Aasta Nielsen
{{short description|Norwegian actress (1897–1975)}}
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| caption = Aasta Nielsen in Fante-Anne (1920)
| name = Aasta Nielsen
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| birth_place = Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|10|24|1897|09|29|mf=y}}
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| occupation = Actress
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Aasta Nielsen (September 29, 1897 – October 24, 1975) was a Norwegian actress.{{cite book |last1=Gestrich |first1=Constanze |last2=Mohnike |first2=Thomas |title=Faszination des Illegitimen: Alterität in Konstruktionen von Genealogie, Herkunft und Ursprünglichkeit in den skandinavischen Literaturen seit 1800 |date=2007 |publisher=Ergon |location=Würzburg |page=69}}{{cite book |last1=Ring |first1=Barbra |title=Minder og smaa bekjendelser |date=1929 |publisher=H. Aschehoug & Company |location=Oslo |page=114}}
Nielsen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway and was a first cousin of the Wagnerian soprano Kirsten Flagstad.{{cite web |last1=Kvalvik |first1=Bent |title=Fante-Anne |url=http://www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/anno/2017/en/fante-anne/index.html |website=Le Giornate del Cinema Muto |access-date=November 27, 2020}} She debuted as a theater actress in 1915 and appeared at the Norwegian Theater, the Casino Opera Theater, the Mayol Theater, the Central Theater,{{cite news |title=Centralteatret |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/3d5905e5c76e66bb806134411bffe61e?index=3#6 |access-date=November 27, 2020 |work=Social-Demokraten |issue=74 |date=April 1, 1921 |page=7}} and the Stavanger Permanent Theater.
She retired from acting in 1933.
Filmography
- 1920: Fante-Anne as Anne ("Fante-Anne"){{cite book |last1=Cowie |first1=Peter |last2=Buquet |first2=Françoise |last3=Pitkänen |first3=Risto |last4=Talboom |first4=Godfried |title=Scandinavian Cinema: A Survey of the Films and Film-makers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden |date=1992 |publisher=Tantivy Press |location=London |page=201}}{{cite book |last1=Glödstaf |first1=Kari |title=1000 mykkäelokuvaa: Sirpaleita elokuvan kulta-ajalta |date=2018 |publisher=Kustantamo Helmivyö |location=Turku |page=215}}
- 1921: Jomfru Trofast as Tone (Miss Faithful){{cite news |title=Norsk film: Jomfru Trofast |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/cd8d32746f3e121c51b7db58418b592b?index=1#2 |access-date=November 27, 2020 |work=1ste Mai |issue=229 |date=October 3, 1921 |page=3}}{{cite news |title='Jomfru Trufast' vert fransynt um 14 dagar |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/27d1bb96a2338415415bade81e089408?index=1#2 |access-date=November 27, 2020 |work=Agder Tidend |issue=192 |date=September 3, 1921 |page=3}}
- 1921: Felix as Zazako, Felix's sister
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0003550|name=Aasta Nielsen}}
- [http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=270588 Aasta Nielsen] at the Swedish Film Database
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