Luise Rainer
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 q...
Known For
Filmography
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
as (archive footage)
Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2011
Hollywood Chinese
2007
as Self
Ziegfeld on Film
2004
as Herself (interviewee, and in clips from The Great Ziegfeld)
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
2003
as Actor - Gesang Der Geister Über Den Wassern
The Gambler
1997
as Grandmother
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brisant
1994
as Self
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
A Dancer
1991
as Anna
Boulevard Bio
1991
as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as SElf
The Love Boat
1977
as Dorothy Fielding
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975
as Self
Combat!
1962
as Countess De Roy
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Chambermaid
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Page
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Caroline
Suspense
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
1948
Hostages
1943
as Milada Pressinger
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Waltz
1938
as Poldi Vogelhuber
The Toy Wife
1938
as Gilberte 'Frou Frou' Brigard
Dramatic School
1938
as Louise Mauban
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
as Self (uncredited)
The Good Earth
1937
as O-Lan
Big City
1937
as Anna Benton
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Countess Olga Mironova
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
as Anna Held
Escapade
1935
as Leopoldine Dur
Heut' kommt's drauf an
1933
as Marita Costa
Madame has a visitor
1932
Sehnsucht 202
1932
as Kitty