What is Luise Rainer?
{{Infobox person |name = Luise Rainer |image = Luise Rainer 1936.jpg |imagesize = |caption = 1936 publicity photo |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|1910|1|12}} |birth_place = [[Düsseldorf]], [[German Empire|Germany]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|30|1910|1|12}} |death_place = [[London]], [[England]] |yearsactive = 1932-1997 |spouse = [[Clifford Odets]]<br>(m. 1937-1940, [[divorce]]d)<br>Robert Knittel<br>(m. 1945-1989, his death) |awards = '''[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]'''<br>1936 ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]''<br>1937 ''[[The Good Earth (movie)|The Good Earth]]''<br> '''[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|NYFCC Award for Best Actress]]''' <br>1936 ''The Great Ziegfeld'' <br> '''[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]'''<br>[[Hollywood Blvd|6300 Hollywood Blvd]] }} '''Luise Rainer''' (January 12, 1910 &ndash; December 30, 2014) was a two-time [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning [[Germans|German]]-born [[Austrians|Austrian]]-[[Americans|American]] [[movie]] [[actress]]. She was the first person to win two Academy Awards in a row. The first was for her role as [[Anna Held]] in ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]'', and the second was for her role as a [[China|Chinese]] [[farmer]] in ''[[The Good Earth (movie)|The Good Earth]]''. Rainer was born in [[Duesseldorf]] and was [[Jew]]ish.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USArainer.htm |title=Spartacus Educational |access-date=2012-10-05 |archive-date=2012-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213182918/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USArainer.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rainer died from [[pneumonia]] in her home in [[London]], England, aged 104.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30631088|title=Luise Rainer, Hollywood golden era Oscar winner, dies aged 104|publisher=[[BBC News]].com|accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons}} *{{imdb name|id=0707023|name=Luise Rainer}} *[