1881 - 1972
Asta Sofie Amalie 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. Seventy of Nielsen's 74 films were made in Germany where she was known simply as Die Asta (The Asta). Known for her large dark eyes, mask-like face and boyish figure, Nielsen most often portrayed strong-willed passionate women trapped by tragic circumstances. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asta Nielsen has received more than 228,501 page views. Her biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Asta Nielsen is the 487th most popular actor (down from 367th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 70th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Actor.
Asta Nielsen was a Danish actress and film director who was most famous for her roles in silent films.
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Among actors, Asta Nielsen ranks 487 out of 9,996. Before her are Barbara Stanwyck, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tom Waits, Tim Curry, Lionel Logue, and Lee Strasberg. After her are Barry Nelson, Steve Reeves, Robert Vaughn, Lucia Bosè, Rachel Weisz, and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
1907 - 1990
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 481
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 482
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 483
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 484
1880 - 1953
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 485
1901 - 1982
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 486
1881 - 1972
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 487
1917 - 2007
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 488
1926 - 2000
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 489
1932 - 2016
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 490
1931 - 2020
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 491
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 492
1917 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 493
Among people born in 1881, Asta Nielsen ranks 39. Before her are François Darlan, Władysław Sikorski, Walter Rudolf Hess, Vincenzo Peruggia, Otto Wille Kuusinen, and Carlo Carrà. After her are Theodore von Kármán, Ivan Ribar, Otto Bauer, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, William Boeing, and Emil Ludwig. Among people deceased in 1972, Asta Nielsen ranks 27. Before her are Cristóbal Balenciaga, Talal of Jordan, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Paul-Henri Spaak, Max Theiler, and Heinrich Lübke. After her are Georg von Békésy, Ferdinand Čatloš, Margaret Rutherford, Jackie Robinson, Emil Maurice, and Ludwig von Bertalanffy.
1881 - 1942
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 33
1881 - 1943
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 34
1881 - 1973
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 35
1881 - 1925
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 36
1881 - 1964
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 37
1881 - 1966
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 38
1881 - 1972
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 39
1881 - 1963
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 40
1881 - 1968
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 41
1881 - 1938
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 42
1881 - 1955
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 43
1881 - 1956
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 44
1881 - 1948
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 45
1895 - 1972
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 21
1909 - 1972
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 22
1886 - 1972
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 23
1899 - 1972
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 24
1899 - 1972
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 25
1894 - 1972
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 26
1881 - 1972
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 27
1899 - 1972
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 28
1895 - 1972
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 29
1892 - 1972
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 30
1919 - 1972
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 31
1897 - 1972
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 32
1901 - 1972
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 33
Among people born in Denmark, Asta Nielsen ranks 89 out of 893. Before her are Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864), Eric IV of Denmark (1216), Michael Laudrup (1964), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), Valdemar III of Denmark (1314), and Peter Schmeichel (1963). After her are Sweyn III of Denmark (1125), Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891), Christopher I of Denmark (1219), Princess Thyra of Denmark (1853), Eric II of Denmark (1090), and Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900).
1864 - 1916
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 83
1216 - 1250
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 84
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 85
1847 - 1885
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 86
1314 - 1364
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 87
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 88
1881 - 1972
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 89
1125 - 1157
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 90
1891 - 1958
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 91
1219 - 1259
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 92
1853 - 1933
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 93
1090 - 1137
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 94
1900 - 1976
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 95
Among actors born in Denmark, Asta Nielsen ranks 3. Before her are Anna Karina (1940) and Mads Mikkelsen (1965). After her are Erik Bruhn (1928), Giancarlo Esposito (1958), Jesper Christensen (1948), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970), Connie Nielsen (1965), Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968), Annette Stroyberg (1936), Lars Mikkelsen (1964), and Ulrich Thomsen (1963).
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 1
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 2
1881 - 1972
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 3
1928 - 1986
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 5
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 7
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 8
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 9
1936 - 2005
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 10
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 12