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She was the first thespian to win multiple Academy Awards, and the first to win back-to-back; at the time of her death, thirteen days shy of her 105th birthday, she was the longest-lived Oscar recipient (and the longest-lived female star from Classic Hollywood), a superlative that has not been exceeded, as of 2024.
Luise Rainer became the first actress and first performer to win consecutive awards for lead roles. 1937 Winner Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role. The Great Ziegfeld.
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- December 30, 2014
Dec 30, 2014 · Luise Rainer, who left Nazi Germany for Hollywood and soared to fame in the 1930s as the first star to win back-to-back Oscars, then quit films at the peak of her career for occasional stage work...
The win made Rainer the first two-time Oscar winner in an acting category and the first to win consecutive acting awards (Spencer Tracy, her distaff honoree for Captains Courageous (1937) would follow her as a consecutive acting Oscar winner the next year, and Walter Brennan, Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner for Come and Get It (1936) the ...
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- Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Belgravia, London, England, UK
Rainer returned to Hollywood for the 1998 and 2003 Academy Awards shows honoring previous Oscar winners and in 2010 for the TCM Classic Film Festival.
Dec 30, 2014 · With that prize, she became the first actress to win consecutive best actress Academy Awards – a feat not equaled until Katharine Hepburn pulled off the trick for 1967’s “Guess Who’s Coming...
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The win made Rainer the first two-time Oscar winner in an acting category and the first to win consecutive acting awards (Spencer Tracy, her distaff honoree for Captains Courageous (1937) would follow her as a consecutive acting Oscar winner the next year, and Walter Brennan, Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner for Come and Get It (1936) the ...
