Luise Rainer
Luise Rainer (, 12 January 1910 – 30 December 2014) was a German-American-British 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 had not been exceeded as of 2021.
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| Full name at birth | Luise Rainer
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| Claim to fame | Back to back Academy Awards for Best Actress for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937)
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| Date of birth | 12 January 1910
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| Place of birth | Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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| Date of death | 30 December 2014
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| Age | 104 (age at death)
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| Place of death | London, England, UK
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| Cause of death | Pneumonia
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| Resting place | Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend
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| Occupation | Actress
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| Height | 5' 4" (163 cm)
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| Net worth | $1,500,000 USD
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![Luise Rainer - Screen Play Magazine Pictorial [United States] (February 1937)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/7/y/7yfbhlkyxmeleyyh.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Luise Rainer - Picture Play Magazine Pictorial [United States] (November 1935)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/a/b/ab1978ikeu8guai9.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Luise Rainer - Screen Guide Magazine Cover [United States] (April 1937)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/x/c/xcxa0dwhsxuhhu0c.jpg?skj2io4l)
- she was the longest-lived Oscar recipient, a superlative that had not been exceeded as of 2021
- As of 2008, she is only one of six actors who have a 2-0 winning record when nominated for an acting Oscar. The others are Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951); Helen Hayes for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) and Airport (1970); Sally Field for Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984); Kevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects (1995) and American Beauty (1999); and Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).
- Born to Heinrich Rainer and his wife Emilie Königsberger.
- Became a US citizen in the 1940s.
- She is mentioned in the novel 'Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote . When discussing Holly Golightly's chances of making it the Hollywood agent O.J. Berman says, "If you mean future, you're wrong again. Now a couple of years back, out on the Coast, there was a time it could've been different. She had something working for her, she had them interested, she could've really rolled. But when you walk out on a thing like that, you don't walk back. Ask Luise Rainer. And Rainer was a star. Sure, Holly was no star; she never got out of the still department. But that was before The Story of Dr. Wassell. Then she could've really rolled. I know, see, cause I'm the guy was giving her the push.".
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