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Asta Nielsen

Asta Nielsen
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Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen 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. Seventy of Nielsen's 74 films were made in Germany where she was known simply as Die Asta.

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Timeline

  1. Asta Nielsen (this page)September 11, 1881 – May 25, 1972
  2. Cecil B. DeMilleAugust 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959
  3. Francis FordAugust 14, 1881 – September 5, 1953
  4. Marion LeonardJune 9, 1881 – January 9, 1956
  5. Yakov ProtazanovFebruary 4, 1881 – August 8, 1945
  6. Robert G. VignolaAugust 7, 1882 – October 25, 1953

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