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Nielsen, Asta, 1881-1972

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Personal name headingNielsen, Asta, 1881-1972
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Variant(s)Nielsen, Asta Sophie Amalie, 1881-1972
Biography/History noteAsta Nielsen was a Danish silent film actress during the 1910s and one of the first international movie stars.
Associated countryDenmark
Germany
LocatedDenmark
Berlin (Germany)
Birth date18810911
Death date19720525
Place of birthVesterbro (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Place of deathFrederiksberg (Denmark)
Field of activitySilent films
Profession or occupationActresses Artists Authors
Found inMungenast, 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)