The Love Boat
1977
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Jun 23, 2021 · In both The Great Ziegfeld and The Good Earth, Rainer played long-suffering, indefatigable, and loyal wives, first to celebrated impresario Florenz Ziegfeld and then to a Chinese peasant. Both performances had far more depth and nuance to them than the studio seemed to recognize.
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[14] Rainer's family was upper-class and Jewish. [15] : 402 [16] Rainer publicity photo in 1936. Rainer had two brothers and was a premature baby, born two months early. She describes her father as being "possessive" and "tempestuous", but whose affections and concern were centered on her.
- Elisabeth Bergner (1897-1986) The Austrian actress Elisabeth Bergner was nominated for a best actress Oscar in 1935 and even may have helped create the titular character in the film “All About Eve.”
- Libby Holman (1904-1971) As an openly bisexual American actress who was charged with murdering her husband (inspiring three films), Libby Holman led a controversial life.
- Ruby Myers (1907-1983) Ruby Myers, who went by the stage name Sulochana, was an Indian actress of Middle Eastern origin who defied the social norms of her era by starring in early Hindi silent films.
- Sylvia Sidney (1910-1999) Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants, stage and film actress Sylvia Sidney rose to fame in the 1930s for playing the partner of gangsters.
Dec 30, 2014 · The daughter of a middle-class Jewish family that later escaped Nazi Germany, Rainer was born in Dusseldorf in 1910 and later spent part of her upbringing in Austria.
Dec 30, 2014 · Jewish actress Luise Rainer has died aged 104. Rainer was a star of cinema's golden era and won back-to-back Oscars. The German-born star was named best actress in 1936 and 1937 - a feat...
Dec 30, 2014 · The German Jewish actress Luise Rainer, who died on December 30 at age 104, belied the impression that to live to a great old age, tranquility of mind is essential.
Luise Rainer, the first thespian to win back-to-back Oscars, was born on January 12, 1910 in Dusseldorf, Germany, into a prosperous Jewish family. Her parents were Emilie (Königsberger) and Heinrich Rainer, a businessman. She took to the stage, and plied her craft on the boards in Germany.
