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Luise Rainer

German-born actress (1910-2014) · Germany · Actors · Died at 104

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Luise Rainer was a German-born film actress. She was the first thespian to win multiple Academy Awards, and the first to win back-to-back; at the time of her death, thirteen days shy of her 105th birthday, she was the longest-lived Oscar recipient, a superlative that has not been exceeded, as of 2026.

A life in dates

2014Died30 December 20142011Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film FestivalFilm2007Hollywood ChineseFilm2003Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried MeFilm, Actor - Gesang Der Geister Über Den Wassern1997Frank Capra's American DreamFilm1994BrisantSeriesThat's Entertainment! IIIFilm, 1994(archive footage) (uncredited)1992MGM: When the Lion RoarsSeries1991Boulevard BioSeriesA DancerFilm, 1991Anna1985Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1977The Love BoatSeries, Dorothy Fielding1975Film Emigration from Nazi GermanySeries1953The OscarsSeries1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries, Chambermaid1950Lux Video TheatreSeries, Mrs. Page1949SuspenseSeries1948The Chevrolet Tele-TheatreSeries1943HostagesFilm, Milada Pressinger1940Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsFilm1938Academy Award for Best ActressAwardAnother Romance of CelluloidFilm, 19381937Academy Award for Best ActressAwardBig CityFilm, 1937Anna Benton1935EscapadeFilm, Leopoldine Dur1933Heut' kommt's drauf anFilm, Marita Costa1932Madame has a visitorFilm1910Born12 January 1910

Also in Deutsch

Photos 10

Rainer publicity photo in 1936Rainer publicity photo in 1936With Paulette Goddard in Dramatic School (1938)With Paulette Goddard in Dramatic School (1938)1930s publicity photo1930s publicity photoLuise Rainer and Clifford Odets in January 1937, shortly before their marriageLuise Rainer and Clifford Odets in January 1937, shortly before their marriage1938 publicity photo1938 publicity photo

Filmography 25

YHYellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood(archive footage)2019
LFLuise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival2011
HCHollywood Chinese2007
ZFZiegfeld on FilmHerself (interviewee, and in clips from The Great Ziegfeld)2004
PMPoem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried MeActor - Gesang Der Geister Über Den Wassern2003
TGThe GamblerGrandmother1997
FDFrank Capra's American Dream1997
TIThat's Entertainment! III(archive footage) (uncredited)1994
ADA DancerAnna1991
HHHappy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987
HOHostagesMilada Pressinger1943
CACavalcade of the Academy Awards1940
TWThe Great WaltzPoldi Vogelhuber1938
TWThe Toy WifeGilberte 'Frou Frou' Brigard1938
DSDramatic SchoolLouise Mauban1938
ACAnother Romance of Celluloid1938
TEThe Good EarthO-Lan1937 · ★ 6.3
TCThe Emperor's CandlesticksCountess Olga Mironova1937
BCBig CityAnna Benton1937
TCThe Romance of Celluloid1937
TZThe Great ZiegfeldAnna Held1936 · ★ 6.3
ESEscapadeLeopoldine Dur1935
HAHeut' kommt's drauf anMarita Costa1933
SESehnsucht 202Kitty1932
MVMadame has a visitor1932

38 credits on file

Television 12

BRBrisant1994
MRMGM: When the Lion Roars1992
BBBoulevard Bio1991
TBThe Love BoatDorothy Fielding1977
FGFilm Emigration from Nazi Germany1975
COCombat!Countess De Roy1962
TOThe Oscars1953
SSSchlitz Playhouse of StarsChambermaid1951
LTLux Video TheatreMrs. Page1950
SUSuspense1949
TSThe Ed Sullivan Show1948
TTThe Chevrolet Tele-Theatre1948

Awards

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1985
Academy Award for Best Actress1938
Academy Award for Best Actress1937
Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

In their orbit 2

About this person

Country
Germany
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 2014 · aged 104

In common with Luise

Pearl S. BuckAlso in The Good Earth (1937)Herman van VeenAlso in Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003)Katina PaxinouAlso in Hostages (1943)Jodhi MayAlso in The Gambler (1997)William PowellAlso in The Great Ziegfeld (1936)Leslie CaronAlso in That's Entertainment! III (1994)

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