Luise Rainer, Best Actress 1936 & 1937:
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1936: THE
GREAT ZIEGFELD
(Musical/Biography - NR)
Luise Rainer received her first oscar for playing
Ziegfeld's first wife, Anna Held, who after a stormy
marriage and divorce still continued to love Ziegfeld.
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1937: THE GOOD EARTH
(Drama - NR)
Luise Rainer received her second oscar for playing
Olan, the peasant farm wife who becomes the heroine
of Pearl Buck's epic saga of Chinese farm life.
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ABOUT LUISE RAINER (1909 - )
In addition to winning the Best Actress Oscar for
this film, Austrian born actress Luise Rainer also
won a second Oscar for THE GOOD EARTH.
Luise Rainer is the first two-time (1936 & 1937)
Oscar winner in the two Best Acting categories.
Rainer's other credits include:
THE BIG CITY
THE TOY WIFE
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Luise Rainer with William Powell in THE
GREAT ZIEGFELD
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