Astrid Holm (Actor)

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Movies starring Astrid Holm have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 76%.

The Phantom Carriage - released in 1921 - is Astrid Holm's highest rated movie, with a score of 82% based on 79 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Astrid Holm is Master of the House - released in 1925 - with a score of 71% based on 6 reviews.

Actor Biography

Born Astrid Vilhelmine Rasmussen in Sønder Bjerge Sogn, Sorø Municipality, Zealand, she was the daughter of hotelier Hans Peter Rasmussen and his wife Maren Sofie Rasmussen (née Larsen). She studied at the Royal Danish Ballet, but left in 1910 to pursue a career as a stage actress. During the World War I years, she performed at The New Theatre in the capital city of Copenhagen. During the early 1920s, she was engaged to the Royal Danish Theatre for four seasons by request of theater director Johannes Poulsen. From 1927 two 1940 she was engaged to several theaters throughout Denmark and often left the theater to live abroad. In the early 1940s she was engaged to the Frederiksberg Theatre under the direction of Svend Melsing and then the Avenue-the Stage Theatre under the direction of Svend Rindom. From the mid-1940s she rarely appeared on stage, but occasionally performed in radio theater.

Astrid Holm made her screen debut for Dansk Filmfabrik in 1917's the Sisters Morelli (The Sisters Morelli) and the following year was under contract two Nordic Films. Her first film for Nordisk was a role in the 1918 Holger-Madsen directed the People's Friend The People's Friend), opposite Gunnar Tolnaes and Svend Kornbeck. This was followed by several popular films for the Emanuel Gregers. One of her most popular roles was as Sister Edith in the 1921 Victor Sjöström-directed Swedish silent Körkarlen (The Phantom Carriage). The film was based on the 1912 novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! by the Nobel prize-winning Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. In 1925 she starred opposite John Meyer in the Carl Theodor Dreyer-directed drama You should honor your wife (Thou Shalt Honor Thy Wife). This would be Holm's last film role for many years.

Astrid Holm returned two films in 1942's Ta' glasses on, directed by Arne Weel and starring Liva Weel and Hans Egede Budtz. She would appear in four more films throughout the 1940s before retiring from the screen due to failing health. Her final film appearance would be in the 1947 Holger Gabrielsen-directed Mania.

Astrid Holm was married two ballet dancer Holger Holm, who died in 1916. During the 1950s, she became reclusive, suffering from a number of ailments. She died in 1961 to age 68.

Astrid Holm has acted in films with Victor Sjöström, Karen Winther, Alice O'Fredericks and Edvin Adolphson.

Astrid Holm has worked with these film directors: Victor Sjöström, Carl Theodor Dreyer and Benjamin Christensen.