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

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  • Познат по : Acting
  • Рођендан : 1910-01-12
  • Место рођења : Düsseldorf, Germany
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Luise Rainer Филмови

  • 1937
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    The Good Earth

    The Good Earth

    6.2 1937 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Great Ziegfeld

    The Great Ziegfeld

    6.2 1936 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Great Waltz

    The Great Waltz

    5.5 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    Big City

    Big City

    7.4 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Emperor's Candlesticks

    The Emperor's Candlesticks

    5.2 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Toy Wife

    The Toy Wife

    4.8 1938 HD

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  • 1935
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    Escapade

    Escapade

    1 1935 HD

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  • 2019
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    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    5.6 2019 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Gambler

    The Gambler

    4.8 1997 HD

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  • 1938
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    Dramatic School

    Dramatic School

    6.2 1938 HD

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  • 1932
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    Madame hat Besuch

    Madame hat Besuch

    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

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  • 1943
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    Hostages

    Hostages

    6 1943 HD

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  • 1932
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    Sehnsucht 202

    Sehnsucht 202

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1991
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    A Dancer

    A Dancer

    1 1991 HD

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  • 2004
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    Ziegfeld on Film

    Ziegfeld on Film

    5.7 2004 HD

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  • 2003
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    Poem: Ich setzte den Fuß in die Luft und sie trug

    Poem: Ich setzte den Fuß in die Luft und sie trug

    9 2003 HD

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  • 2007
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    Hollywood Chinese

    Hollywood Chinese

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1940
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    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    6.5 1940 HD

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  • 1994
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    That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

    6.9 1994 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Romance of Celluloid

    The Romance of Celluloid

    7 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    Another Romance of Celluloid

    Another Romance of Celluloid

    5 1938 HD

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  • 1997
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    Frank Capra's American Dream

    Frank Capra's American Dream

    6.2 1997 HD

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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

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  • 1962
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    Combat!

    Combat!

    7.6 1962 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    6.5 1951 HD

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  • 1992
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    MGM: When the Lion Roars

    MGM: When the Lion Roars

    7.7 1992 HD

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  • 1949
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    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.2 1949 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre

    The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.291 1977 HD

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

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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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    Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland

    Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland

    9 1975 HD

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  • 1994
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    Brisant

    Brisant

    5.3 1994 HD

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