Asta Nielsen
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1881-09-11
Deathday 1972-05-25 (90 years old)
Place of Birth Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Also Known As Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen, The Silent Muse, Die Asta
Asta Nielsen
Biography
Asta Nielsen is often considered the 'first international movie star', and was an explosively popular female lead through the 1910s and 20s. Though born in Denmark, she mostly worked in Germany and starred in over 70 films, usually directed by her husband Urban Gad. She was known for her boyish looks and had her breakout in the erotically charged 'Afgrunden' (1910).
Known For
Actor
as Self (archive footage)
as Self – Interviewee (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Herself
as Self
as herself (archive footage)
as Vera Holgk
as Elsie Lindtner
as Selma Karchow
as Clarina
as Auguste - Old Street Walker
as Tamara
as Anna Grosser
as Tibetanerin
as Hedda Gabler
as Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck
as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
as Josephine
as Herself
as Enricos Ehefrau Teresa
as Maria Magdalena
as Kaja Falk
as Navarro
as Lulu
as Vanina
as Brigantenbraut
as Julie
as Nastassja Baraschkowa
as Mary Verhag
as Hamlet
as Isabella Bouflon
as Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria
as Madelaine
as Elena
as Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter
as Henriette Mauclerc
as Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter
as Dora Waren
as Helene Netzler
as Eskimo Ivigtut
as Wanda
as Margit
as Esther
as Lotte
as Thilda Wardier
as Thilda Wardier
as Lis
as Dora Brandes
as Sabine Schulze
as Jesta Schneider
as Marta
as Jesta
as Herself
as Zigeunerin Zirzi
as Wanda Petri
as Elana
as Jesta
as Ruth Breton
as Von Hessendorffs Tochter
as Nelly Panburne
as Juanita
as Jesta Müller
as Kamma
as Zidra
as Sanna
as Thekla von der Linde
as Bella Burk
as Jenny Schmidt
as Paula Müller
as Creszenz Fitzinger
as Camille
as Miss May Wolton
as Luscha
as Annie
as Stella, cirkusdanserinde
as Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne
as Jonna
as Magda Vang
Director
as Director
Producer
as Producer