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Sum Up | Luise Rainer: An Incomplete Filmography

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 14, 2019

Between 1932 and 1997, two-time Academy Award winner Luise Rainer—who was the first actor to win more than one Academy Award and the first to win two back-to-back— made a total of fifteen films. Approximately. Austrian Rainer made three German-language films in the early thirties before Hollywood—M read more

Sum Up | Luise Rainer: An Incomplete Filmography

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 14, 2019

Between 1932 and 1997, two-time Academy Award winner Luise Rainer—who was the first actor to win more than one Academy Award and the first to win two back-to-back— made a total of fifteen films. Approximately. Austrian Rainer made three German-language films in the early thirties before Hollywood—M read more

Sum Up | Luise Rainer: An Incomplete Filmography

The Stop Button Posted by on Mar 14, 2019

Between 1932 and 1997, two-time Academy Award winner Luise Rainer—who was the first actor to win more than one Academy Award and the first to win two back-to-back— made a total of fifteen films. Approximately. Austrian Rainer made three German-language films in the early thirties before Hollywood—M read more

Sum Up | Luise Rainer: An Incomplete Filmography

The Stop Button Posted by on Mar 14, 2019

Between 1932 and 1997, two-time Academy Award winner Luise Rainer—who was the first actor to win more than one Academy Award and the first to win two back-to-back— made a total of fifteen films. Approximately. Austrian Rainer made three German-language films in the early thirties before Hollywood—M read more

Quote of the Week: Luise Rainer

Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 27, 2015

Image Source Happiness lies in moments, and while you have it you’re not even aware, only afterwards do you know you were happy. -Luise Rainer Quote Source read more

Quote of the Week: Luise Rainer

Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 26, 2015

Image Source I don’t believe in acting. I think that people in life act, but when you are on the stage, or in my case also on screen, you have to be true. You must feel it, and give birth to it, like to a child. -Luise Rainer Quote Source read more

Luise Rainer: A Life in Film

Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jan 3, 2015

We remember the life and legacy of actress Luise Rainer who died at age 104 on Dec. 30. German-Austrian actress Luise Rainer was one of MGM's brightest stars in the 1930s. Rainer came to Hollywood in 1935 after a successful career on the German stage and screen. She became an immediate sensation read more

The Great Ziegfeld Telephone Scene with Luise Rainer

Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jan 3, 2015

The late Luise Rainer's most famous moment on screen is this brief scene from The Great Ziegfeld (1936). Rainer plays Anna Held, the common-law wife of Broadway showman Florenz Zeigfeld (William Powell). She literally smiles through her tears while telephoning Ziegfeld to congratulate him on his sec read more

luise rainer a legendary oscar dame

Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest Posted by Joey on Dec 31, 2014

luise rainer a legendary oscar dame https://www.facebook.com/Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest Luise Rainer was a German-born Austrian and American film actress. She was the first person to win multiple Academy Awards and the first person to win them consecutively. The actress appeared in a number of Ger read more

luise rainer a legendary oscar dame

Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest Posted by Joey on Dec 31, 2014

luise rainer a legendary oscar dame Luise Rainer was a German-born Austrian and American film actress. She was the first person to win multiple Academy Awards and the first person to win them consecutively. The actress appeared in a number of German films before being talent-spotted by Hollywood st read more

Did that performance deserve an Oscar?: Luise Rainer in “The Great Ziegfeld” (1936)

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Feb 8, 2013

This post is part of the 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon, hosted by Once Upon a Screen, Outspoken & Freckled and Paula’s Cinema Club. It runs Feb. 1 – Mar. 3, in conjunction with Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of Oscar.  Occasionally you look at Academy Award winners, raise an eyebrow and read more

Happy 100th Birthday Luise Rainer

Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 12, 2010

There was no one quite like Luise Rainer in old Hollywood. She wasn’t, and could never be a “type”. She was exotic, but in a softer way than Dietrich—and more earthbound than Garbo. She was also lively, but with more reserve than Lombard, and less confidence than Colbert. R read more