Rainer started her acting career in Germany at age 16, under the tutelage of Austria's leading stage director, Max Reinhardt. Within a few years, she had become a distinguished Berlin …

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. Her parents were Emilie …

Luise Rainer, German-born film actress who was the first person to receive two Academy Awards for acting. She won her back-to-back Oscars for her role as Anna Held in The Great Ziegfeld …

Dec 30, 2014 · Luise Rainer was the first person to win back-to-back Academy Awards (in 1936 for The Great Ziegfield and 1937 for The Good Earth). Ranier died Monday at her home in …

Jun 23, 2021 · Shortly after arriving in Hollywood in 1935 in flight from Nazi persecution, Luise Rainer won unprecedented back-to-back Oscars for her roles in The Great Ziegfeld and The …

Dec 31, 2014 · With her soulful eyes, luminous beauty and an emotional intensity that melted hearts, Luise Rainer was well on her way to becoming a queen of Hollywood after only a …

Dec 30, 2014 · It was an unusually long life, 104 years until it ended today, but Luise Rainer was best known for having won back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Actress in the late 1930s, …

Luise Rainer was a German and American actress who rose to stardom in Hollywood during 1930s. This biography profiles her childhood, life, acting career, achievements and timeline.

Luise Rainer will be 100 in two months. The five years that she spent in Hollywood are but the blink of an eye in her life, but long enough for her to have made cinematic history – the first …

Dec 30, 2014 · Luise Rainer, who left Nazi Germany for Hollywood and soared to fame in the 1930s as the first star to win back-to-back Oscars, then quit films at the peak of her career for …