Asta Nielsen

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: Acting

Born: Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1881-09-11

Died: 1972-05-25

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1910	The Abyss	Magda Vang	63
2	1911	Gypsy Blood	Jonna	0
3	1911	The Moth	Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne	0
4	1911	The Black Dream	Stella, cirkusdanserinde	47
5	1911	The Great Moment	Annie	10
6	1911	Gypsy Blood	Luscha	0
7	1911	The Strange Bird	Miss May Wolton	35
8	1911	The Ballet Dancer	Camille	46
9	1911	The Traitress		44
10	1912	Die Macht des Goldes	Creszenz Fitzinger	0
11	1912	Zu Tode Gehetzt	Paula Müller	0
12	1912	Poor Jenny	Jenny Schmidt	64
13	1912	Der Totentanz	Bella Burk	50
14	1912	The General's Children	Thekla von der Linde	0
15	1912	When the Mask Falls	Sanna	0
16	1912	A Romany Spy	Zidra	58
17	1912	Comedians	Kamma	0
18	1913	Jugend und Tollheit	Jesta Müller	0
19	1913	Die Sünden der Väter		0
20	1913	Death in Seville	Juanita	0
21	1913	The Suffragette	Nelly Panburne	46
22	1913	S1	Von Hessendorffs Tochter	75
23	1913	The Film Prima Donna	Ruth Breton	55
24	1914	Little Angel	Jesta	59
25	1914	Das Kind ruft	Elana	0
26	1914	Zapata's Gang		60
27	1914	Das Feuer	Wanda Petri	0
28	1915	Asta Nielsen als Mannequin		0
29	1915	Die Tochter der Landstrasse	Zigeunerin Zirzi	0
30	1915	The False Asta Nielsen	Herself	100
31	1916	The Guinea-Pig	Jesta	50
32	1916	Die Ewige Nacht	Marta	0
33	1916	Frontstairs and Backstairs	Sabine Schulze	0
34	1916	Little Angel's Wedding	Jesta Schneider	0
35	1916	The ABC of Love	Lis	61
36	1916	Dora Brandes	Dora Brandes	0
37	1916	The White Roses	Thilda Wardier	0
38	1916	Cinderella	Lotte	0
39	1917	The Orphanage Child	Esther	0
40	1918	In Turmoil	Margit	55
41	1918	Eine Rose der Wildnis	Wanda	0
42	1918	The Eskimo Baby	Eskimo Ivigtut	55
43	1918	The Queen of the Stock Exchange	Helene Netzler	57
44	1919	So Ends My Song	Dora Waren	0
45	1919	Towards the Light	Komtesse Ysabel, grevindens datter	57
46	1919	Intoxication	Henriette Mauclerc	0
47	1919	In the Eyes of the Law	Sonja Waler - Journalist - Her Daughter	50
48	1920	The Merry-Go-Round	Elena	50
49	1920	Graf Sylvains Rache	Madelaine	0
50	1920	Kurfürstendamm	Girl Lissy / Mulatto / Filmstar / Maria	0
51	1920	Steuermann Holk	Isabella Bouflon	0
52	1921	Hamlet	Hamlet	71
53	1921	Roswolsky's Mistress	Mary Verhag	0
54	1921	Wandering Souls	Nastassja Baraschkowa	0
55	1922	Fräulein Julie	Julie	0
56	1922	Revenge of the Bandits	Brigantenbraut	0
57	1922	Vanina	Vanina	52
58	1923	Earth Spirit	Lulu	55
59	1923	Navarro the Dancer	Navarro	0
60	1923	Downfall	Kaja Falk	0
61	1923	I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity	Maria Magdalena	51
62	1924	The House by the Sea	Enricos Ehefrau Teresa	0
63	1924	The Film in the Film	Herself	75
64	1924	Battle of the Butterflies		0
65	1924	The Woman in Flames	Josephine	0
66	1925	The Joyless Street	Maria Lechner (Mizzi)	69
67	1925	Athleten	Prinzessin Wanda Hoheneck	0
68	1925	Hedda Gabler	Hedda Gabler	0
69	1925	Living Buddhas	Tibetanerin	0
70	1926	The Fallen	Anna Grosser	0
71	1927	The Vice of Humanity	Tamara	0
72	1927	Tragedy of the Street	Auguste - Old Street Walker	58
73	1927	Agitated Woman	Clarina	0
74	1927	Small Town Sinners	Selma Karchow	0
75	1927	The Dangerous Age	Elsie Lindtner	0
76	1932	Impossible Love	Vera Holgk	80
77	1968	Asta Nielsen	Herself	0
78	2003	Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen	(archive footage)	70
79		Mata Hari		0
80	1933	Asta Nielsen: A Great Artist	herself (archive footage)	0
81	2016	Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film	Self	58
82	2020	Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema	Self – Interviewee (archive footage)	0
83	2023	Asta Nielsen - Europas erste Filmikone	Self (archive footage)	90

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Deutscher Filmpreis	Self	60