Biography

Luli Deste was born on November 7, 1902 in Heidelberg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Thunder in the City (1937), The Case of the Black Parrot (1941) and South to Karanga (1940). She died on July 7, 1951 in New York City, New York, USA.

Aristocratic blue-eyed German actress, dancer and singer, daughter of Baron Eberhard von Bodenhausen, a former director of the Krupp steel works. She made her English-speaking film debut in Britain opposite Edward G Robinson in Thunder in the City. Luli subsequently came to Hollywood with an entourage of three Afghan hounds but found quality roles hard to come by. She quit film acting in 1941.

Stage actress and author.