Asta Nielsen
Born in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark — Sep 11 1881• Died May 25 1972
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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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Asta Nielsen's Credits
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German Film Award
Self
Joyless Street
Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
The Film in the Film
Self
The Abyss
Magda Vang
Tragedy of the Street
Auguste - Old Street Walker
The Strange Bird
Miss May Wolton
Intoxication
Henriette Mauclerc
The Fallen
Anna Grosser
Kurfürstendamm
Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria
The House by the Sea
Enricos Ehefrau Teresa
Zapata's Gang
Small Town Sinners
Selma Karchow
Navarro the Dancer
Navarro
The Merry-Go-Round
Elena
Die Macht des Goldes
Creszenz Fitzinger
Jugend und Tollheit
Jesta Müller
Roswolsky's Mistress
Mary Verhag
The Woman in Flames
Josephine
Mata Hari
Mata Hari
Earth Spirit
Lulu
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
Maria Magdalena
Comedians
Kamma
Agitated Woman
Clarina
Towards the Light
Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter
Fräulein Julie
Julie
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Self
Die Tochter der Landstrasse
Zigeunerin Zirzi
The Film Prima Donna
Ruth Breton
Athleten
Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck
Cinderella
Lotte
A Romany Spy
Zidra
The Vice of Humanity
Tamara
Hamlet
Hamlet
Die Sünden der Väter
The Suffragette
Nelly Panburne
Vanina
Vanina
The Dangerous Age
Elsie Lindtner
Steuermann Holk
Isabella Bouflon
The White Roses
Thilda Wardier
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
Das Feuer
Wanda Petri
Wandering Souls
Nastassja Baraschkowa
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
Self – Interviewee (archive footage)
Downfall
Kaja Falk
The Great Moment
Annie
Impossible Love
Vera Holgk
Frontstairs and Backstairs
Sabine Schulze
Little Angel
Jesta
Living Buddhas
Tibetanerin
Der Totentanz
Bella Burk
Poor Jenny
Jenny Schmidt
Graf Sylvains Rache
Madelaine
Die ewige Nacht
Marta
Asta Nielsen
Herself
The Black Dream
Stella, cirkusdanserinde
The General's Children
Thekla von der Linde
The ABC of Love
Lis
Battle of the Butterflies
The Queen of the Stock Exchange
Helene Netzler
The Traitress
In the Eyes of the Law
Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter
When the Mask Falls
Sanna
Das Kind ruft
Elana
Revenge of the Bandits
Brigantenbraut
The False Asta Nielsen
Herself
Gypsy Blood
Luscha
The Moth
Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne
Gypsy Blood
Jonna
The Ballet Dancer
Camille
Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone
Self (archive footage)
S1
Von Hessendorffs Tochter
Dora Brandes
Dora Brandes
Little Angel's Wedding
Jesta Schneider
Zu Tode Gehetzt
Paula Müller
The Orphanage Child
Esther
So Ends My Song
Dora Waren
Death in Seville
Juanita
In Turmoil
Margit
The Eskimo Baby
Eskimo Ivigtut
Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen
(archive footage)
The Guinea-Pig
Jesta
Eine Rose der Wildnis
Wanda
Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist
herself (archive footage)
Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen
Self (archive footage)
Asta Nielsen als Mannequin