Asta Nielsen
Age: N/A | From: Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen , The Silent Muse , Die Asta
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 77
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
Deutscher Filmpreis
(1951) Self
Joyless Street
(1925) Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone
(2023) Self (archive footage)
Hamlet
(1921) Hamlet
Earth Spirit
(1923) Lulu
Impossible Love
(1932) Vera Holgk
The Abyss
(1910) Magda Vang
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
(1923) Maria MagdalenaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | Self – Interviewee (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Self | |
| 2003 | (archive footage) | |
| 1968 | Herself | |
| 1951 | Self | |
| 1933 | herself (archive footage) | |
| 1932 | Vera Holgk | |
| 1927 | Elsie Lindtner | |
| Selma Karchow | ||
| Clarina | ||
| Auguste - Old Street Walker | ||
| Tamara | ||
| 1926 | Anna Grosser | |
| 1925 | Tibetanerin | |
| Hedda Gabler | ||
| Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck | ||
| Maria Lechner (Mizzi) | ||
| 1924 | Josephine | |
| N/A | ||
| Herself | ||
| Enricos Ehefrau Teresa | ||
| 1923 | Maria Magdalena | |
| Kaja Falk | ||
| Navarro | ||
| Lulu | ||
| 1922 | Vanina | |
| Brigantenbraut | ||
| Julie | ||
| 1921 | Nastassja Baraschkowa | |
| Mary Verhag | ||
| Hamlet | ||
| 1920 | Isabella Bouflon | |
| Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria | ||
| Madelaine | ||
| Elena | ||
| 1919 | Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter | |
| Henriette Mauclerc | ||
| Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter | ||
| Dora Waren | ||
| 1918 | Helene Netzler | |
| Eskimo Ivigtut | ||
| Wanda | ||
| Margit | ||
| 1917 | Esther | |
| 1916 | Lotte | |
| Thilda Wardier | ||
| Thilda Wardier | ||
| Lis | ||
| Dora Brandes | ||
| Sabine Schulze | ||
| Jesta Schneider | ||
| Marta | ||
| Jesta | ||
| 1915 | Herself | |
| Zigeunerin Zirzi | ||
| 1914 | Wanda Petri | |
| N/A | ||
| Elana | ||
| Jesta | ||
| 1913 | Ruth Breton | |
| Von Hessendorffs Tochter | ||
| Nelly Panburne | ||
| Juanita | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jesta Müller | ||
| 1912 | Kamma | |
| Zidra | ||
| Sanna | ||
| Thekla von der Linde | ||
| Bella Burk | ||
| Jenny Schmidt | ||
| Paula Müller | ||
| Creszenz Fitzinger | ||
| 1911 | N/A | |
| Camille | ||
| Miss May Wolton | ||
| Luscha | ||
| Annie | ||
| Stella, cirkusdanserinde | ||
| Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne | ||
| Jonna | ||
| 1910 | Magda Vang | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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