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Nils Asther
Swedish actor (1897–1981)
Nils Asther | |
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Asther in 1928 by J. Willis Sayre | |
| Born | Nils Anton Alfhild Asther (1897-01-17)17 January 1897 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 19 October 1981(1981-10-19) (aged 84) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, painter |
| Years active | 1916–1963 |
| Spouse | Vivian Duncan (m. 1930; div. 1932) |
| Children | 1 |
Nils Anton Alfhild Asther (17 January 1897 – 19 October 1981)[1] 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 – he made with fellow Swede Greta Garbo, and his portrayal of the title character in the controversial pre-CodeFrank Capra film The Bitter Tea of General Yen.
Biography
[edit]Asther, born Nils Anton Alfhild Asther, was the son of Swedish nationals Anton Andersson Asther (born February 21, 1865, Caroli, Malmö) and Hildegard Augusta Åkerlund (born November 3, 1869, in Södra Sallerup, Malmöhus County). Although Asther had promised Å
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Nils Asther: “The Male Greta Garbo”
Today is the birthday of silent screen idol Nils Asther (1897-1981). A Danish-Swede by birth, he first found fame on the silent screen in Scandinavia and Germany before coming to Hollywood in 1927 to make his first film Topsy and Eva with the Duncan Sisters. He was to marry Vivian Duncan in 1930, although the union only lasted two years. Asther’s good looks instantly made him a matinee idol, and he was often called “the male Greta Garbo“, starring in some films that have become classics such as Laugh, Clown, Laugh with Lon Chaney in 1928.
In 1930, like so many other silent screen stars, he undertook a vaudeville tour to prove that he could talk (no doubt he was aided in the enterprise by his wife, a vaudeville vet). Variety declared his act “dull and boring”. Nonetheless his career in talkies continued unabated, although his accent now restricted the range of roles he was able to play. Typical was his part as a Chinese warlord in Frank Capra’s 1933 The Bitter Tea of General Yen with Barbara Stanwyck. He worked in Hollywood until the mid 50s, with one brief interlude in the late 30s when London was his base. In the late 50s, he moved back to Sweden, made a few more films, the