warner Brothers. Totalt medverkade hon i 159 stumfilmer och hennes insatser blev allt mer uppm\u00e4rksammade i filmer som *The Regeneration*, 1915, *Seven Keys to Baldpate* (*Paradisets sju nycklar*), 1917, *Soldiers of Fortune* (*Lyckoj\u00e4garna*), 1919, *The Toll Gate* (*Sista varningen*), 1920, *Adam\u2019s Rib* (*Adams revben*), 1923, *Winds of Change* (*Skatts\u00f6karna*), 1925, *The Greater Glory*, (*Livets parad*), 1926 och *Miss Nobody* (*En flicka p\u00e5 luffen*), 1926, d\u00e4r hon personifierade en man och upptr\u00e4dde i l\u00e5ngbyxor som den moderna kvinna hon var.\n\nAnna Q Nilsson tog flygcertifikat redan 1912 och hon blev senare k\u00e4nd som \u201dHollywoods v\u00e5ghals\u201d eftersom hon gjorde alla stunts sj\u00e4lv. Under inspelningen av *Hearts Aflame* (*Elden*), 1922, br\u00e4ndes Anna Q Nilsson exempelvis sv\u00e5rt n\u00e4r hon k\u00f6rde ett lokomotiv igenom en brinnande tomt som hade dr\u00e4nkts in med 2 700 liter bensin.\n\nUnder sin f\u00f6rsta resa hem till Sverige efter emigrationen engagerades Anna Q Nilsson av filmregiss\u00f6ren Erik Arthur Petschler att spela huvudrollen som Anna i folklustspelet *V\u00e4rml\u00e4nningarna*, 1921. *V\u00e4rml\u00e4nningarna* blev en av de st\u00f6rsta svenska kassasucc\u00e9erna under 1920-talet och rollen var hennes enda insats i svensk film.\n\nMot slutet av stumfilmstiden stod Anna Q Nilsson p\u00e5 toppen av sin filmkarri\u00e4r. \u00c5r 1926 valdes hon till v\u00e4rldens mest popul\u00e4ra filmstj\u00e4rna och samma \u00e5r h\u00e4lsade hon den svenske kronprinsen Gustaf Adolf och hans gem\u00e5l [Louise Mountbatten](0000 0000 4911 4069) v\u00e4lkomna till Hollywood p\u00e5 deras jordenruntresa, med ett tal p\u00e5 Hollywood Bowl inf\u00f6r 50 000 \u00e5sk\u00e5dare. I maj 1928 lockade ingen mindre \u00e4n Joseph Kennedy, far till USA:s blivande president, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, \u00f6ver Anna Q Nilsson till sin studio, Film Booking Offices of America (FBO), med ett guldkantat kontrakt. FBO gick i oktober samma \u00e5r upp i majorstudion RKO Pictures. Hon hann dock bara g\u00f6ra en film f\u00f6r FBO, *Blockade*, 1928, en tidig \u201dtalkie\u201d, innan en olycka bromsade in hennes karri\u00e4r. Under en semester i Sierra Nevada-bergen f\u00f6ll hon av en h\u00e4st och br\u00f6t h\u00f6ften s\u00e5 illa att det ena benet blev kortare \u00e4n det andra efter en l\u00e5ng konvalescens.\n\nD\u00e4refter dr\u00f6jde det fem \u00e5r innan Anna Q Nilsson \u00e5r 1933 gjorde en liten roll i *The World Changes* (*Och v\u00e4rlden f\u00f6r\u00e4ndrar sig*), och d\u00e5 hade ljudfilmen slagit igenom. Anna Q Nilsson medverkade i ytterligare 40 ljudfilmer fram till 1954, n\u00e4stan alltid i mindre biroller och ofta utan att n\u00e4mnas i rollistan. Under sin l\u00e5nga karri\u00e4r arbetade hon dock med m\u00e5nga av de stora regiss\u00f6rerna, s\u00e5som Cecil B DeMille, Frank Lloyd, Raoul Walsh, Billy Wilder, George Cukor och Vincente Minelli. Hon spelade d\u00e4rtill mot andra stj\u00e4rnor som James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, Errol Flynn, Spencer Tracy, Cary Grant, Judy Garland och Elizabeth Taylor i filmer som *They Died with Their Boots On* (*De dog med st\u00f6vlarna p\u00e5*), 1941, *Adam\u2019s Rib* (*Adams revben*), 1949 och inte minst i *Sunset Boulevard*, 1950, d\u00e4r hon spelade cameorollen som sig sj\u00e4lv tillsammans med andra \u201davdankade\u201d stumfilmsstj\u00e4rnor som Gloria Swanson, Buster Keaton och Erich von Stroheim.\n\n\u00c5r 1960 f\u00f6r\u00e4rades Anna Q Nilsson som f\u00f6rsta svensk en stj\u00e4rna p\u00e5 Hollywood Walk of Fame. Efter pensioneringen \u00e4gnade hon sig \u00e5t tr\u00e4dg\u00e5rdssk\u00f6tsel, simning och sina hundar.\n\nAnna Q Nilsson avled 1974 vid 85 \u00e5rs \u00e5lder p\u00e5 ett sjukhus i Sun City i Kalifornien. Flera TV-stationer avbr\u00f6t sina s\u00e4ndningar f\u00f6r att meddela d\u00f6dsbudet. Enligt hennes sista vilja spreds hennes aska ut i Atlanten.",
  "text_eng": "Anna Q Nilsson was an actor who can be considered to be the first Swedish film star who became internationally famous. During her career, which almost spanned 50 years, she appeared in a great number of films, almost all of which were produced in USA, during the silent film era.\n\nAnna Quirentia Nilsson was born in 1888 in Ystad. She was the daughter of police constable Per Nilsson and his wife Anna, n\u00e9e J\u00f6nsson. In 1897 the family moved to Kattarp where her father became a foreman at Hasslarp sugar factory. Anna Q Nilsson helped out with rounding up the animals after school but dreamed of finding her fortune in America. She did very well at school and gained top marks when she graduated. Thanks to her scholastic diligence she gained a job as a shop assistant in Halmstad, which, at that time, was quite unusual for a young woman from a working-class family. She spent a few years saving up for a ticket to take her across the seas to the USA.\n\nIn 1905 Anna Q Nilsson emigrated from Sweden. When she arrived in New York she got work as home-help. One day she was \u201cdiscovered\u201d on the street by the famous American portrait painter James Carroll Beckwith. This led to an intense career as a model and soon Anna Q Nilsson was the highest-paid photographic model in New York. One of her employers was The Gibson Girl Look, an organisation which promoted a fashion- and women\u2019s-ideal representing a youthful, quite feminine yet still sporty woman.\n\nGiven that Anna Q Nilsson was a famous model and a cover girl with \u201cNordic features\u201d it was just a matter of time before she would be drawn into the new and massively expanding American film industry. In 1911 she made her debut in a one-act film called *Molly Pitcher*. This was a war film, produced by the Kalem film company, in which she performed opposite Guy Coombs. One year later he became her first husband in what would be a short-lived marriage. Between 1911 and 1913 Anna Q Nilsson appeared in 27 films for Kalem, receiving a weekly salary of 40 dollars and almost always performing opposite Coombs in the male lead. The plots of these films were surprisingly often based on the American Civil War.\n\nIn 1913 Anna Q Nilsson began to work freelance and appeared in an early version of *Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin*, produced that year by Universal Pictures. During the 1910s and the 1920s Anna Q Nilsson tirelessly continued appearing in films produced by the likes of Famous Players, Paramount, Metro, Goldwyn, Mayflower, First National, Fox, and Warner Brothers. In total she appeared in 159 silent movies and her contributions gained increasing attention in films such as *The Regeneration* from 1915, *Seven Keys to Baldpate* from 1917, *Soldiers of Fortune* from 1919, *The Toll Gate* from 1920, *Adam\u2019s Rib* from 1923, *Winds of Change* from 1925, *The Greater Glory* and *Miss Nobody*, both from 1926. In the latter she played the part of a man and wore long trousers, reflecting the modern woman that she was.\n\nAnna Q Nilsson gained her pilot\u2019s licence in 1912 and later became known as \u201cHollywood\u2019s daredevil\u201d as she undertook all her own stunts. For example, during the filming of *Hearts Aflame* in 1922 she suffered severe burns when she drove a locomotive engine through a burning plot of land which had been drenched in 2,700 litres of gasoline.\n\nDuring her first visit home to Sweden after having emigrated Anna Q Nilsson was hired by the film director Erik Arthur Petschler to play the lead role as Anna in the light-hearted 1921 film *V\u00e4rml\u00e4nningarna*. This film became one of the biggest hits at the box-office during the 1920s and this role was to be her only performance in a Swedish film.\n\nTowards the end of the silent movie era Anna Q Nilsson was at the peak of her film career. In 1926 she was voted the world\u2019s most popular film star and that same year she greeted the Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and his consort [Louise Mountbatten](0000 0000 4911 4069), welcoming them to Hollywood on their round-the-world tour, giving a speech in front of 50,000 spectators at the Hollywood Bowl. In May 1928 none other than Joseph Kennedy, the father of the future US president John Fitzgerald Kennedy, attracted Anna Q Nilsson to his film studio, Film Booking Offices of America (FBO), offering her a golden contract. FBO was taken over that same year by the major film studio, RKO Pictures. Anna Q Nilsson only managed to make one film for FBO, *Blockade*, in 1928, which was an early talkie, before an accident brought her career to a halt. During a holiday in the Sierra Nevada mountains she fell off a horse and broke her hip so badly that following a long period of convalescence she was left with one leg shorter than the other.\n\nAnother five years passed before Anna Q Nilsson played a small part in *The World Changes*, by which time talking pictures had already become the norm. Anna Q Nilsson performed in another 40 films right up to 1954, usually taking minor parts and often going unmentioned in the credits. Throughout her lengthy career, however, she worked with many of the great directors, such as Cecil B DeMilne, Frank Lloyd, Raoul Walsh, Billy Wilder, George Cukor, and Vincente Minelli. She played opposite other stars including James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, Errol Flynn, Spencer Tracy, Cary Grant, Judy Garland, and Elizabeth Taylor in films including *They Died with Their Boots On* from 1941, *Adam\u2019s Rib* from 1949, and not least in *Sunset Boulevard* from 1950 in which she performed a cameo as herself along with other retired silent-era film stars such as Gloria Swanson, Buster Keaton, and Erich von Stroheim.\n\nIn 1960 Anna Q Nilsson became the first Swede to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. After retiring she dedicated herself to gardening, swimming and her dogs.\n\nAnna Q Nilsson died in 1974, aged 85, at a hospital in Sun City, California. Several TV-stations interrupted their programming in order to make a public announcement of her death. According to her last wishes her ashes were scattered into the Atlantic.",
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