Luise Rainer

Luise Rainer

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1910-01-12
Deathday: 2014-12-30 (104 years old)

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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 first American role was in the film Escapade (1935), which was soon followed with a relatively small part in the musical biopic The Great Ziegfeld (1936). Despite her limited appearances in the film, she "so impressed audiences" that she won the Oscar for Best Actress. For her dramatic telephone scene in the film, she was later dubbed "the Viennese teardrop". In her next role, producer Irving Thalberg was convinced, despite the studio's disagreement, that she could play the part of a poor uncomely Chinese farm wife in The Good Earth, based on Pearl Buck's novel about hardship in China. The subdued character she played was such a dramatic contrast to her previous, vivacious character, that she won another Academy Award, even with Greta Garbo as one of the nominees.


However, she would later remark that by winning two consecutive Oscars, "nothing worse could have happened to me," as audience expectations from then on would be too high to fulfill. She was then given parts in a string of unimportant movies, leading MGM and Rainer to become disappointed, and she ended her brief three-year career in films, soon returning to Europe. Adding to her rapid decline, some feel, was the "poor career advice" given her by then husband, playwright Clifford Odets, along with the unexpected death, at age 37, of her producer, Irving Thalberg, whom she greatly admired. Some film historians consider her the "most extreme case of an Oscar victim in Hollywood mythology". She currently lives in London.


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Filmography

all 35

Movies 24

self 11

TV Shows 11

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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)

Movie
Self - Guest
Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2011)

Movie
Self
Hollywood Chinese

Hollywood Chinese (2007)

Movie
Self / Anna Held
Ziegfeld on Film

Ziegfeld on Film (2004)

Movie
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me

Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003)

Movie
Grandmother
The Gambler

The Gambler (1997)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream

Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)

Movie
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III (1994)

Movie
MGM: When the Lion Roars

MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992)

TV
6
Anna
A Dancer

A Dancer (1991)

Movie
Self
Boulevard Bio

Boulevard Bio (1991)

TV
Dorothy Fielding
The Love Boat

The Love Boat (1977)

TV
6.85
Self
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (1975)

TV
Countess De Roy
Combat!

Combat! (1962)

TV
6
Self
The Oscars

The Oscars (1953)

TV
Chambermaid
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)

TV
Caroline / Mrs. Page
Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV
Suspense

Suspense (1949)

TV
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre

The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948)

TV
Self - Actress
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

TV
6
Milada Pressinger
Hostages

Hostages (1943)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

Movie
Louise Mauban
Dramatic School

Dramatic School (1938)

Movie
Poldi Vogelhuber
The Great Waltz

The Great Waltz (1938)

Movie
2
Gilberte 'Frou Frou' Brigard
The Toy Wife

The Toy Wife (1938)

Movie
Self (uncredited)
Another Romance of Celluloid

Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)

Movie
Anna Benton
Big City

Big City (1937)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Romance of Celluloid

The Romance of Celluloid (1937)

Movie
Countess Olga Mironova
The Emperor's Candlesticks

The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)

Movie
O-Lan
The Good Earth

The Good Earth (1937)

Movie
Anna Held
The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

Movie
Leopoldine Dur
Escapade

Escapade (1935)

Movie
Marita Costa
Heut' kommt's drauf an

Heut' kommt's drauf an (1933)

Movie
Actress
Madame has a visitor

Madame has a visitor (1932)

Movie
Kitty
Sehnsucht 202

Sehnsucht 202 (1932)

Movie

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1910-01-12

Deathday
2014-12-30 (104 years old)

Birth Place
Düsseldorf, Germany

Relationships
Robert Knittel (1945-01-01 - 1989-01-01), Clifford Odets (1937-01-01 - 1940-01-01)

Citizenships
United States of America, Germany

Residences
Hamburg · Düsseldorf, Germany, Vienna, Austria, London, United Kingdom

Awards
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Academy Award for Best Actress, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame


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