Nelly Arno | |
Birth Name: | Nelli Aronowsky |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1892 |
Birth Place: | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, German Empire |
Death Date: | September 1966 (aged 74) |
Death Place: | Queens, New York City, U.S.[1] |
Occupation: | Actress |
Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
Nelly Aronowsky (15 July 1892 - September 1966), known professionally as Nelly Arno, was a German-born British theatre, film and radio actress.[2]
Aronowsky was born in Karlsruhe to Abraham Aronowsky and Fanny (née Maysel). She had a younger brother, Alexander, born in 1896.[3]
In 1920, she was living in Bernburg and already using the stage name Arno.[4] She was appearing on the English stage and radio productions following the Second World War.[5] It's not apparent when she emigrated, but she became a British citizen in 1948.
She died in Queens, New York in September 1966.