Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1881-09-11 (91 years old)
Deathday
1972-05-25
Place of Birth
Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Also known As
Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen
The Silent Muse
Die Asta
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).
2003
as (archive footage)
1925
as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
1968
as Herself
1910
as Magda Vang
2023
as Self (archive footage)
1918
as Helene Netzler
1914
as Jesta
1919
as Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter
1913
as Ruth Breton
1922
as Vanina
1911
as Stella, cirkusdanserinde
1921
as Hamlet
1912
as Jenny Schmidt
1912
as Zidra
1923
as Kaja Falk
1923
as Lulu
1914
2020
as Self – Interviewee (archive footage)
1932
as Vera Holgk
1913
as Nelly Panburne
1927
as Auguste - Old Street Walker
1913
as Von Hessendorffs Tochter
1916
as Lis
1918
as Eskimo Ivigtut
1911
as Camille
1920
as Elena
1933
as herself (archive footage)
1924
as Enricos Ehefrau Teresa
2016
1918
as Margit
1916
as Sabine Schulze
1919
as Henriette Mauclerc
1911
as Miss May Wolton
1920
as Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria
1926
as Anna Grosser
1927
as Elsie Lindtner
1927
as Selma Karchow
1925
as Tibetanerin
1923
as Maria Magdalena
1924
as Self
1921
as Nastassja Baraschkowa
1927
as Tamara
1911
1911
as Jonna
1915
as Herself
1911
as Annie
1911
as Luscha
1913
as Juanita
1912
as Sanna
1912
as Kamma
1927
as Clarina
1916
as Jesta Schneider
1924
as Josephine
1925
as Hedda Gabler
1923
as Navarro
1922
as Julie
1920
as Isabella Bouflon
1912
as Bella Burk
1925
as Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck
1919
as Dora Waren
1922
as Brigantenbraut
1912
as Creszenz Fitzinger
1921
as Mary Verhag
1912
as Paula Müller
1912
as Thekla von der Linde
1913
as Jesta Müller
1914
as Elana
1920
as Madelaine
1916
as Lotte
1915
as Zigeunerin Zirzi
1914
as Wanda Petri
1911
as Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne
1916
as Marta
1919
as Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter
1916
as Dora Brandes
1917
as Esther
1918
as Wanda
1916
as Jesta
1916
as Thilda Wardier
1995
as Self (archive footage)
1968
as Director
1921
as Producer
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