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Loni Nest

Actress / Film Actress | * 08/04/1915 († 75, 10/02/1990) | Berlin (Germany)
Eleonore "Loni" Arnault (née Nest, 4 August 1915 – 2 October 1990), known professionally by her maiden name of Loni Nest, was a German actress. Born in Berlin, she was a child star of German silent films in the 1920s. She was filmed for the first time at the age of four weeks. ()

She was born Eleonore Nest on August 4, 1915, in Berlin to American parents who were Methodist missionaries. During her parents' time as missionaries, she was discovered by a German movie producer on a poster promoting a Sunday school program. She was soon asked to work in movies. With the permission of her parents, she acted in her first movie in 1918. She used the name Loni Nest instead of Eleonore Nest. Between 1918 and 1933, she starred in 41 movies, opposite such actors as Charles Boyer, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Fritz Feld.Nest left movies in 1933 to move back to her parents' original home in Boston. She left to focus on the family's involvment in a new Methodist church, where her father would serve as deacon. She also wanted to leave Germany as soon as possible due in part to the rise of Nazism that began when Adolf Hitler took power. Nest enrolled in college, and then became a music teacher. She worked for public schools in Massachussetts for over 40 years.In 1938, she married businessman Roy Smythe. Smythe went on to establish his own car dealership that remained in place until his death in 1987. Nest became the mother of three children. She moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, to live with her daughter after the death of her husband. She spent the rest of her life volunteering at a local hospital as well as being active in her local Methodist church.She died of old age on February 17, 2014. She was 98.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Horror | Fantasy
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Movies with Loni Nest as Actress(20)

as Child at Window (uncredited)1998 Nosferatu: The First Vampire
as Princess Marie as a child1925 The Blackguard
as Lieselotte1923 The Little Napoleon
as Kind1923 Fräulein Raffke
as Child at Window (uncredited)1922 Nosferatu
as Kleines Mädchen (uncredited)1921 The Haunted Castle
as Irmgards Tochter1920 The Wandering Image
as a 4-year-old child1919 Die Ehe der Frau Mary

Citizenship: Germany
Born: Wednesday, 08/04 1915 (August) in Berlin (Germany)
Died: Tuesday, 10/02 1990 (October) in Nice (aged: 75)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: German (DE)
Other names for Loni Nest (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Eleonore Nest"
Loni Nest frequently works together with these people:
Lupu Pick (8x, Crew)
Alfred Hitchcock (3x, Crew)
Fritz Lang (3x, Crew)
Guido Herzfeld (3x, Actor)
Greta Schröder (3x, Actress)
Guido Seeber (3x, Crew)
Erich Pommer (3x, Crew)
Albin Grau (3x, Crew)
Paul Biensfeldt (3x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:44057, Added: 05/14/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024