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

2023
Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone

as Self (archive footage)

2020
1968
Asta Nielsen

as Herself

1943
12 Minuten UFA

as (archive footage)

1933
Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist

as herself (archive footage)

1932
Impossible Love

as Vera Holgk

1927
The Dangerous Age

as Elsie Lindtner

1927
Small Town Sinners

as Selma Karchow

1927
Agitated Woman

as Clarina

1927
Tragedy of the Street

as Auguste - Old Street Walker

1927
1926
The Fallen

as Anna Grosser

1925
Living Buddhas

as Tibetanerin

1925
Hedda Gabler

as Hedda Gabler

1925
Athleten

as Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck

1925
The Joyless Street

as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)

1924
The Woman in Flames

as Josephine

1924
1924
The House by the Sea

as Enricos Ehefrau Teresa

1923
1923
Downfall

as Kaja Falk

1923
1923
Earth Spirit

as Lulu

1922
Vanina

as Vanina

1922
Revenge of the Bandits

as Brigantenbraut

1922
1921
Wandering Souls

as Nastassja Baraschkowa

1921
Roswolsky's Mistress

as Mary Verhag

1921
Hamlet

as Hamlet

1920
Steuermann Holk

as Isabella Bouflon

1920
Kurfürstendamm

as Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria

1920
Graf Sylvains Rache

as Madelaine

1919
In the Eyes of the Law

as Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter

1919
Intoxication

as Henriette Mauclerc

1919
Towards the Light

as Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter

1919
So Ends My Song

as Dora Waren

1918
1918
The Eskimo Baby

as Eskimo Ivigtut

1918
In Turmoil

as Margit

1917
1916
Cinderella

as Lotte

1916
The White Roses

as Thilda Wardier

1916
The White Roses

as Thilda Wardier

1916
1916
Dora Brandes

as Dora Brandes

1916
Frontstairs and Backstairs

as Sabine Schulze

1916
Little Angel's Wedding

as Jesta Schneider

1916
1916
1915
1915
Die Tochter der Landstrasse

as Zigeunerin Zirzi

1914
Das Feuer

as Wanda Petri

1914
Das Kind ruft

as Elana

1914
Little Angel

as Jesta

1913
The Film Prima Donna

as Ruth Breton

1913
S1

as Von Hessendorffs Tochter

1913
The Suffragette

as Nelly Panburne

1913
Death in Seville

as Juanita

1913
Jugend und Tollheit

as Jesta Müller

1912
Comedians

as Kamma

1912
A Romany Spy

as Zidra

1912
1912
The General's Children

as Thekla von der Linde

1912
Der Totentanz

as Bella Burk

1912
Poor Jenny

as Jenny Schmidt

1912
Zu Tode Gehetzt

as Paula Müller

1912
Die Macht des Goldes

as Creszenz Fitzinger

1911
1911
The Strange Bird

as Miss May Wolton

1911
Gypsy Blood

as Luscha

1911
1911
The Black Dream

as Stella, cirkusdanserinde

1911
The Moth

as Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne

1911
Gypsy Blood

as Jonna

1910
The Abyss

as Magda Vang

Director

1968
Asta Nielsen

as Director

Producer

1921
Hamlet

as Producer