Rainer, a German-born Austrian, was a true legend, not only one of the last connections to 1930s Hollywood - a real Golden Age of movies - but also a pupil of Max Reinhardt, a wife of Clifford Odets, a competitor of Greta Garbo, a target of Louis B. So this seems as good a time as any to reflect on what she meant to Hollywood and to me. Rainer, the first person ever to win two acting Oscars - which happened to come in back-to-back years, for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and for The Good Earth (1937), and just a couple of years before her Hollywood career was over - died Tuesday at 104, less than two weeks shy of her 105th birthday. ![]() I interviewed Luise Rainer in London in 2009, back when she was only 99 years old.
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