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Asta Nielsen

Asta Nielsen
  • Name: Asta Nielsen
  • Birthday: 1881-09-11
  • Also known as: Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen,The Silent Muse,Die Asta
  • Place of birth: Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Popularity: 0.846
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).

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Title Release date
Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone   as  Self (archive footage) 2023-10-29
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema   as  Self – Interviewee (archive footage) 2020-10-14
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film   as  Self 2016-07-18
Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen   as  (archive footage) 2003-08-12
Asta Nielsen   as  Herself 1968-07-12
12 Minuten UFA   as  (archive footage) 1943-01-01
Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist   as  herself (archive footage) 1933-01-01
Impossible Love   as  Vera Holgk 1932-12-23
The Dangerous Age   as  Elsie Lindtner 1927-11-17
Small Town Sinners   as  Selma Karchow 1927-09-12
Agitated Woman   as  Clarina 1927-08-19
Tragedy of the Street   as  Auguste - Old Street Walker 1927-04-14
The Vice of Humanity   as  Tamara 1927-04-05
The Fallen   as  Anna Grosser 1926-01-18
Living Buddhas   as  Tibetanerin 1925-05-11
Hedda Gabler   as  Hedda Gabler 1925-03-30
Athleten   as  Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck 1925-03-18
The Joyless Street   as  Maria Lechner (Mizzi) 1925-03-01
The Woman in Flames   as  Josephine 1924-12-28
Battle of the Butterflies 1924-11-14
The Film in the Film   as  Herself 1924-06-26
The House by the Sea   as  Enricos Ehefrau Teresa 1924-01-01
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity   as  Maria Magdalena 1923-12-24
Downfall   as  Kaja Falk 1923-05-16
Navarro the Dancer   as  Navarro 1923-04-02
Earth Spirit   as  Lulu 1923-02-22
Vanina   as  Vanina 1922-10-05
Revenge of the Bandits   as  Brigantenbraut 1922-02-17
Fräulein Julie   as  Julie 1922-01-02
Wandering Souls   as  Nastassja Baraschkowa 1921-11-28
Roswolsky's Mistress   as  Mary Verhag 1921-09-02
Hamlet   as  Hamlet 1921-01-27
Steuermann Holk   as  Isabella Bouflon 1920-11-14
Kurfürstendamm   as  Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria 1920-07-29
Graf Sylvains Rache   as  Madelaine 1920-03-05
Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang   as  Elena 1920-02-27
In the Eyes of the Law   as  Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter 1919-09-26
Intoxication   as  Henriette Mauclerc 1919-08-01
Towards the Light   as  Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter 1919-07-30
So Ends My Song   as  Dora Waren 1919-06-18
The Queen of the Stock Exchange   as  Helene Netzler 1918-05-23
The Eskimo Baby   as  Eskimo Ivigtut 1918-04-04
Eine Rose der Wildnis   as  Wanda 1918-02-27
In Turmoil   as  Margit 1918-01-28
The Orphanage Child   as  Esther 1917-01-01
Cinderella   as  Lotte 1916-12-01
The White Roses   as  Thilda Wardier 1916-10-23
The White Roses   as  Thilda Wardier 1916-10-22
Dora Brandes   as  Dora Brandes 1916-08-16
The ABC of Love   as  Lis 1916-08-16
Little Angel's Wedding   as  Jesta Schneider 1916-03-24
Frontstairs and Backstairs   as  Sabine Schulze 1916-03-24
Die Ewige Nacht   as  Marta 1916-02-11
The Guinea-Pig   as  Jesta 1916-01-01
The False Asta Nielsen   as  Herself 1915-12-10
Die Tochter der Landstrasse   as  Zigeunerin Zirzi 1915-10-08
Das Feuer   as  Wanda Petri 1914-03-27
Zapata's Gang 1914-02-27
Das Kind ruft   as  Elana 1914-02-06
Little Angel   as  Jesta 1914-01-03
The Film Prima Donna   as  Ruth Breton 1913-12-06
S1   as  Von Hessendorffs Tochter 1913-11-15
The Suffragette   as  Nelly Panburne 1913-09-12
Death in Seville   as  Juanita 1913-03-26
Die Sünden der Väter 1913-02-28
Jugend und Tollheit   as  Jesta Müller 1913-01-03
Comedians   as  Kamma 1912-12-19
A Romany Spy   as  Zidra 1912-11-28
When the Mask Falls   as  Sanna 1912-11-01
The General's Children   as  Thekla von der Linde 1912-10-05
Der Totentanz   as  Bella Burk 1912-09-07
Poor Jenny   as  Jenny Schmidt 1912-03-02
Zu Tode Gehetzt   as  Paula Müller 1912-03-01
Die Macht des Goldes   as  Creszenz Fitzinger 1912-02-03
The Traitress 1911-12-09
The Ballet Dancer   as  Camille 1911-11-16
The Strange Bird   as  Miss May Wolton 1911-11-03
Gypsy Blood   as  Luscha 1911-10-08
The Great Moment   as  Annie 1911-09-16
The Black Dream   as  Stella, cirkusdanserinde 1911-09-04
The Moth   as  Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne 1911-05-13
Gypsy Blood   as  Jonna 1911-04-11
The Abyss   as  Magda Vang 1910-09-12