1944Nominee
Best Performance
Alaska
Nils Asther
Actor
Copenhagen, Denmark
January 16, 1897
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nils Anton Alfhild Asther (17 January 1897 - 13 October 1981) was a Danish-born Swedish actor active in Hollywood from 1926 to the mid 1950s, known for his beautiful face and often called "the male Greta Garbo". Between 1916 and 1963 he appeared in over 70 feature films, 16 done in the silent era. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nils Anton Alfhild Asther, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1963Winner
Best Performance
Gudrun
1917Nominee
Best Performance
Hittebarnet
Career Highlights
1942Highlight
Best Performance
Sweater Girl
1918Highlight
Best Performance
A Trip to Mars
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A Trip to Mars
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer