Loni Nest

Loni Nest

Born: August 4, 1915
Died: October 2, 1990
in Berlin, Germany
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

Movies for Loni Nest...

Nosferatu: The First Vampire
Title: Nosferatu: The First Vampire
Character: Child at Window (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1998
Type: Movie
The horror classic, Nosferatu, remastered with a soundtrack by Type-O Negative and hosted by David Carradine.
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The Hawk
Title: The Hawk
Released: November 17, 1933
Type: Movie
The wife of a Hungarian gentleman tires of helping him cheat and becomes the mistress of a diplomat.When she re-encounters her husband he is enfeebled and ill, so she takes pity on him.
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The Blackguard
Title: The Blackguard
Character: Princess Marie as a child
Released: September 4, 1925
Type: Movie
A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..
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Joyless Street
Title: Joyless Street
Released: March 1, 1925
Type: Movie
In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.
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The Little Napoleon
Title: The Little Napoleon
Character: Lieselotte
Released: November 29, 1923
Type: Movie
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Fräulein Raffke
Title: Fräulein Raffke
Character: Kind
Released: September 17, 1923
Type: Movie
"Raffke" was a war profiteer, shifter, the white-collar criminal, who came to wealth with not very clean methods in a short time and also likes to show it. And this film tells the story of Raffke's daughter Lilli, who, instead of marrying the Baron chosen by the father of vanity, marries a simple employee who is about to perish.
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Tabitha, Stand Up
Title: Tabitha, Stand Up
Released: December 22, 1922
Type: Movie
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Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes - 2. Lüge und Wahrheit
Title: Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes - 2. Lüge und Wahrheit
Released: April 6, 1922
Type: Movie
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Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes - 1. Fliehende Schatten
Title: Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes - 1. Fliehende Schatten
Released: March 29, 1922
Type: Movie
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Nosferatu
Title: Nosferatu
Character: Child at Window (uncredited)
Released: February 16, 1922
Type: Movie
In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.
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Allein im Urwald
Title: Allein im Urwald
Released: January 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Colonialist adventure film with wild animals.
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Der Sträfling von Cayenne
Title: Der Sträfling von Cayenne
Released: September 15, 1921
Type: Movie
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The Haunted Castle
Title: The Haunted Castle
Character: Kleines Mädchen (uncredited)
Released: April 7, 1921
Type: Movie
The sinister Count Oetsch scandalizes the aristocratic social gathering at Castle Vogelod as he announces his intention to "crash" the festivities. Baroness Safferstätt is expected shortly, and the guests are well-aware of the rumors that Count Oetsch murdered the baroness' late husband. Oetsch refuses to leave, vowing that he will reveal the identity of the real killer. Before the weekend is through, the Count and Baroness will reveal secrets too shocking to be believed!
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The Wandering Image
Title: The Wandering Image
Character: Irmgards Tochter
Released: December 25, 1920
Type: Movie
When Irmgard becomes pregnant of Georg, a free love disciple, she decides, for the sake of her child, to pretend they are married. The secret plan is to wed his twin brother, John, who will pretend to be Georg in front of the priest. Soon after that happens, Georg disappears and is declared dead. Years later Irmgard is trying to escape John, who is obsessed with her. In the mountains she finds a stranger willing to protect her.
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The Golem: How He Came into the World
Title: The Golem: How He Came into the World
Character: Little Girl
Released: October 28, 1920
Type: Movie
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
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Johannes Goth
Title: Johannes Goth
Released: May 7, 1920
Type: Movie
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Patience
Title: Patience
Released: April 16, 1920
Type: Movie
Film by Paul Leni and Felix Basch
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Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang
Title: Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang
Released: February 27, 1920
Type: Movie
Drama about street walker Elena who marries shop keeper Albert. When her former pimp Peter shows up, her life is ruined. She shoots him and poisons herself.
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Kämpfende Gewalten oder Welt ohne Krieg
Title: Kämpfende Gewalten oder Welt ohne Krieg
Character: Klein Lisa
Released: February 18, 1920
Type: Movie
This film tells the story of the fictional Dr Barnay and recounts his experience of the First World War. He works as a doctor in a military hospital and has always been committed to bringing about the end of war. When his wife dies in an air raid, he spends all of his time working on an anti-war invention to distract himself, and in the process neglects his new wife and his child. When the child is killed in an accident because of his machinery, he ends up pushing away his wife and best friend and focusing solely on his invention. In the end he sees the error of his ways, reconciles with his wife and friend and realizes that peace for humanity is something which comes from within.
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Harakiri
Title: Harakiri
Character: Child
Released: December 18, 1919
Type: Movie
The daughter of a Daimyo, one forced to commit harakiri to secure her a future to choose her own destiny, falls in love with and marries a European officer. The officer returns to Europe but promises to come back for her and his new child, but when he comes back to Japan, he brings his European wife.
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Die Ehe der Frau Mary
Title: Die Ehe der Frau Mary
Character: a 4-year-old child
Released: November 13, 1919
Type: Movie