Asta Nielsen

Asta Nielsen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

11/09/1881

Day of Death

25/05/1972
(91) years old

Place of Birth

Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark

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 look... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1995

Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen

as Self (archive footage)

1927

Agitated Woman

as Clarina

1925

Hedda Gabler

as Hedda Gabler

1925

Athleten

as Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck

1925

The Joyless Street

as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)

2023

Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone

as Self (archive footage)

2020

Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The Histor...

as Self – Interviewee (archive footage)

1968

Asta Nielsen

as Herself

1933

Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist

as herself (archive footage)

1932

Impossible Love

as Vera Holgk

1927

The Dangerous Age

as Elsie Lindtner

1927

Small Town Sinners

as Selma Karchow

1927

Tragedy of the Street

as Auguste - Old Street Walker

1926

The Fallen

as Anna Grosser

1925

Living Buddhas

as Tibetanerin

1924

The Woman in Flames

as Josephine

1924

The House by the Sea

as Enricos Ehefrau Teresa

1923

I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity

as Maria Magdalena

1923

Downfall

as Kaja Falk

1923

Navarro the Dancer

as Navarro

1923

Earth Spirit

as Lulu

1922

Vanina

as Vanina

1922

Revenge of the Bandits

as Brigantenbraut

1922

Fräulein Julie

as Julie

1921

Wandering Souls

as Nastassja Baraschkowa

1921

Roswolsky's Mistress

as Mary Verhag

1921

Hamlet

as Hamlet

1920

Steuermann Holk

as Isabella Bouflon

1920

Kurfürstendamm

as Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria

1920

Graf Sylvains Rache

as Madelaine

1920

The Merry-Go-Round

as Elena

1919

In the Eyes of the Law

as Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter

1919

Intoxication

as Henriette Mauclerc

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

The Eskimo Baby

as Eskimo Ivigtut

1918

In Turmoil

as Margit

1917

The Orphanage Child

as Esther

1916

Cinderella

as Lotte

1916

The White Roses

as Thilda Wardier

1916

The ABC of Love

as Lis

1916

Dora Brandes

as Dora Brandes

1916

Frontstairs and Backstairs

as Sabine Schulze

1916

Little Angel's Wedding

as Jesta Schneider

1916

Die Ewige Nacht

as Marta

1916

The Guinea-Pig

as Jesta

1915

Die Tochter der Landstrasse

as Zigeunerin Zirzi

1914

Das Feuer

as Wanda Petri

1914

Das Kind ruft

as Elana

1914

Little Angel

as Jesta

1913

The Film Prima Donna

as Ruth Breton

1913

S1

as Von Hessendorffs Tochter

1913

The Suffragette

as Nelly Panburne

1913

Death in Seville

as Juanita

1913

Jugend und Tollheit

as Jesta Müller

1912

Comedians

as Kamma

1912

A Romany Spy

as Zidra

1912

The General's Children

as Thekla von der Linde

1912

Der Totentanz

as Bella Burk

1912

Poor Jenny

as Jenny Schmidt

1912

Zu Tode Gehetzt

as Paula Müller

1912

Die Macht des Goldes

as Creszenz Fitzinger

1911

The Ballet Dancer

as Camille

1911

The Strange Bird

as Miss May Wolton

1911

Gypsy Blood

as Luscha

1911

The Great Moment

as Annie

1911

The Black Dream

as Stella, cirkusdanserinde

1911

The Moth

as Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne

1911

Gypsy Blood

as Jonna

1910

The Abyss

as Magda Vang

Crew

1968

Asta Nielsen

as Director

1921

Hamlet

as Producer