Celebrity spokesperson for Lux Toilet Soap (1931).
Made $2500 a week when filming Hell's Angels (1969) in 1927/28. Was replaced when the film was made into sound and her replacement, Jean Harlow, worked for $250.
Replaced Greta Garbo in The Love Thief (1926).
Studied ballet with the famed Mikhail Fokin and had her debut on Broadway in the musical "Beggar On Horseback". She appeared with Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. in the 1926 production of "No Foolin'". She was brought to the screen by Jesse Lasky. Was replaced by Jean Harlow on Hell's Angels (1930) when producer Howard Hughes decided to make it a sound film, and Nissen's heavy Norwegian accent made much of her dialogue unintelligible.
Talked about, as one of the forgotten stars of the past, in an episode of "Burke's law", episode: "Who Killed Mr. X". aired September 27, 1963.