Asta Nielsen was born in 1881. She is the daughter of Jens Christian Nielsen and Ida Frederikke Petersen. She was a Danish actress during the era of silent movies and one of the first international movie stars. She began her career 1909 in Copenhagen and moved to Berlin a couple of years later, where she was known as Die Asta. Her first husband was Urban Gad, a Danish film director. She passed away in 1972.
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Spouse #1: Peter Urban Bruun Gad (*12 Feb 1879 - †26 Dec 1947) Korsør, Sorø - Married 11 May 1912 - 1918 Sankt Pauls, København
Spouse #2: Ferdinand (Freddy) Wingårdh (*23 Aug 1884) Helsingborg, Sweden - Married 31 Dec 1919 - 1923
Partner: Gregori Mikhailovich Chmara (*29 Jul 1878 - †3 Feb 1970) Poltava, Russia - 1923
Spouse #3: Anders Christian Theede (*12 Sep 1899 - †13 Jan 1988) Odense - Married 21 Jan 1970 Frederiksberg Rådhus
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