Luise Rainer
Actor
Born January 12, 1910 in Düsseldorf, Germany
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.
Filmography
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Hollywood Chinese
Self
Ziegfeld on Film
Herself (interviewee, and in clips from The Great Ziegfeld)
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
Actor - Gesang Der Geister Über Den Wassern
The Gambler
Grandmother
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Brisant
Self
MGM: When the Lion Roars
Boulevard Bio
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
SElf
The Love Boat
Dorothy Fielding
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self
Combat!
Countess De Roy
The Oscars
Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Chambermaid
Suspense
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Hostages
Milada Pressinger
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
Dramatic School
Louise Mauban
The Great Waltz
Poldi Vogelhuber
The Toy Wife
Gilberte 'Frou Frou' Brigard
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
Big City
Anna Benton
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Countess Olga Mironova
The Good Earth
O-Lan
The Great Ziegfeld
Anna Held
Escapade
Leopoldine Dur
Heut' kommt's drauf an
Marita Costa
Sehnsucht 202
Kitty