Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 11, 1881
Place of Birth:
Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema | Self – Interviewee (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film | Self |
| 2003 | Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen | (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | Asta Nielsen | Herself |
| 1933 | Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist | herself (archive footage) |
| 1932 | Impossible Love | Vera Holgk |
| 1927 | Tragedy of the Street | Auguste - Old Street Walker |
| 1927 | The Dangerous Age | Elsie Lindtner |
| 1927 | Small Town Sinners | Selma Karchow |
| 1927 | The Vice of Humanity | Tamara |
| 1927 | Agitated Woman | Clarina |
| 1926 | The Fallen | Anna Grosser |
| 1925 | The Joyless Street | Maria Lechner (Mizzi) |
| 1925 | Living Buddhas | Tibetanerin |
| 1925 | Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler |
| 1925 | Athleten | Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck |
| 1924 | The House by the Sea | Enricos Ehefrau Teresa |
| 1924 | The Film in the Film | Self |
| 1924 | The Woman in Flames | Josephine |
| 1924 | Battle of the Butterflies | |
| 1923 | Downfall | Kaja Falk |
| 1923 | Earth Spirit | Lulu |
| 1923 | I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity | Maria Magdalena |
| 1923 | Navarro the Dancer | Navarro |
| 1922 | Vanina | Vanina |
| 1922 | Fräulein Julie | Julie |
| 1922 | Revenge of the Bandits | Brigantenbraut |
| 1921 | Hamlet | Hamlet |
| 1921 | Wandering Souls | Nastassja Baraschkowa |
| 1921 | Roswolsky's Mistress | Mary Verhag |
| 1920 | The Merry-Go-Round | Elena |
| 1920 | Kurfürstendamm | Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria |
| 1920 | Steuermann Holk | Isabella Bouflon |
| 1920 | Graf Sylvains Rache | Madelaine |
| 1919 | Towards the Light | Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter |
| 1919 | Intoxication | Henriette Mauclerc |
| 1919 | So Ends My Song | Dora Waren |
| 1919 | In the Eyes of the Law | Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter |
| 1918 | The Queen of the Stock Exchange | Helene Netzler |
| 1918 | The Eskimo Baby | Eskimo Ivigtut |
| 1918 | In Turmoil | Margit |
| 1918 | Eine Rose der Wildnis | Wanda |
| 1917 | The Orphanage Child | Esther |
| 1916 | The ABC of Love | Lis |
| 1916 | Frontstairs and Backstairs | Sabine Schulze |
| 1916 | Little Angel's Wedding | Jesta Schneider |
| 1916 | Cinderella | Lotte |
| 1916 | Die Ewige Nacht | Marta |
| 1916 | Dora Brandes | Dora Brandes |
| 1916 | The Guinea-Pig | Jesta |
| 1916 | The White Roses | Thilda Wardier |
| 1915 | The False Asta Nielsen | Herself |
| 1915 | Die Tochter der Landstrasse | Zigeunerin Zirzi |
| 1915 | Asta Nielsen als Mannequin | |
| 1914 | Little Angel | Jesta |
| 1914 | Zapata's Gang | |
| 1914 | Das Kind ruft | Elana |
| 1914 | Das Feuer | Wanda Petri |
| 1913 | The Film Prima Donna | Ruth Breton |
| 1913 | The Suffragette | Nelly Panburne |
| 1913 | S1 | Von Hessendorffs Tochter |
| 1913 | Death in Seville | Juanita |
| 1913 | Die Sünden der Väter | |
| 1913 | Jugend und Tollheit | Jesta Müller |
| 1912 | Poor Jenny | Jenny Schmidt |
| 1912 | A Romany Spy | Zidra |
| 1912 | When the Mask Falls | Sanna |
| 1912 | Comedians | Kamma |
| 1912 | Der Totentanz | Bella Burk |
| 1912 | Die Macht des Goldes | Creszenz Fitzinger |
| 1912 | The General's Children | Thekla von der Linde |
| 1912 | Zu Tode Gehetzt | Paula Müller |
| 1911 | The Black Dream | Stella, cirkusdanserinde |
| 1911 | The Ballet Dancer | Camille |
| 1911 | The Strange Bird | Miss May Wolton |
| 1911 | Gypsy Blood | Jonna |
| 1911 | The Traitress | |
| 1911 | The Great Moment | Annie |
| 1911 | Gypsy Blood | Luscha |
| 1911 | The Moth | Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne |
| 1910 | The Abyss | Magda Vang |
| Mata Hari |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Deutscher Filmpreis | Self |