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Luise Rainer

Luise Rainer was a German-born film actress. She was the first thespian to win multiple Academy Awards, and the first to win back-to-back; at the time of her death, thirteen days shy of her 105th birthday, she was the longest-lived Oscar recipient, a superlative that has not been exceeded, as of 2026.

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entertainment · German-born actress (1910–2014) · television actor · film actor · stage actor · actor · also Luise Rainer, Rainer

Born 12 January 1910 · Died 30 December 2014 · Q18994

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s wish, however, that she attend a good finishing school and
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2026· 2 entries

Aug 17, 2026Documented record76% confidence

“s wish, however, that she attend a good finishing school and”

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Jun 6, 2026Documented record75% confidence

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2015· 2 entries

Jan 15, 2015Documented record69% confidence

The Forward: Luise Rainer’s American Way

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Jan 6, 2015Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: My friendship with Luise Rainer: art, advice, Einstein and champagne

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2014· 10 entries

Dec 30, 2014Documented record76% confidence

NPR: Actress Luise Rainer Made Hollywood History — Then Walked Away

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Dec 30, 2014Documented record69% confidence

Yahoo: Luise Rainer: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Legendary Actress

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Dec 30, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Luise Rainer: a life in clips

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Dec 30, 2014Documented record69% confidence

Los Angeles Times: From the Archives: Luise Rainer’s 100 years of fortitude: Oscar winner was feisty, memorable

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Dec 30, 2014Documented record69% confidence

ABC15 Arizona: Luise Rainer, two-time Oscar winner, dead at 104

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Dec 30, 2014Documented record69% confidence

Page Six: Actress Luise Rainer dies at 104

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Dec 30, 2014Documented record69% confidence

Yahoo: Luise Rainer, First to Win Consecutive Oscars, Dead at 104

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Dec 30, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Luise Rainer obituary

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Dec 30, 2014Documented record69% confidence

Jewish Journal: Actress Luise Rainer, 1930s back-to-back Oscar winner, dies

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Dec 30, 2014Documented record86% confidence

Died 2014-12-30.

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2011· 2 entries

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Was initially rejected by the jury (Senta Berger, Gero Gandert, Uwe Kammann, Dieter Kosslick and Hans Helmut Prinzler) despite being nominated

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2011Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And followed the 20 that were issued in 2010

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2010· 1 entry

2010Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Despite being Germany's only Academy Award-winning actress

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2003· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2003Documented record88% confidence

“nothing worse could have happened to me,”

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1985· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1985Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1985).

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1943· 1 entry

1943Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And abandoned film making in 1944 after marrying publisher Robert Knittel

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1942· 1 entry

1942Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

That she make a screen test for the lead role in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), but Ingrid Bergman was cast

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1940· 1 entry

1940Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

To live with playwright Clifford Odets, whom she had married in 1937

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1938· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1938Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for The Good Earth (1938).

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1938Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Played Johann Strauss's long-suffering wife Poldi in the successful Oscar-winning MGM musical biopic The Great Waltz, her last big hit

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1937· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1937Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for The Great Ziegfeld (1937).

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1936· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1936Documented record84% confidence

Awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for The Great Ziegfeld (1936).

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1936Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

At age 37 of her producer, Irving Thalberg, whom she greatly admired

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1934· 1 entry

1934Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

After appearing in several German language films, she was seen performing in the play Six Characters in Search of an Author by MGM talent scout Phil Berg, who offered her a three-year contract in Hollywood

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1928· 1 entry

1928Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Followed by other appearances, including Jacques Deval's play Mademoiselle, Kingsley's Men in White, George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, Measure for Measure, and Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author

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1910· 1 entry

Jan 12, 1910Documented record86% confidence

Born 1910-01-12.

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