Asta Nielsen

Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen (September 11, 1883 - May 24, 1972), also known as Die Asta, was a Danish actress, mostly appearing in German silent films during the 1910s and 1920s. She was nicknamed The Silent Muse. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (958x1119, 1967 KB) Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen en: Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen (September 11, 1883 - May 24, 1972) was a Danish actress. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (958x1119, 1967 KB) Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen en: Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen (September 11, 1883 - May 24, 1972) was a Danish actress. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Tuesday. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... // Events and trends The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginings during the second half of the 19th Century. ... Referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ...

She was born in Vesterbro, Copenhagen to a coppersmith father and a washerwoman mother. They both died before she was fifteen. She studied acting at the Royal Theatre School of Copenhagen. She became the most famous stage actress across Scandinavia while she toured. In 1909, director Urban Gad encouraged her to become a silent screen actor and she starred in the 1910 film Afgrunden ("The Abyss"). The film was a success so she was encouraged to continue making silent films. Nielsen and Gad soon married and then moved to Germany because her talent was not understood by Danish film industry. She worked in film until talkies became popular, continuing acting only on stage. 1936 she left Germany for good settling in Denmark where she was unemployed for almost the rest of her life. Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ... Acting is the work off an actor, a person in theatre, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. ... Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ... Stage has several meanings: Look up stage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Peter Urban Gad (February 12, 1879 - December 26, 1947) was a Danish film director. ... -1... A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ...

She is considered to be a great movie actress because of her talent of adapting her performing style in accordance with the demands of the film media avoiding theatrical manners. Besides, she was able to play women of extremely various social positions as well as of different psychology. For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed... Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = soul or mind, logos/-ology = study of) is an academic and applied field involving the study of the mind and behavior, both human and nonhuman. ...

She died in 1972 shortly after her fifth marriage. To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ...

German films of importance

• Engelein, 1914
• Reigen, 1920 (Eng. Merry-Go-Round)
• Fräulein Julie, 1921
• Hamlet, 1921
• Die freudlose Gasse, 1925 (Eng. Joyless Street)
• Dirnentragödie, 1927 (Eng. Tragedy of the Street)

See also

• List of Danes

Listed are persons whose achievements have been important also outside Denmark. ...

External link

• Asta Nielsen at the Internet Movie Database
• Hotel-Pension Funk - A hotel in Berlin located in Asta Nielsen's former domicile