Charlotte "Loo" Hardy (born Charlotte Noa; 11 January 1898 – 23 April 1938) was a German

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of the

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. She later emigrated to

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where she died by suicide from an overdose of narcotics.

Death

Noa's body was found in her flat in

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. An inquest was held on 26 April 1938, which referred to her as Mrs Charlotte Levi. The Coroner found that she had been overdrawn at the bank, was behind on payments of rent, had received a final demand for income tax, and tradesmen were refusing to supply goods unless for cash; and that she had killed herself by narcotic poisoning.Daria Santini, ''The Exiles: Actors, Artists and Writers Who Fled the Nazis for London'' (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019)
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Selected filmography

* '' The Clan'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1920) * '' Berlin W.'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' Jim Cowrey is Dead'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1921) * ''

The Story of a Maid ''The Story of a Maid'' (German: ''Der Roman eines Dienstmädchens'') is a 1921 Austrian-German silent drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Liane Haid, Otto Tressler and Erika Glässner. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berl ...

'' (1921) * ''

Miss Beryll ''Miss Beryll'' (german: Miss Beryll ... die Laune eines Millionärs) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Erich Kaiser-Titz Heinrich Felix Erich Kaiser-Titz (7 October 1875 – 22 November 1928) was ...

'' (1921) * '' Yellow Star'' (1922) * '' The Enchantress'' (1924) * ''

The Old Ballroom ''The Old Ballroom'' (german: Das alte Ballhaus) is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Wolfgang Neff and starring Carl Auen, Olga Tschechowa, and Sybill Morel. It was released in two parts, both of which premiered on the same day in B ...

'' (1925) * ''

The Eighteen Year Old ''The Eighteen Year Old'' (german: Die Achtzehnjährigen) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Andrée Lafayette, Ernő Verebes, and Frida Richard. It was made at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's se ...

'' (1927) * ''

Road to Rio ''Road to Rio'' is a 1947 American semimusical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about two inept vaudevillians who stow away on ...

'' (1931)

References

Bibliography

* Weniger, Kay. Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...' Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945''. ACABUS Verlag, 2011.

External links

* 1898 births 1938 deaths German silent film actresses Actresses from Berlin German film actresses German emigrants to England 20th-century German actresses 1938 suicides Suicides in Westminster Drug-related suicides in England {{Germany-film-actor-stub