Asta Nielsen
September 11, 1881 (143 years old) in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
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
Credits
- 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 · Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film as Self
- 2003 · Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen as (archive footage)
- 1968 · Asta Nielsen as Herself
- 1951 · Deutscher Filmpreis as Self
- 1943 · 12 Minuten UFA as (archive footage)
- 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 · Agitated Woman as Clarina
- 1927 · Tragedy of the Street as Auguste - Old Street Walker
- 1927 · The Vice of Humanity as Tamara
- 1926 · The Fallen as Anna Grosser
- 1925 · Living Buddhas as Tibetanerin
- 1925 · Hedda Gabler as Hedda Gabler
- 1925 · Athleten as Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck
- 1925 · The Joyless Street as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
- 1924 · The Woman in Flames as Josephine
- 1924 · Battle of the Butterflies as
- 1924 · The Film in the Film as Herself
- 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 · Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang 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 · Eine Rose der Wildnis as Wanda
- 1918 · In Turmoil as Margit
- 1917 · The Orphanage Child as Esther
- 1916 · Cinderella as Lotte
- 1916 · The White Roses as Thilda Wardier
- 1916 · The White Roses as Thilda Wardier
- 1916 · The ABC of Love as Lis
- 1916 · Dora Brandes as Dora Brandes
- 1916 · Little Angel's Wedding as Jesta Schneider
- 1916 · Frontstairs and Backstairs as Sabine Schulze
- 1916 · Die Ewige Nacht as Marta
- 1916 · The Guinea-Pig as Jesta
- 1915 · The False Asta Nielsen as Herself
- 1915 · Die Tochter der Landstrasse as Zigeunerin Zirzi
- 1914 · Das Feuer as Wanda Petri
- 1914 · Zapata's Gang as
- 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 · Die Sünden der Väter as
- 1913 · Jugend und Tollheit as Jesta Müller
- 1912 · Comedians as Kamma
- 1912 · A Romany Spy as Zidra
- 1912 · When the Mask Falls as Sanna
- 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 Traitress as
- 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
- Future · Mata Hari as