Luise Rainer
Known for
Acting
Born
January 12, 1910
Birthplace
Düsseldorf, Germany
Died
December 30, 2014 (aged 104)
Biography
Luise Rainer (/ˈraɪnər/; January 12, 1910 – December 30, 2014) was a German-American film actress. She was the first actor to win more than one Academy Award; at the time of her death she was the longest-lived Oscar recipient.
Her training began in Germany from the age of 16 by leading stage director Max Reinhardt. After a few years, she became recognized as a "distinguished Berlin stage actress", acting with Reinhardt's Vienna theater ensemble. Critics "raved" about her stage and film acting quality, leading MGM to sign her to a three-year contract and bring her to Hollywood in 1935. A number of filmmakers anticipated she might become another Greta Garbo, MGM's leading female star.
Her fi...
Best known work
The Love Boat
1977
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
Combat!
1962
The Oscars
1953
The Good Earth
1937
That's Entertainment! III
1994
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Great Waltz
1938
Suspense
1949
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992Filmography
2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywoodas (archive footage)
2011
2007
Hollywood Chineseas Self
2004
Ziegfeld on Filmas Herself (interviewee, and in clips from The Great Ziegfeld)
2003
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Meas Actor - Gesang Der Geister Über Den Wassern
1997
The Gambleras Grandmother
1997
Frank Capra's American Dreamas Self (archive footage)
1994
That's Entertainment! IIIas (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
1992
1991
A Danceras Anna
1991
1987
1977
1975
1962
1953
1951
1950
1949
SuspenseTV1948
1948
1943
Hostagesas Milada Pressinger
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awardsas Self (archive footage)
1938
Dramatic Schoolas Louise Mauban