Portrait of Asta Nielsen

Asta Nielsen

Acting

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).

Born: September 11, 1881

Place of Birth: Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark

Filmography

2023
2020
1995
Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen

as Self (archive footage)

1968
Asta Nielsen

as Herself

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

1926
The Fallen

as Anna Grosser

1925
Living Buddhas

as Tibetanerin

1925
Hedda Gabler

as Hedda Gabler

1925
The Joyless Street

as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)

1924
1923
1923
Downfall

as Kaja Falk

1923
1923
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
1920
Mata Hari

as Mata Hari

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
The Eskimo Baby

as Eskimo Ivigtut

1916
Cinderella

as Lotte

1916
The White Roses

as Thilda Wardier

1916
1916
Dora Brandes

as Dora Brandes

1916
1916
Little Angel's Wedding

as Jesta Schneider

1916
1915
Die Tochter der Landstrasse

as Zigeunerin Zirzi

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
1913
Jugend und Tollheit

as Jesta Müller

1912
Comedians

as Kamma

1912
A Romany Spy

as Zidra

1912
Der Totentanz

as Bella Burk

1912
Poor Jenny

as Jenny Schmidt

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

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