Luise Rainer

Luise Rainer

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. Her first American role was in the film Escapade (1935), which was soon followed with a relatively small part in the musical biopic The Great Ziegfeld (1936). Despite her limited appearances in the film, she "so impressed audiences" that she won the Oscar for Best Actress. For her dramatic telephone scene in the film, she was later dubbed "the Viennese teardrop". In her next role, producer Irving Thalberg was convinced, despite the studio's disagreement, that she could play the part of a poor uncomely Chinese farm wife in The Good Earth, based on Pearl Buck's novel about hardship in China. The subdued character she played was such a dramatic contrast to her previous, vivacious character, that she won another Academy Award, even with Greta Garbo as one of the nominees. However, she would later remark that by winning two consecutive Oscars, "nothing worse could have happened to me," as audience expectations from then on would be too high to fulfill. She was then given parts in a string of unimportant movies, leading MGM and Rainer to become disappointed, and she ended her brief three-year career in films, soon returning to Europe. Adding to her rapid decline, some feel, was the "poor career advice" given her by then husband, playwright Clifford Odets, along with the unexpected death, at age 37, of her producer, Irving Thalberg, whom she greatly admired. Some film historians consider her the "most extreme case of an Oscar victim in Hollywood mythology". She currently lives in London. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luise Rainer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Title: Luise Rainer
  • Popularity: 0.685
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1910-01-12
  • Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
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Luise Rainer Movies

  • 1937
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    The Good Earth

    The Good Earth

    6.2 1937 HD

    China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the...

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  • 1936
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    The Great Ziegfeld

    The Great Ziegfeld

    6.2 1936 HD

    Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker.

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  • 1938
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    The Great Waltz

    The Great Waltz

    5.6 1938 HD

    Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.

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  • 1937
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    Big City

    Big City

    7.4 1937 HD

    Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob...

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  • 1937
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    The Emperor's Candlesticks

    The Emperor's Candlesticks

    5.2 1937 HD

    Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.

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  • 1938
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    The Toy Wife

    The Toy Wife

    4.8 1938 HD

    A Southern belle finds herself torn between two suitors.

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  • 1935
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    Escapade

    Escapade

    1 1935 HD

    A romantic comedy-drama-musical of mistaken identity, infidelity and farce, set in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century.

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  • 2019
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    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    5.5 2019 HD

    A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

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  • 1997
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    The Gambler

    The Gambler

    4.8 1997 HD

    Under pressure from his publisher, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky gets work on his latest piece, 'Rouletenberg'. In the 27 days it takes for him...

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  • 1938
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    Dramatic School

    Dramatic School

    6.2 1938 HD

    Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at...

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  • 1932
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    Madame has a visitor

    Madame has a visitor

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1933
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    Heut' kommt's drauf an

    Heut' kommt's drauf an

    1 1933 HD

    A musical comedy centering around the competitors in the Golden Saxophone competition.

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  • 1943
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    Hostages

    Hostages

    6 1943 HD

    After the mysterious disappearance of a German soldier from a Prague cafe, the staff and customers are held captive by the Nazis accused of murder...

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  • 1932
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    Sehnsucht 202

    Sehnsucht 202

    1 1932 HD

    After a mix-up with a newspaper advertisement, a shop-girl and a millionairess are mistaken for one another by two businessmen. A musical romantic...

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  • 1991
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    A Dancer

    A Dancer

    1 1991 HD

    Part of the By Herself series of individual dramas created for Channel 4, A dancer explores the emotional moment when two former lovers, separated by...

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  • 2004
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    Ziegfeld on Film

    Ziegfeld on Film

    5.7 2004 HD

    This short documentary includes interviews with Florenz Ziegfeld's daughter Patricia and actress Luise Rainer. Ziegfeld's life and the making of the...

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  • 2003
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    Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me

    Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me

    9 2003 HD

    A series of poems.

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  • 2007
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    Hollywood Chinese

    Hollywood Chinese

    1 2007 HD

    Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance...

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  • 1940
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    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    6.5 1940 HD

    This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...

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  • 1994
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    That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

    6.943 1994 HD

    Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to...

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  • 1937
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    The Romance of Celluloid

    The Romance of Celluloid

    7 1937 HD

    Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater,...

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    Another Romance of Celluloid

    Another Romance of Celluloid

    5 1938 HD

    This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of...

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  • 1997
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    Frank Capra's American Dream

    Frank Capra's American Dream

    6.2 1997 HD

    A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

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  • 2011
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    Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

    Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

    1 2011 HD

    100-year-old Oscar-winning actress Luise Rainer sits down with Robert Osborne at the 2010 TCM Classic Film Festival.

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  • 1962
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    Combat!

    Combat!

    7.6 1962 HD

    Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    7 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1992
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    MGM: When the Lion Roars

    MGM: When the Lion Roars

    7.8 1992 HD

    On April 24, 1924, the movies changed forever: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio opened and soon assembled “more stars than there are in the...

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  • 1949
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    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.556 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.3 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1948
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    The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre

    The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre

    6 1948 HD

    The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre is an American anthology series that aired live on NBC Mondays at 8 pm EST from September 27, 1948 to June 26, 1950....

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1991
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    Boulevard Bio

    Boulevard Bio

    6 1991 HD

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  • 1975
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    Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

    Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

    9 1975 HD

    Based on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, is one of the most fascinating...

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  • 1994
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    Brisant

    Brisant

    5.3 1994 HD

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