LC control no. | n 82162114 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Nielsen, Asta, 1881-1972 |
Variant(s) | Nielsen, Asta Sophie Amalie, 1881-1972 |
Biography/History note | Asta Nielsen was a Danish silent film actress during the 1910s and one of the first international movie stars. |
Associated country | Denmark Germany |
Located | Denmark Berlin (Germany) |
Birth date | 18810911 |
Death date | 19720525 |
Place of birth | Vesterbro (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
Place of death | Frederiksberg (Denmark) |
Field of activity | Silent films |
Profession or occupation | Actresses Artists Authors |
Found in | Mungenast, E. M. Asta Nielsen, c1928. Wikipedia, June 25, 2014 (Asta Nielsen (11 September 1881-24 May 1972), was a Danish silent film actress who was one of the most popular leading ladies of the 1910s and one of the first international movie stars; began film career in 1909 and retired from the screen in 1932; Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen was born in the Vesterbro section of Copenhagen, Denmark; Nielsen founded her own film studio in Berlin during the 1920s; left Germany in 1936 and returned to Denmark; a private figure in her later years, Nielsen became a collage artist and an author; died in Frederiksberg, Denmark) |