Nelly Arno

British actress (1892–1966)

Nelly Arno
Nelly Arno in Take My Life (1947)
Born	Nelli Aronowsky^[1] 15 July 1892 Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, German Empire
Died	September 1966 (aged 74) Queens, New York City, U.S.^[2]
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress

Nelly Aronowsky^[3] (15 July 1892 – September 1966), known professionally as Nelly Arno, was a German-born British theatre, film and radio actress.^[4]

Aronowsky was born in Karlsruhe to Abraham Aronowsky and Fanny (née Maysel). She had a younger brother, Alexander, born in 1896.^[1]

In 1920, she was living in Bernburg and already using the stage name Arno.^[5] She was appearing on the English stage and radio productions following the Second World War.^[6] It's not apparent when she emigrated, but she became a British citizen in 1948.^[3]

She died in Queens, New York in September 1966.

Selected filmography

Take My Life (1947) - Mrs Rusman
Portrait from Life (1948) - Anna Skutetsky
The Lost People (1949) - Old Woman in Box
The Third Man (1949) - Kurtz's Mother (uncredited)
So Long at the Fair (1950) - Madame Verni
State Secret (1950) - Barber Shop Manager
The Last Page (1952) - Miss Rosetti (uncredited)
Tread Softly (1952)
Street Corner (1953) - Customer at jewelry store (uncredited)
The Love Lottery (1954) - The Russian Woman
A Prize of Gold (1955) - German Landlady
Three Empty Rooms (1955) - Mrs. Elihu

References

^ ^a ^b Nelli Aronowsky, 15 Jul 1892; Alexander Aronowsky; 2 Jan 1896. Karlsruhe, Germany, Births, 1870-1904
^ Death of Nelly Aronowsky; Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Social Security Administration.
^ ^a ^b "No. 38436". The London Gazette. 19 October 1948. p. 5533.
^ "Nelly Arno". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
^ Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch: Theatergeschichtliches Jahr- und Adressenbuch, 1920 (in German)
^ "London Theatres: New Lindsey". The Stage. London: The Stage Media Company Limited. 14 April 1949. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2017.