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