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Luise Rainer


Luise Rainer, the first thespian to win back-to-back Oscars, was born on January 12, 1910 in Dusseldorf, Germany into a prosperous Jewish family. She took to the stage, and plied her craft on the boards in Germany. As a young actress, she was discovered by the legendary theater director Max Reinhardt and became part of his company in Vienna... See full bio »

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1991 A Dancer (TV movie)
Anna
 
1984 The Love Boat (TV series)
Dorothy Fielding / Maggie
The Lady and the Maid/Love Is Blind/The Babymakers (1984) … Dorothy Fielding/Maggie
 
1965 Combat! (TV series)
Countess De Roy
Finest Hour (1965) … Countess De Roy
 
1954 Der erste Kuß
 
1954 Suspense (TV series)
Torment (1954)
 
1950-1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Caroline / Mrs. Page
A Bouquet for Caroline (1953) … Caroline
Rosalind (1950) … Mrs. Page
 
1952 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Chambermaid
Love Came Late (1952) … Chambermaid
 
1951 Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (TV series)
Woman Overboard (1951)
 
1950 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Nina
The Seagull (1950) … Nina
 
1949 By Candlelight (TV movie)
 
1949 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
Trapeze (1949)
 
1938 Dramatic School
Louise
 
1938 The Toy Wife
Gilberte 'Frou Frou' Brigard
 
1937 Big City
Anna Benton
 
1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks
Countess Olga Mironova
 
1933 Heut' kommt's drauf an
Marita Costa
 
1932 Sehnsucht 202
Kitty (as Louise Rainer)
 
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1936 The Great Ziegfeld (performer: "Won't You Come and Play with Me" - uncredited, "It's Delightful to Be Married" 1907 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2004 Ziegfeld on Film (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (22 titles)
2011 Prominent! (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 6 September 2011 (2011) … Herself
 
2011 Brisant (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 6 September 2011 (2011) … Herself
 
2009 Noi che abbiamo fatto la dolce vita (documentary)
Herself
 
2009 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
Hollywood Chinese (2009) … Herself (also archive footage)
 
2007 Hollywood Chinese (documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Ziegfeld on Film (video documentary short)
Herself/ Anna Held ('The Great Ziegfeld') (also archive footage)
 
2004 Behind Poem (video documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Past Winner
 
2003 75 Years of the Academy Awards: An Unofficial History (TV special documentary)
Herself - Interviewee
 
2001 Greta Garbo: A Lone Star (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2001 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Herself
Greta Garbo (2001) … Herself
 
1998 Boulevard Bio (TV series)
Herself
Die letzte Leinwandgöttin (1998) … Herself
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Past Winner (uncredited)
 
1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
The Lion Reigns Supreme (1992) … Herself
 
1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1965 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 November 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1949-1959 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Actress
Episode #12.28 (1959) … Herself
Episode #12.22 (1959) … Herself
Episode #3.21 (1950) … Herself
Episode #2.22 (1949) … Herself - Actress
Episode #2.18 (1949) … Herself - Actress
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1938 Another Romance of Celluloid (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2011 ¿Quién fue Pilar Miró? (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Protagonistas del recuerdo (TV series)
 
2006 La imagen de tu vida (TV series)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2005 80s (TV series documentary)
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Performer in Clip from 'The Great Ziegfeld' (uncredited)
 
1958-1959 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 

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The Great Ziegfeld -- This biography follows the ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld, famed producer of extravagant stage revues.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared (as "Miss Thing") in "A Kiss for Cinderella" by J.M. Barrie on Broadway, 1942. Directed by Lee Strasberg. Music Box Theatre, New York City, 3/10/42-4/18/42. 10th March See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Interviews  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Louise Rainer

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[2003, referring to her Academy Award win in 1937] No one in Europe had never heard of it. I didn't know what it was, it didn't mean anything to me. See more »

Trivia:

Gave her 1937 Best Actress Oscar for The Good Earth to removal men who helped her relocate from Switzerland to London in 1989; she had been using the award as a doorstep for years and it was bent out of shape. See more »

Nickname:

The Viennese Teardrop See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn