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Asta Nielsen (I) (1881–1972)

Actress | Producer | Director

Danish leading woman of German films who became one of the greatest stars of the silent era. A native of the Copenhagen suburb of Vesterbro, Nielsen was the daughter of a coppersmith and a washerwoman, both of whom died before Nielsen was fifteen. Her stage debut came as a child in the chorus of the... See full bio »

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Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen
in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark

Died:

(age 90) in Frederiksberg, Denmark
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1932 Crown of Thorns
Vera Holgk
 
1927 Das gefährliche Alter
Elsie seine Frau
 
1927 Small Town Sinners
Selma Karchow
 
1927 Gehetzte Frauen
Clarina, Tänzerin
 
1927 Dirnentragödie
Auguste - Old Street Walker
 
1927 Laster der Menschheit
Singer - Das Experiment
 
1926 The Sunken
Anna Grosser
 
1925 The Joyless Street
Maria Lechner
 
1925 Living Buddhas
Tibetanerin
 
1925 Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler, Ehefrau von Tesman
 
1925 Athleten
Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck
 
1924 Die Frau im Feuer
Josefine
 
1924 Die Schmetterlingsschlacht
Rosi Hergentheim
 
1924 Das Haus am Meer
Enricos Ehefrau Teresa
 
1923 Crown of Thorns
Maria Magdalena
 
1923 Downfall
Kaja Falk
 
1923 Erdgeist
Lulu
 
1922 Die Tänzerin Navarro
Carmencita Navarro
 
1922 Vanina oder Die Galgenhochzeit
Vanina
 
1922 Brigantenrache
Brigantenbraut
 
1922 Fräulein Julie
Julie
 
1921 Irrende Seelen
Nastassja Baraschkowa
 
1921 Die Geliebte Roswolskys
Mary Verhag
 
1921 Hamlet
Hamlet
 
1921 Cleopatra, die Herrin des Nils
 
1921 Die Büchse der Pandora
Lulu
 
1921 Die Spionin
Mata Hari
 
1920 Steuermann Holk
Lulu
 
1920 Kurfürstendamm
Girl Lissy/Mulattin/Filmstar/Koechin Maria
 
1920 Graf Sylvains Rache
Madelaine
 
1920 The Merry-Go-Round
Elena
 
1920 Die Spielerin
 
1920 Mata Hari
Mata Hari
 
1919 Nach dem Gesetz
Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter
 
1919 Rausch
Henriette Mauclerc
 
1919 Towards the Light
Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter
 
1919 Das Ende vom Liede
Dora Waren
 
1919 Lucas, Kapitel 15
 
1919 Der Idiot
 
1918 Die Börsenkönigin
Helene Netzler
 
1918 Das Eskimobaby
Eskimo Ivigtut
 
1918 Das Weisenhauskind
Esther
 
1918 Die Rose der Wildnis
Wanda
 
1918 Im Lebenswirbel
Margit
 
1917 The Brothers
 
1916/I Cinderella
Lotte
 
1916 Die weißen Rosen
Thilda Wardier
 
1916 Das Liebes-ABC
Lis
 
1916 Dora Brandes
Dora Brandes
 
1916 Engeleins Hochzeit
Jesta
 
1916 Die ewige Nacht
Marta
 
1915 The False Asta Nielsen
Die Barbierstochter Bolette
 
1915 Die Tochter der Landstraße
Zigeunerin Zirzi
 
1915 Vordertreppe - Hintertreppe
Sabine Schulze
 
1914 Das Feuer
Wanda Petri
 
1914 Zapata's Gang (short)
 
1914 Das Kind ruft
Elena
 
1914 Engelein (short)
Jesta
 
1914 Standrechtlich erschossen
 
1913 The Film Primadonna (short)
Ruth Breton
 
1913 S1 (short)
Von Hessendorffs Tochter
 
1913 Die Suffragette
Nelly Panburne
 
1913 The Toreador's Oath (short)
Juanita
 
1913 Regina
Hanna Meyer
 
1913 Lady Madcap's Way (short)
Jesta Müller
 
1913 Behind Comedy's Mask (short)
Kamma
 
1912 A Romany Spy (short)
Zidra
 
1912 Wenn die Maske fällt
Sanna
 
1912 Die Kinder des Generals
Thekla von der Linde
 
1912 The Dance to Death (short)
Bella Burk
 
1912 Zu Tode gehetzt
Paula Müller
 
1912 Poor Jenny (short)
Jenny Schmidt
 
1912 The Might of Gold
Creszenz Fitzinger
 
1911 The Traitress
Yvonne
 
1911 Balletdanserinden (short)
Camille Flavier - Actress
 
1911 Der fremde Vogel
Miss May
 
1911 Zigeunerblut (short)
Luscha
 
1911 The Great Moment
Annie
 
1911 Den sorte drøm
Stella
 
1911 The Moth
Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne
 
1911 Gipsy Blood
Jonna
 
1911 Temptations of a Great City (short)
 
1910 The Woman Always Pays (short)
Magda Vang
 
1910 Storms of Life
 
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1923 Downfall (producer)
 
1922 Fräulein Julie (producer)
 
1921 Hamlet (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1968 Asta Nielsen (documentary short)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1971 Die Asta (TV documentary)
Herself (also archive footage)
 
1968 Asta Nielsen (documentary short)
Herself
 
1925 Der Film im Film (documentary)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2004 Die Geschichte des erotischen Films (TV documentary)
 
2003 The Talking Muse (documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Digtere, divaer og dogmebrødre (TV series documentary)
 
1995 Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1958 It Only Happened Once
Herself, Asta Nielsen
 
1950 Wonderful Times (documentary)
Herself
 
1929 Rund um die Liebe
 
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