Deste studied dancing with Mary Wigman in Berlin but changed to acting. She was an understudy to Elisabeth Bergner, acted in repertory theater, and progressed to leading roles in Vienna, after which she acted in London.[2]
In London, Deste acted in films directed by Marion Gering. After he put her under personal contract, he brought her to the United States and directed her films for Columbia Pictures.[2] Her Hollywood film debut came in 1937, and she later acted for Universal Pictures.[3]
Personal life
Deste was married to Baron Gottfried von Meyern-Hohenberg, and they were divorced in 1930.[2]
She authored the book Come, Take My Hand as Luli Kollsman, published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce (c.1949), New York, 1949.
In 1944 Deste married Paul Kollsman in New York City; she died in 1951.
^p. xxiv von Hofmannsthal, Hugo(Author), Miller-Degenfeld, Marie-Therese The Poet and the Countess: Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Correspondence With Countess Ottonie Degenfeld Camden House; Reprinted from edition (26 September 2000)
