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Nils Asther

1897 - 1981

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Nils Anton Alfhild Asther (17 January 1897 – 19 October 1981) was a Swedish actor active in Hollywood from 1926 to the mid-1950s, known as "the male Greta Garbo". Between 1916 and 1963, he appeared in over seventy feature films, sixteen of which were produced in the silent era. He is mainly remembered today for two silent films, The Single Standard and Wild Orchids, which he made with fellow Swede Greta Garbo, and his portrayal of the title character in the controversial pre-Code Frank Capra film, The Bitter Tea of General Yen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Asther is the 4,859th most popular actor (down from 4,403rd in 2019), the 505th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 472nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Danish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Nils Asther ranks 4,859 out of 13,578. Before him are Suho, Paget Brewster, Oksana Shvets, Nikolai Gubenko, Jeremy Davies, and John Ratzenberger. After him are Charlotte Stewart, Francisco Martínez Soria, Miguel Sandoval, Peggy Wood, Julia Stiles, and Joan Shawlee.

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Among people born in 1897, Nils Asther ranks 244. Before him are Ossi Oswalda, Sabino Bilbao, Choʻlpon, Gregorio Fuentes, Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer, and Isabel Briggs Myers. After him are Dorothy Arzner, Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, Émile Albrecht, Louis Wirth, Bert Schneider, and Aleksandra Khokhlova. Among people deceased in 1981, Nils Asther ranks 195. Before him are Jack Northrop, Andreas Alföldi, Hermann Pilnik, Curtis Bernhardt, Zoya Fyodorova, and Suat Hayri Ürgüplü. After him are José María Minella, Crisant Bosch, Wilfried Puis, Gregory Breit, Sergio Amidei, and Ruby Payne-Scott.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Nils Asther ranks 505 out of 1,032. Before him are Karl Aage Hansen (1921), Villy Sørensen (1929), Jens Jørgen Hansen (1939), Bent Hansen (1933), Henning Enoksen (1935), and Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark (1677). After him are August Blom (1869), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), Prince Christian of Denmark (2005), Lily Carlstedt (1926), Katja K (1968), and Anders Hejlsberg (1960).

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Among ACTORS In Denmark

Among actors born in Denmark, Nils Asther ranks 29. Before him are Thomas Bo Larsen (1963), Johanne Luise Heiberg (1812), Ole Ernst (1940), Paprika Steen (1964), Vivi Bach (1939), and Thure Lindhardt (1974). After him are Betty Nansen (1873), Claes Bang (1967), Søren Malling (1964), Jens Albinus (1965), Lili Bech (1883), and Karl Dane (1886).

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