Actor
Luise Rainer
January 12, 1910 · 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.
Often works with
Mickey Rooney
3 titles together
That's Entertainment! III, MGM: When the Lion Roars, Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
William Powell
2 titles together
The Great Ziegfeld, The Emperor's Candlesticks
Frank Morgan
2 titles together
The Great Ziegfeld, The Emperor's Candlesticks
Ray Bolger
2 titles together
The Great Ziegfeld, That's Entertainment! III
Herman Bing
2 titles together
The Great Ziegfeld, The Great Waltz
Paul Muni
2 titles together
The Good Earth, Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Full filmography · 25
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
2019
Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
cast
2011
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
as Actor - Gesang Der Geister Über Den Wassern
2003
The Gambler
as Grandmother
1997
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
19947.1A Dancer
as Anna
1991
Hostages
as Milada Pressinger
1943
Dramatic School
as Louise Mauban
1938
The Great Waltz
as Poldi Vogelhuber
1938
The Toy Wife
as Gilberte 'Frou Frou' Brigard
1938
Big City
as Anna Benton
1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Countess Olga Mironova
1937