Eleonore "Loni" Arnault ( Nest, 4 August 1915 – 2 October 1990), known professionally by her maiden name of Loni Nest, was a German actress. Born in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
, she was a child star of German
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
s in the 1920s. She was filmed for the first time at the age of four weeks.
Life and film career
After more than 40 movies, she ended her movie career in 1928 at the age of 13. In 1933 she played in one last movie in France. Her whereabouts after 1933 remained unknown for several decades, but it was eventually discovered that she died at the age of 75 on 2 October 1990 in the French town
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...
.
In 2014, the website Forever Missed published an obituary that ostensibly revealed that Nest had died in
Hawaii
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in 2014 at the age of 98. It also described details of Nest's life after she left Germany and moved to America. Various websites including the
Internet Movie Database
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quickly adopted this information. It was soon discovered, however, that both the time and location of her death as well as the details about her later life were a hoax. According to the German newspaper ''
Die Welt
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'', German film historian Toni Schieck had discovered years before that Nest's sister Ursula had moved to the United States and died in Florida in 2007. Through her family, Schieck discovered that Nest had married and taken the last name Arnault. She moved to France where she died at the age of 75 in
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...
.
Filmography
*1918: ''
The Story of Dida Ibsen
''The Story of Dida Ibsen'' (German: ''Dida Ibsens Geschichte'') is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Anita Berber, Conrad Veidt and Werner Krauss. It is an adaptation of Margarete Böhme's 1907 novel of t ...
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*1919: ''Die Ehe der Frau Mary''
*1919: ''Opium''
*1919: ''Harakiri''
*1920: ''Kämpfende Gewalten oder Welt ohne Krieg''
*1920: ''Der Reigen – Ein Werdegang''
*1920: ''
Patience
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*1920: ''Johannes Goth''
*1920: ''
Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam
''The Golem: How He Came into the World'' (german: link=no, Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam, also referred to as ''Der Golem'') is a 1920 German silent horror film and a leading example of early German Expressionism. Director Paul Wegener, ...
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*1920: ''
The Guilt of Lavinia Morland
''The Guilt of Lavinia Morland'' (german: Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland) is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Joe May and starring Mia May, Albert Steinrück and Alfred Gerasch.Parish p. 192
The film's sets were designed by the art ...
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The Wandering Image
''The Wandering Image'' (German: ''Das wandernde Bild'') is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Mia May, Hans Marr and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. It is also known by the alternative titles of ''The Wandering Picture' ...
'' (1920)
*1921: ''
Man Overboard
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Violet
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Parisian Women
''Parisian Women'' (German: ''Pariserinnen'') is a 1921 German silent film directed by Léo Lasko and starring Ressel Orla, Xenia Desni and Ralph Arthur Roberts.Krautz p.314 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth and Walt ...
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*1921: ''
The Convict of Cayenne
''The Convict of Cayenne'' (German: ''Der Sträfling von Cayenne'') is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Léo Lasko and starring Frederic Zelnik and Loni Nest.Bock & Bergfelder p.549 It premiered in Berlin at the Marmorhaus.
Cast
In a ...
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*1921: ''
The Pearl of the Orient
''The Pearl of the Orient'' (german: Die Perle des Orients) is a 1921 German silent adventure film directed by Karlheinz Martin and starring Viggo Larsen, Carola Toelle and Tzwetta Tzatschewa. It premiered in Berlin on 12 August 1921.Grange p. 9 ...
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*1921: ''Sturmflut des Lebens''
*1922: ''
Alone in the Jungle
''Alone in the Jungle'' (german: Allein im Urwald) is a 1922 German silent film directed by Ernst Wendt. It was re-released in a shorted version under the title of ''Die Rache der Afrikanerin'' (''Revenge of the African Woman''). A copy of the s ...
A Dying Nation
''A Dying Nation'' or ''Dying Peoples'' (german: Sterbende Völker) is a 1922 German silent historical drama film directed by Robert Reinert and starring Paul Wegener, Otto Gebühr, and Fritz Kortner. It was released in two parts ''Heimat in No ...
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*1922: ''Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes'' (2 parts)
*1923: ''Quarantäne''
*1923: ''
Tragedy of Love
''Tragedy of Love'' (German: ''Tragödie der Liebe'') is a 1923 German silent film directed by Joe May and starring Mia May, Emil Jannings and Marlene Dietrich.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Kettelhut, Paul Leni and ...
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*1923: ''
Fräulein Raffke
''Fräulein Raffke'' is a 1923 German silent film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Werner Krauss, Lydia Potechina and Lee Parry.Bock & Bergfelder p.8 A "Raffke" was Weimar era slang for a money accumulator.
The film's sets were designed ...
Fire of Love
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Production
The Flesh Eaters' singer Chris D. produced five tracks on the album ("Sex Beat", "Preaching the Blues", "Fire Spirit", "Gho ...
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*1925: ''
Die Prinzessin und der Geiger
''The Blackguard'' (german: Die Prinzessin und der Geiger) (1925) is a British-German drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Walter Rilla, and Frank Stanmore.
Plot
Against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, a violin ...
A Song from Days of Youth
''A Song from Days of Youth'' (german: Aus der Jugendzeit klingt ein Lied) is a 1925 German silent film directed by Franz Osten and starring Maria Mindzenty, John Mylong and Ferdinand Martini.Holmstrom p. 428
The film's sets were designed by the ...
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*1928: ''
The Saint and Her Fool
''The Saint and Her Fool'' (German: ''Die Heilige und ihr Narr'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dieterle, Lien Deyers and Gina Manès. It was based on a novel by Agnes Günther and premiered at ...
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*1928: ''
The Story of a Little Parisian
''The Story of a Little Parisian'' (French: ''Totte et sa chance'', German: ''Der Sprung ins Glück'', Italian: ''La storia di una piccola Parigina'') is a 1928 silent film directed by Augusto Genina.Parish p.52 It was made as a co-production bet ...