Luise Rainer

Personal Info

Birthday

January 12, 1910

Day of Death

2014-12-30

(104 years old)

Place of Birth

Düsseldorf, Germany

Luise Rainer

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.

Known For

The Love Boat

Combat!

Lux Video Theatre

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Great Ziegfeld

The Good Earth

That's Entertainment! III

The Gambler

Filmography

2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
2007
Hollywood Chinese
as Self
2004
Ziegfeld on Film
as Herself (interviewee, and in clips from The Great Ziegfeld)
1997
The Gambler
as Grandmother
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1991
A Dancer
as Anna
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as SElf
1943
Hostages
as Milada Pressinger
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1938
Dramatic School
as Louise Mauban
The Great Waltz
as Poldi Vogelhuber
The Toy Wife
as Gilberte 'Frou Frou' Brigard
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
1937
Big City
as Anna Benton
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Countess Olga Mironova
The Good Earth
as O-Lan
1936
The Great Ziegfeld
as Anna Held
1935
Escapade
as Leopoldine Dur
1933
Heut' kommt's drauf an
as Marita Costa
1932
Sehnsucht 202
as Kitty