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Loni Nest

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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Born:
Aug 4, 1915
Movie/TV Credits:
18
First Appeared:
In the movie Die Ehe der Frau Mary 1919-11-13
Latest Project:
Movie Nosferatu: The First Vampire 1998-03-15
Known For
Poster of The Haunted Castle
Poster of The Wandering Image
Poster of The Golem: How He Came into the World
Poster of Kämpfende Gewalten oder Welt ohne Krieg
Filmography
Movie Nosferatu: The First Vampire Child at Window (uncredited) 1998-03-15
Movie The Hawk 1933-11-17
Movie Joyless Street 1925-03-01
Movie The Blackguard Princess Marie as a child 1925-10-26
Movie Fräulein Raffke Kind 1923-09-17
Movie The Little Napoleon Lieselotte 1923-11-29
Movie Allein im Urwald 1922-01-01
Movie Nosferatu Child at Window (uncredited) 1922-02-16
Movie Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes - 1. Fliehende Schatten 1922-03-29
Movie Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes - 2. Lüge und Wahrheit 1922-04-06
Movie The Haunted Castle Kleines Mädchen (uncredited) 1921-04-07
Movie Der Sträfling von Cayenne 1921-09-15
Movie Kämpfende Gewalten oder Welt ohne Krieg Klein Lisa 1920-02-18
Movie Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang 1920-02-27
Movie The Wandering Image Irmgards Tochter 1920-12-25
Movie The Golem: How He Came into the World Little Girl 1920-10-28
Movie Die Ehe der Frau Mary a 4-year-old child 1919-11-13
Movie Harakiri Child 1919-12-18