Asta Nielsen
Birthday: 1881-09-11
Deathday: 1972-05-25
Birthplace: Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
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).
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | |
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Mata Hari | ||
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1932-12-23 | Impossible Love | Vera Holgk |
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1927-11-17 | The Dangerous Age | Elsie Lindtner |
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1927-09-12 | Small Town Sinners | Selma Karchow |
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1927-08-19 | Agitated Woman | Clarina |
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1927-04-14 | Tragedy of the Street | Auguste - Old Street Walker |
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1927-04-05 | The Vice of Humanity | Tamara |
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1926-01-18 | The Fallen | Anna Grosser |
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1925-05-11 | Living Buddhas | Tibetanerin |
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1925-03-30 | Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler |
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1925-03-18 | Athleten | Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck |
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1925-03-01 | The Joyless Street | Maria Lechner (Mizzi) |
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1924-12-28 | The Woman in Flames | Josephine |
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1924-11-14 | Battle of the Butterflies | |
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1924-01-01 | The House by the Sea | Enricos Ehefrau Teresa |
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1923-12-24 | I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity | Maria Magdalena |
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1923-05-16 | Downfall | Kaja Falk |
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1923-04-02 | Navarro the Dancer | Navarro |
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1923-02-22 | Earth Spirit | Lulu |
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1922-10-05 | Vanina | Vanina |
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1922-02-17 | Revenge of the Bandits | Brigantenbraut |
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1922-01-02 | Fräulein Julie | Julie |
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1921-11-28 | Wandering Souls | Nastassja Baraschkowa |
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1921-09-02 | Roswolsky's Mistress | Mary Verhag |
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1921-01-27 | Hamlet | Hamlet |
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1920-11-14 | Steuermann Holk | Isabella Bouflon |
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1920-07-29 | Kurfürstendamm | Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria |
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1920-03-05 | Graf Sylvains Rache | Madelaine |
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1920-02-27 | The Merry-Go-Round | Elena |
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1919-09-26 | In the Eyes of the Law | Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter |
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1919-08-01 | Intoxication | Henriette Mauclerc |
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1919-07-30 | Towards the Light | Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter |
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1919-06-18 | So Ends My Song | Dora Waren |
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1918-05-23 | The Queen of the Stock Exchange | Helene Netzler |
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1918-04-04 | The Eskimo Baby | Eskimo Ivigtut |
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1918-02-27 | Eine Rose der Wildnis | Wanda |
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1918-01-28 | In Turmoil | Margit |
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1917-01-01 | The Orphanage Child | Esther |
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1916-12-01 | Cinderella | Lotte |
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1916-10-23 | The White Roses | Thilda Wardier |
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1916-08-16 | The ABC of Love | Lis |
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1916-08-16 | Dora Brandes | Dora Brandes |
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1916-03-24 | Frontstairs and Backstairs | Sabine Schulze |
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1916-03-24 | Little Angel's Wedding | Jesta Schneider |
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1916-02-11 | Die Ewige Nacht | Marta |
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1916-01-01 | The Guinea-Pig | Jesta |
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1915-10-08 | Die Tochter der Landstrasse | Zigeunerin Zirzi |
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1915-01-01 | Asta Nielsen als Mannequin | |
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1914-03-27 | Das Feuer | Wanda Petri |
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1914-02-27 | Zapata's Gang | |
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1914-02-06 | Das Kind ruft | Elana |
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1914-01-03 | Little Angel | Jesta |
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1913-12-06 | The Film Prima Donna | Ruth Breton |
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1913-11-15 | S1 | Von Hessendorffs Tochter |
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1913-09-12 | The Suffragette | Nelly Panburne |
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1913-03-26 | Death in Seville | Juanita |
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1913-02-28 | Die Sünden der Väter | |
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1913-01-03 | Jugend und Tollheit | Jesta Müller |
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1912-12-19 | Comedians | Kamma |
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1912-11-28 | A Romany Spy | Zidra |
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1912-11-01 | When the Mask Falls | Sanna |
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1912-10-05 | The General's Children | Thekla von der Linde |
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1912-09-07 | Der Totentanz | Bella Burk |
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1912-03-02 | Poor Jenny | Jenny Schmidt |
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1912-03-01 | Zu Tode Gehetzt | Paula Müller |
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1912-02-03 | Die Macht des Goldes | Creszenz Fitzinger |
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1911-12-09 | The Traitress | |
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1911-11-16 | The Ballet Dancer | Camille |
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1911-11-03 | The Strange Bird | Miss May Wolton |
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1911-10-08 | Gypsy Blood | Luscha |
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1911-09-16 | The Great Moment | Annie |
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1911-09-04 | The Black Dream | Stella, cirkusdanserinde |
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1911-05-13 | The Moth | Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne |
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1911-04-11 | Gypsy Blood | Jonna |
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1910-09-12 | The Abyss | Magda Vang |