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name: "Asta Esper Hagen Andersen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/asta-esper-hagen-andersen"
fi1m_id: "asta-esper-hagen-andersen"
imdb_id: "nm0026089"
tmdb_id: 1114530
wikidata_id: "Q11959422"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 July 1919"
died: "24 June 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:31:39.637166+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Asta Esper Hagen Andersen

## Identity

Asta Esper Hagen Andersen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/asta-esper-hagen-andersen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** asta-esper-hagen-andersen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0026089
- **TMDB ID:** 1114530
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11959422
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11959422, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1114530

Actor. Born 19 July 1919 in Aalestrup, Danmark. Died 24 June 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 July 1919, Aalestrup, Danmark
- **Died:** 24 June 2012
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11959422, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1114530

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Babette's Feast*](https://film.one/film/babettes-feast.md) (86)

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## Biography

Asta Esper Hagen Andersen (1919–2012) was a Danish actress. She trained with Carlo Wieth and made her stage debut in 1942 at Riddersalen in Copenhagen. In 1945 she joined Aarhus Teater with her husband, the actor Paul Hagen, where she appeared in numerous productions including several Holberg plays.

Andersen began appearing in Danish films from 1941 and continued working in film and television into her nineties. She is known for her role as Anna in *Babette's Feast* (1987), as well as appearances in *Prince of Jutland* (1994) and *Dark Horse* (2005). She was the mother of actor Esper Hagen.

*Sources: imdb.com, danskefilm.dk, no.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Babette's Feast* (1987), Fi1m 86, as Anna — [page](https://film.one/film/babettes-feast.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Pagten* (2009), series, as Katrine
- *Park Road* (2009), series, as Esther Thorup
- *Blinded by the Sun* (2008), as Evelyn
- *Sommer* (2008), series, as Ældre dame
- *Max Pinlig* (2007), series, as Tante Ida
- *Lotto* (2006), as Mrs. Stein
- *Nynne* (2005), as Mormor Dorit
- *Bare Holger* (2005), as Astrids bedstemor
- *Dark Horse* (2005), as Mormor Lovisa
- *Unit One* (2000), series, as Mormor Agnes
- *Movie Days* (1994), as Amma
- *Prince of Jutland* (1994), as Tove
- *Black Harvest* (1993), Actor
- *Christian* (1989), as Resident of the Old People's Home
- *Babette's Feast* (1987), as Anna — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/babettes-feast.md)
- *The Boy Who Disappeared* (1984), as Grocer's Wife
- *Ladies on the Rocks* (1983), Actor
- *Krigsdøtre* (1981), series, as Fritse
- *Kniven i hjertet* (1981), Actor
- *Assassination* (1980), Actor
- *It's a World Full of Children* (1980), as Lab Worker
- *Watch Your Back, Professor!* (1977), Actor
- *Nyt legetøj* (1977), Actor
- *Take It Like a Man, Ma'am!* (1975), Actor
- *Hosekræmmeren* (1963), as Kone
- *Vagabonderne paa Bakkegaarden* (1958), Actor
- *The Heir* (1954), Actor
- *Regnen holdt op* (1942), Actor
- *Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig* (1941), as Sporvognspassager

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