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