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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 .
Nils Asther was a Danish-Swedish actor who starred in silent and sound films in Europe and Hollywood. He worked with directors such as Mauritz Stiller, Victor Sjöström, and Michael Curtiz, and co-starred with Greta Garbo, Pola Negri, and Joan Crawford.
May 7, 2024 · Nils Asther was a Swedish actor who was one of Hollywood’s leading actors during the late 1920s and early 1930s, playing opposite Greta Garbo in Wild Orchids (1929) and The Single Standard (1929). Asther made his first film, Vingarne (1916; “Wings”), in Sweden with director Mauritz Stiller.
Nils Asther's autobiography was published in Swedish in 1988 (1), seven years after his death. It has been described as a "very honest" book by Hans Wollstein, the film critic, and by one Swedish blogger, Rävjägarn , as "a somewhat strange book... no one is more bitter than Nils Asther, and no one brags more about their promiscuity."
Aug 25, 2018 · Nils Asther was a queer Swedish actor who found his success in silent films and was partially loved by the media for his wallflower persona. Unsurprisingly then, he was often compared to Greta Garbo, another Swedish actor.
Oct 16, 1981 · Nils Asther, who was a leading man to such Hollywood film stars of the 20's and 30's as Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck and Marion...
Sep 25, 2021 · Nils Anton Alfhild Asther 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,...
