Asta Nielsen

**Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen** (11 September 1881 – 24 May 1972) was a Danish silent movie actress. She was very popular in the 1910s. She was one of the first international movie stars. Nielsen was in 74 movies. 70 were in Germany where she was known simply as _Die Asta_ (_The Asta_). She had large dark eyes, a face like a mask and a figure like a boy. Nielsen most often played strong and passionate women trapped by tragic lives. Her performances were erotic so Nielsen's movies were heavily censored in the United States. Therefore, she was not very famous there. Nielsen started her own movie studio in Berlin in the 1920s. She went back to Denmark in 1937 after Nazism became a problem. Later in life, Nielsen became a collage artist and an author.

## Movies

|Year|Film|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1910|_The Abyss_|Magda Vang|||
|rowspan="7"|1911|_Gipsy Blood_|Jonna|**Lost** film|
|_The Moth_|Olga / Mademoiselle Yvonne|**Lost** film|||
|__|Stella||||
|__|Annie||||
|__|Camille Flavier||||
|__|Miss May||||
|_The Traitress_|Yvonne|Fragments preserved|||
|rowspan="8"|1912|__|Creszenz Fitzinger|**Lost** film|
|__|Paula Müller|**Lost** film|||
|_Poor Jenny_|Jenny||||
|_The Dance of Death_|Bella|Fragments preserved|||
|__|Thekla|**Lost** film|||
|__|Sanna|Fragments preserved|||
|__|Zidra|Fragments preserved|||
|_Jugend und Tollheit_|Jesta Müller|**Lost** film|||
|rowspan="6"|1913|__|Kamma Dieser|**Lost** film|
|__|Hanna Meyer||||
|__|Juanita|**Lost** film|||
|__|Nelly Panburne|Fragments preserved|||
|__|Gertrud von Hessendorf||||
|_The Film Primadonna_|Ruth Breton|Fragments preserved|||
|rowspan="4"|1914|_Little Angel_|Jesta Schneider||
|__|Elena|**Lost** film|||
|_Zapata's Gang_|||||
|__|Wanda Petri|**Lost** film|||
|rowspan="2"|1915|__|Zirzi|**Lost** film|
|_The False Asta Nielsen_|Bolette / Asta Nielsen|**Lost** film|||
|rowspan="7"|1916|__|Martha|**Lost** film|
|__|Jesta Schneider|**Lost** film|||
|_Frontstairs and Backstairs_|Sabine Schulze||||
|_Dora Brandes_|Dora Brandes||||
|_The ABC of Love_|Lis||||
|_Cinderella_|Lotte|**Lost** film|||
|_Das Versuchskaninchen_|Jesta||||
|rowspan="2"|1917|_The White Roses_|Thilda Wardier||
|__|Esther|**Lost** film|||
|rowspan="4"|1918|__|Margit||
|_Rose of the Wilderness_|Wanda|**Lost** film|||
|_The Eskimo Baby_|Ivigtut||||
|_The Queen of the Stock Exchange_|Helene Netzler||||
|rowspan="4"|1919|_So Ends My Song_|Dora||
|_Intoxication_|Henriette|Fragments preserved|||
|_Towards the Light_|Countess Ysabel||||
|_According to Law_|Sonja Waler||||
|rowspan="3"|1920|_The Merry-Go-Round_|Elena||
|_Helmsman Holk_|Isabella Bouflon|Fragments preserved|||
|_Kurfürstendamm_|Lissy / Marie|**Lost** film|||
|rowspan="3"|1921|_Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance_|Hamlet||
|_Roswolsky's Mistress_|Mary Verhag||||
|_Wandering Souls_|Nastassja Baraschkowa||||
|rowspan="4"|1922|_Miss Julie_|Miss Julie|**Lost** film|
|_Brigantenrache_|Anica, a Bandit's Bride|**Lost** film|||
|_Vanina_|Vanina||||
|_Navarro the Dancer_|Carmencita Navarro|**Lost** film|||
|rowspan="3"|1923|_Earth Spirit_|Lulu||
|_Downfall_|Kaja Falk|Fragments preserved|||
|_I.N.R.I._|Maria Magdalene|Fragments preserved|||
|rowspan="4"|1924|_The House by the Sea_|Teresa||
|_The Woman in Flames_|Josefine|**Lost** film|||
|_Athletes_|Princess Wanda Hoheneck|**Lost** film|||
|__|Rosi Hergentheim|Fragments preserved|||
|rowspan="3"|1925|_Hedda Gabler_|Hedda Gabler|**Lost** film|
|_Living Buddhas_|Tibetan girl|Fragments preserved|||
|_Joyless Street_|Marie Lechner||||
|rowspan="1"|1926|_The Fallen_|Anna Grosser|**Lost** film|
|rowspan="5"|1927|_The Vice of Humanity_|Tamara||
|_Tragedy of the Street_|Auguste||||
|_Agitated Women_|Clarina|**Lost** film|||
|_Small Town Sinners_|Selma Karchow|Fragments preserved|||
|_That Dangerous Age_|Elsie Lindtner||||
|1932|_Impossible Love_|Vera Holgk|||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Asta Nielsen
- **image**: File:Asta Nielsen.jpg
- **caption**: Asta Nielsen in 1911
- **birth name**: Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen
- **birth place**: Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Vesterbro, Denmark
- **death place**: Frederiksberg, Denmark
- **burial place**: Vestre Cemetery (Copenhagen), Vestre Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark
- **alma mater**: Royal Danish Theatre
- **occupation**: Actor
- **years active**: 1902–1936
- **partner**: Gregori Chmara (1923–1936)
- **children**: 1