Loni Nest facts for kids

Loni Nest (born Eleonore Nest) was a German actress. She was born on August 4, 1915, and passed away on October 2, 1990. Loni was famous for starting her acting career at a very young age.

Loni Nest's Early Life

Loni Nest was born in Berlin, Germany. Her parents were from America. She began her acting career when she was only four weeks old! She used the name Loni Nest for her movies, not her full name, Eleonore Nest.

Between 1918 and 1933, Loni acted in 41 films. She even worked with famous actors like Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich.

Ending Her Movie Career

After making more than 40 movies, Loni Nest stopped acting in 1928. She was only 13 years old at the time. She made one last movie in France in 1933.

For many years after 1933, people did not know what happened to Loni Nest.

Her Later Life and Death

Loni Nest passed away on October 2, 1990. She was 75 years old. She died in the French city of Nice.

The Hoax About Loni Nest

In 2014, a website called "Forever missed" shared some wrong information about Loni Nest. It said she had died in Hawaii in 2014 when she was 98. The website also gave made-up details about her life after she left Germany.

Many websites, including the Internet Movie Database, quickly shared this false information. However, people soon found out that the details about her death and later life were completely untrue.

Finding the Truth

A German film expert named Toni Schieck had already found out the real story years before. He learned that Loni Nest's sister, Ursula, had moved to the USA. Ursula died in Florida in 2007.

Through Ursula's family, Toni Schieck discovered the truth about Loni. Loni Nest had married and changed her last name to Arnault. She moved to France, where she lived until she died at age 75 in Nice.

Loni Nest's Movies

Here is a list of some of the movies Loni Nest appeared in: