Luise Rainer
Luise Rainer (January 12, 1910 – December 30, 2014) was a two-time Academy Award-winning German-born Austrian-American movie actress. She was the first person to win two Academy Awards in a row. The first was for her role as Anna Held in The Great Ziegfeld, and the second was for her role as a Chinese farmer in The Good Earth.
Luise Rainer | |
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| File:Luise Rainer 1936.jpg 1936 publicity photo | |
| Born | January 12, 1910 |
| Died | December 30, 2014 (aged 104) |
| Years active | 1932-1997 |
| Spouse(s) | Clifford Odets (m. 1937-1940, divorced) Robert Knittel (m. 1945-1989, his death) |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Actress 1936 The Great Ziegfeld 1937 The Good Earth NYFCC Award for Best Actress 1936 The Great Ziegfeld Hollywood Walk of Fame 6300 Hollywood Blvd |
Rainer was born in Duesseldorf and was Jewish.[1]
Rainer died from pneumonia in her home in London, England, aged 104.[2]
Luise Rainer Media
- Rainer - Dramatic School.jpg
With Paulette Goddard in Dramatic School (1938)
- Luise Rainer - Paramount.jpg
Publicity photo of Luise Rainer.
- Rainer-Odets-1937-cropped.jpg
Luise Rainer and Clifford Odets in January 1937, shortly before their marriage
- Luise Rainer in Dramatic School trailer 2.JPG
Cropped screenshot of Luise Rainer from the trailer for the film Dramatic School
- Luise Rainer-Maurice Marsac in Combat!.JPG
Rainer in the TV series Combat!, episode "Finest Hour" (1965), publicity still
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Rainer in September 2011 receiving a star on the Boulevard der Stars
References
- ↑ "Spartacus Educational". Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ↑ "Luise Rainer, Hollywood golden era Oscar winner, dies aged 104". BBC News.com. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
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