Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1881-09-11

Deathday

1972-05-25 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark

Also Known As

Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen
The Silent Muse
Die Asta

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).

Known For

6.3%

The Abyss

Sep 12, 1910

6.9%

The Joyless Street

Mar 1, 1925

7.1%

Hamlet

Jan 27, 1921

4.7%

The Black Dream

Sep 4, 1911

5.9%

Little Angel

Jan 3, 1914

6.4%

Poor Jenny

Mar 2, 1912

5.8%

Tragedy of the Street

Apr 14, 1927

5.1%

I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity

Dec 24, 1923

5.2%

Vanina

Oct 5, 1922

5.5%

Earth Spirit

Feb 22, 1923

4.6%

The Suffragette

Sep 12, 1913

6.1%

The ABC of Love

Aug 16, 1916

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Acting

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Mata Hari

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)

1995

Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen as Self (archive footage)

1968

Asta Nielsen as Herself

1951

Deutscher Filmpreis as Self

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
1924		The Film in the Film as Self
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		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 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		The False Asta Nielsen as Herself
1915		Die Tochter der Landstrasse as Zigeunerin Zirzi
1915		Asta Nielsen als Mannequin

1914		Das Feuer as Wanda Petri
1914		Zapata's Gang
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
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
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

Directing

1968

Asta Nielsen as Director

Production

1921

Hamlet as Producer