Asta Nielsen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1881-09-11
Day of Death
1972-05-25 (90 years old)
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
(2023)
Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
as Self – Interviewee (archive footage)
(2016)
(2003)
Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen
as (archive footage)
(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)
Small Town Sinners
as Selma Karchow
(1927)
Tragedy of the Street
as Auguste - Old Street Walker
(1927)
The Vice of Humanity
as Tamara
(1927)
Agitated Woman
as Clarina
(1927)
The Dangerous Age
as Elsie Lindtner
(1926)
The Fallen
as Anna Grosser
(1925)
Hedda Gabler
as Hedda Gabler
(1925)
Athleten
as Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck
(1925)
The Joyless Street
as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
(1925)
Living Buddhas
as Tibetanerin
(1924)
(1924)
The House by the Sea
as Enricos Ehefrau Teresa
(1924)
The Film in the Film
as Self
(1924)
The Woman in Flames
as Josephine
(1923)
Earth Spirit
as Lulu
(1923)
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
as Maria Magdalena
(1923)
Downfall
as Kaja Falk
(1923)
Navarro the Dancer
as Navarro
(1922)
Vanina
as Vanina
(1922)
Fräulein Julie
as Julie
(1922)
Revenge of the Bandits
as Brigantenbraut
(1921)
Hamlet
as Hamlet
(1921)
Wandering Souls
as Nastassja Baraschkowa
(1921)
Roswolsky's Mistress
as Mary Verhag
(1920)
Kurfürstendamm
as Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria
(1920)
Graf Sylvains Rache
as Madelaine
(1920)
Steuermann Holk
as Isabella Bouflon
(1920)
The Merry-Go-Round
as Elena
(1920)
Mata Hari
as Mata Hari
(1919)
Intoxication
as Henriette Mauclerc
(1919)
Towards the Light
as Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter
(1919)
In the Eyes of the Law
as Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter
(1919)
So Ends My Song
as Dora Waren
(1918)
In Turmoil
as Margit
(1918)
The Queen of the Stock Exchange
as Helene Netzler
(1918)
Eine Rose der Wildnis
as Wanda
(1918)
The Eskimo Baby
as Eskimo Ivigtut
(1917)
The Orphanage Child
as Esther
(1916)
Die Ewige Nacht
as Marta
(1916)
Cinderella
as Lotte
(1916)
The Guinea-Pig
as Jesta
(1916)
Dora Brandes
as Dora Brandes
(1916)
Little Angel's Wedding
as Jesta Schneider
(1916)
The ABC of Love
as Lis
(1916)
Frontstairs and Backstairs
as Sabine Schulze
(1916)
The White Roses
as Thilda Wardier
(1915)
Die Tochter der Landstrasse
as Zigeunerin Zirzi
(1915)
The False Asta Nielsen
as Herself
(1915)
(1914)
Das Feuer
as Wanda Petri
(1914)
Das Kind ruft
as Elana
(1914)
(1914)
Little Angel
as Jesta
(1913)
The Film Prima Donna
as Ruth Breton
(1913)
The Suffragette
as Nelly Panburne
(1913)
Jugend und Tollheit
as Jesta Müller
(1913)
Death in Seville
as Juanita
(1913)
(1913)
S1
as Von Hessendorffs Tochter
(1912)
Comedians
as Kamma
(1912)
Poor Jenny
as Jenny Schmidt
(1912)
Die Macht des Goldes
as Creszenz Fitzinger
(1912)
The General's Children
as Thekla von der Linde
(1912)
Zu Tode Gehetzt
as Paula Müller
(1912)
When the Mask Falls
as Sanna
(1912)
A Romany Spy
as Zidra
(1912)
Der Totentanz
as Bella Burk
(1911)
The Ballet Dancer
as Camille
(1911)
Gypsy Blood
as Luscha
(1911)
The Moth
as Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne
(1911)
Gypsy Blood
as Jonna
(1911)
The Black Dream
as Stella, cirkusdanserinde
(1911)
The Strange Bird
as Miss May Wolton
(1911)
(1911)
The Great Moment
as Annie
(1910)
The Abyss
as Magda Vang
Crew
(1968)
Asta Nielsen
Director
(1921)
Hamlet
Producer