Luise Rainer
Born in Düsseldorf, Germany — Jan 12 1910• Died Dec 30 2014
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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…
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Luise Rainer's Credits
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The Love Boat
Dorothy Fielding
Combat!
Countess De Roy
The Oscars
Self
Suspense
Lux Video Theatre
Mrs. Page
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Chambermaid
MGM: When the Lion Roars
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
SElf
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
Big City
Anna Benton
The Great Ziegfeld
Anna Held
The Gambler
Grandmother
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Countess Olga Mironova
The Good Earth
O-Lan
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Hollywood Chinese
Self
Dramatic School
Louise Mauban
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
Self
The Great Waltz
Poldi Vogelhuber
The Toy Wife
Gilberte 'Frou Frou' Brigard
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
Escapade
Leopoldine Dur
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
Hostages
Milada Pressinger
Ziegfeld on Film
Herself (interviewee, and in clips from The Great Ziegfeld)
Sehnsucht 202
Kitty
Heut' kommt's drauf an
Marita Costa
A Dancer
Anna
Madame has a visitor
Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival