Asta Nielsen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1881-09-11 (91 years old)

Deathday

1972-05-25

Place of Birth

Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark

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).

Acting

1925

The Joyless Street

as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)

1968

Asta Nielsen

as Herself

1910

The Abyss

as Magda Vang

2023

1918

1914

Little Angel

as Jesta

1919

Towards the Light

as Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter

1913

The Film Prima Donna

as Ruth Breton

1922

Vanina

as Vanina

1911

The Black Dream

as Stella, cirkusdanserinde

1921

Hamlet

as Hamlet

1912

Poor Jenny

as Jenny Schmidt

1912

A Romany Spy

as Zidra

1923

Downfall

as Kaja Falk

1923

2020

1932

Impossible Love

as Vera Holgk

1913

The Suffragette

as Nelly Panburne

1927

Tragedy of the Street

as Auguste - Old Street Walker

1913

S1

as Von Hessendorffs Tochter

1916

1918

The Eskimo Baby

as Eskimo Ivigtut

1911

1920

1933

Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist

as herself (archive footage)

1924

The House by the Sea

as Enricos Ehefrau Teresa

1918

In Turmoil

as Margit

1916

1919

Intoxication

as Henriette Mauclerc

1911

The Strange Bird

as Miss May Wolton

1920

Kurfürstendamm

as Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria

1926

The Fallen

as Anna Grosser

1927

The Dangerous Age

as Elsie Lindtner

1927

Small Town Sinners

as Selma Karchow

1925

Living Buddhas

as Tibetanerin

1923

1921

Wandering Souls

as Nastassja Baraschkowa

1911

Gypsy Blood

as Jonna

1911

1911

Gypsy Blood

as Luscha

1913

1912

Comedians

as Kamma

1927

Agitated Woman

as Clarina

1916

Little Angel's Wedding

as Jesta Schneider

1924

1925

Hedda Gabler

as Hedda Gabler

1923

1922

1920

Steuermann Holk

as Isabella Bouflon

1912

Der Totentanz

as Bella Burk

1925

Athleten

as Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck

1919

So Ends My Song

as Dora Waren

1922

Revenge of the Bandits

as Brigantenbraut

1912

Die Macht des Goldes

as Creszenz Fitzinger

1921

Roswolsky's Mistress

as Mary Verhag

1912

Zu Tode Gehetzt

as Paula Müller

1912

The General's Children

as Thekla von der Linde

1913

Jugend und Tollheit

as Jesta Müller

1914

1920

1916

Cinderella

as Lotte

1915

Die Tochter der Landstrasse

as Zigeunerin Zirzi

1914

Das Feuer

as Wanda Petri

1911

The Moth

as Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne

1916

1919

In the Eyes of the Law

as Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter

1916

Dora Brandes

as Dora Brandes

1917

1916

1916

The White Roses

as Thilda Wardier

1995

Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1968

Asta Nielsen

as Director

1921

Hamlet

as Producer

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