Birthday
1881/09/11
Day of death
1972/05/25 (90 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Also know as
Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen, The Silent Muse, Die Asta
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).
(2003) Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen
as (archive footage)
(1925) The Joyless Street
as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
Mata Hari
as ---
(1968) Asta Nielsen
as Herself
(1910) The Abyss
as Magda Vang
(2023) Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone
as Self (archive footage)
(1918) The Queen of the Stock Exchange
as Helene Netzler
(1914) Little Angel
as Jesta
(1919) Towards the Light
as Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter
(1913) The Film Prima Donna
as Ruth Breton
(1922) Vanina
as Vanina
(1911) The Black Dream
as Stella, cirkusdanserinde
(1921) Hamlet
as Hamlet
(1912) Poor Jenny
as Jenny Schmidt
(1912) A Romany Spy
as Zidra
(1923) Downfall
as Kaja Falk
(1923) Earth Spirit
as Lulu
(1914) Zapata's Gang
as ---
(2020) Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
as Self – Interviewee (archive footage)
(1932) Impossible Love
as Vera Holgk
(1913) The Suffragette
as Nelly Panburne
(1927) Tragedy of the Street
as Auguste - Old Street Walker
(1913) S1
as Von Hessendorffs Tochter
(1916) The ABC of Love
as Lis
(1918) The Eskimo Baby
as Eskimo Ivigtut
(1911) The Ballet Dancer
as Camille
(1920) The Merry-Go-Round
as Elena
(1933) Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist
as herself (archive footage)
(1924) The House by the Sea
as Enricos Ehefrau Teresa
(2016) Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
as Self
(1918) In Turmoil
as Margit
(1916) Frontstairs and Backstairs
as Sabine Schulze
(1919) Intoxication
as Henriette Mauclerc
(1911) The Strange Bird
as Miss May Wolton
(1920) Kurfürstendamm
as Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria
(1926) The Fallen
as Anna Grosser
(1927) The Dangerous Age
as Elsie Lindtner
(1927) Small Town Sinners
as Selma Karchow
(1925) Living Buddhas
as Tibetanerin
(1923) I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
as Maria Magdalena
(1924) The Film in the Film
as Self
(1921) Wandering Souls
as Nastassja Baraschkowa
(1927) The Vice of Humanity
as Tamara
(1911) The Traitress
as ---
(1911) Gypsy Blood
as Jonna
(1915) The False Asta Nielsen
as Herself
(1912) When the Mask Falls
as Sanna
(1927) Agitated Woman
as Clarina
(1913) Death in Seville
as Juanita
(1911) The Great Moment
as Annie
(1911) Gypsy Blood
as Luscha
(1912) Comedians
as Kamma
(1916) Little Angel's Wedding
as Jesta Schneider
(1925) Hedda Gabler
as Hedda Gabler
(1924) The Woman in Flames
as Josephine
(1923) Navarro the Dancer
as Navarro
(1922) Fräulein Julie
as Julie
(1913) Die Sünden der Väter
as ---
(1920) Steuermann Holk
as Isabella Bouflon
(1924) Battle of the Butterflies
as ---
(1912) Der Totentanz
as Bella Burk
(1925) Athleten
as Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck
(1919) So Ends My Song
as Dora Waren
(1912) Die Macht des Goldes
as Creszenz Fitzinger
(1922) Revenge of the Bandits
as Brigantenbraut
(1921) Roswolsky's Mistress
as Mary Verhag
(1920) Graf Sylvains Rache
as Madelaine
(1914) Das Feuer
as Wanda Petri
(1912) Zu Tode Gehetzt
as Paula Müller
(1913) Jugend und Tollheit
as Jesta Müller
(1912) The General's Children
as Thekla von der Linde
(1914) Das Kind ruft
as Elana
(1916) Cinderella
as Lotte
(1915) Die Tochter der Landstrasse
as Zigeunerin Zirzi
(1911) The Moth
as Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne
(1918) Eine Rose der Wildnis
as Wanda
(1916) The Guinea-Pig
as Jesta
(1919) In the Eyes of the Law
as Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter
(1916) Dora Brandes
as Dora Brandes
(1916) Die Ewige Nacht
as Marta
(1917) The Orphanage Child
as Esther
(1916) The White Roses
as Thilda Wardier
(1915) Asta Nielsen als Mannequin
as ---
(1951) Deutscher Filmpreis
as Self