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Luise Rainer

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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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1997 The Gambler
Grandmother
 
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)
 
1943 Hostages
Milada Pressinger
 
1938 Dramatic School
Louise
 
1938 The Great Waltz
Poldi Vogelhuber
 
1938 The Toy Wife
Gilberte 'Frou Frou' Brigard
 
1937 Big City
Anna Benton
 
1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks
Countess Olga Mironova
 
1937 The Good Earth
O-Lan
 
1936 The Great Ziegfeld
Anna Held
 
1935 Escapade
Leopoldine Dur
 
1933 Heut' kommt's drauf an
Marita Costa
 
1932 Madame hat Besuch
 
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 Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
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
 
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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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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: She appeared at the National Theatre (Lyttelton), London, UK on 3/4/99 to discuss her marriage to Clifford Odets and his play "Waiting For Lefty". 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:

The Oscar is not a curse. The real curse is that once you have an Oscar they think you can do anything. See more »

Trivia:

Her second husband, Robert Knittel, was a New York publisher whom she married in 1945. They had one child, Francesca. See more »

Nickname:

The Viennese Teardrop See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn