Charlotte "Loo" Hardy (born Charlotte Noa; 11 January 1898 – 23 April 1938) was a German

film actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

of the

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. She later emigrated to

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, where she died by suicide from a narcotic overdose.

Death

Noa's body was found in her flat in Cleveland Square,

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. An inquest was held on 26 April 1938, during which she was referred to as Mrs. Charlotte Levi. The Coroner found that she was overdrawn at the bank, behind on payments of rent, had received a final demand for income tax, and that tradesmen were refusing to supply goods unless for cash; and that she had killed herself by narcotic poisoning.Daria Santini, ''The Exiles: Actors, Artists and Writers Who Fled the Nazis for London'' (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019)
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Selected filmography

* '' The Clan'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' The Voice'' (1920) * '' Jim Cowrey is Dead'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1921) * ''

The Story of a Maid ''The Story of a Maid'' (German: ''Der Roman eines Dienstmädchens'') is a 1921 Austrian-German silent drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Liane Haid, Otto Tressler and Erika Glässner. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berli ...

'' (1921) * '' Miss Beryll'' (1921) * '' Yellow Star'' (1922) * '' The Enchantress'' (1924) * ''

The Old Ballroom ''The Old Ballroom'' () is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Wolfgang Neff and starring Carl Auen, Olga Chekhova, and Sybill Morel. It was released in two parts, both of which premiered on the same day in Berlin. The film sets were de ...

'' (1925) * ''

The Eighteen Year Old ''The Eighteen Year Old'' () is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Andrée Lafayette, Ernő Verebes, and Frida Richard. It was made at the Staaken Studios in Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of German ...

'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1931)

References

Bibliography

* Weniger, Kay. Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...' Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945''. ACABUS Verlag, 2011.

External links

* 1898 births 1938 deaths German silent film actresses Actresses from Berlin German film actresses German emigrants to England 20th-century German actresses 1938 suicides Suicides in Westminster Drug-related suicides in England {{Germany-film-actor-1890s-stub