Asta Nielsen
Acting • Born 1881-09-11 – Died 1972-05-25
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).
Filmography
85 credits
Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen
Movie • 2003
(archive footage)
Joyless Street
Movie • 1925
Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
Mata Hari
Movie • 1920
Mata Hari
Asta Nielsen
Movie • 1968
Herself
The Abyss
Movie • 1910
Magda Vang
Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The Queen of the Stock Exchange
Movie • 1918
Helene Netzler
Little Angel
Movie • 1914
Jesta
Towards the Light
Movie • 1919
Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter
The Film Prima Donna
Movie • 1913
Ruth Breton
Vanina
Movie • 1922
Vanina
The Black Dream
Movie • 1911
Stella, cirkusdanserinde
Hamlet
Movie • 1921
Hamlet
Poor Jenny
Movie • 1912
Jenny Schmidt
A Romany Spy
Movie • 1912
Zidra
Downfall
Movie • 1923
Kaja Falk
Earth Spirit
Movie • 1923
Lulu
Zapata's Gang
Movie • 1914
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
Movie • 2020
Self – Interviewee (archive footage)
Impossible Love
Movie • 1932
Vera Holgk
The Suffragette
Movie • 1913
Nelly Panburne
Tragedy of the Street
Movie • 1927
Auguste - Old Street Walker
S1
Movie • 1913
Von Hessendorffs Tochter
The ABC of Love
Movie • 1916
Lis
The Eskimo Baby
Movie • 1918
Eskimo Ivigtut
The Ballet Dancer
Movie • 1911
Camille
The Merry-Go-Round
Movie • 1920
Elena
Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist
Movie • 1933
herself (archive footage)
The House by the Sea
Movie • 1924
Enricos Ehefrau Teresa
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Movie • 2016
Self
In Turmoil
Movie • 1918
Margit
Frontstairs and Backstairs
Movie • 1916
Sabine Schulze
Intoxication
Movie • 1919
Henriette Mauclerc
The Strange Bird
Movie • 1911
Miss May Wolton
Kurfürstendamm
Movie • 1920
Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria
The Fallen
Movie • 1926
Anna Grosser
The Dangerous Age
Movie • 1927
Elsie Lindtner
Small Town Sinners
Movie • 1927
Selma Karchow
Living Buddhas
Movie • 1925
Tibetanerin
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
Movie • 1923
Maria Magdalena
The Film in the Film
Movie • 1924
Self
Wandering Souls
Movie • 1921
Nastassja Baraschkowa
The Vice of Humanity
Movie • 1927
Tamara
Gypsy Blood
Movie • 1911
Jonna
The Traitress
Movie • 1911
The False Asta Nielsen
Movie • 1915
Herself
Death in Seville
Movie • 1913
Juanita
The Great Moment
Movie • 1911
Annie
Little Angel's Wedding
Movie • 1916
Jesta Schneider
The Woman in Flames
Movie • 1924
Josephine
Agitated Woman
Movie • 1927
Clarina
Gypsy Blood
Movie • 1911
Luscha
When the Mask Falls
Movie • 1912
Sanna
Comedians
Movie • 1912
Kamma
Hedda Gabler
Movie • 1925
Hedda Gabler
Navarro the Dancer
Movie • 1923
Navarro
Fräulein Julie
Movie • 1922
Julie
Die Sünden der Väter
Movie • 1913
Steuermann Holk
Movie • 1920
Isabella Bouflon
Battle of the Butterflies
Movie • 1924
Der Totentanz
Movie • 1912
Bella Burk
Athleten
Movie • 1925
Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck
So Ends My Song
Movie • 1919
Dora Waren
Revenge of the Bandits
Movie • 1922
Brigantenbraut
Die Macht des Goldes
Movie • 1912
Creszenz Fitzinger
Roswolsky's Mistress
Movie • 1921
Mary Verhag
Cinderella
Movie • 1916
Lotte
Die Tochter der Landstrasse
Movie • 1915
Zigeunerin Zirzi
The General's Children
Movie • 1912
Thekla von der Linde
Das Kind ruft
Movie • 1914
Elana
Graf Sylvains Rache
Movie • 1920
Madelaine
Zu Tode Gehetzt
Movie • 1912
Paula Müller
Das Feuer
Movie • 1914
Wanda Petri
Jugend und Tollheit
Movie • 1913
Jesta Müller
The Moth
Movie • 1911
Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne
Die ewige Nacht
Movie • 1916
Marta
Dora Brandes
Movie • 1916
Dora Brandes
Eine Rose der Wildnis
Movie • 1918
Wanda
The Guinea-Pig
Movie • 1916
Jesta
In the Eyes of the Law
Movie • 1919
Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter
The Orphanage Child
Movie • 1917
Esther
The White Roses
Movie • 1916
Thilda Wardier
Asta Nielsen als Mannequin
Movie • 1915
Die Asta - portræt af Asta Nielsen
Movie • 1995
Self (archive footage)
German Film Award
TV • 1951
Self