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    Luise Rainer (/ ˈ r aɪ n ər / RY-nər, German:; 12 January 1910 – 30 December 2014) was a German-born film actress. [1] [2] 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 ...

  2. Dec 30, 2014 · By Robert D. McFadden. 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 ...

  3. Dec 30, 2014 · 30 December 2014. Getty Images. Luise Rainer was honoured with a star on Berlin's Walk of Fame in 2011. Actress Luise Rainer, who became the first winner of consecutive Oscars in the 1930s, has ...

  4. Dec 30, 2014 · December 30, 2014 2:36am. Luise Rainer Spencer Tracy 1937 - P 2014. Everett Collection. Luise Rainer, a star of cinema’s golden era and the first person ever to win back-to-back acting Oscars ...

  5. Dec 30, 2014 · LONDON (AP) — Luise Rainer, a star of cinema’s golden era who won back-to-back Oscars but then walked away from a glittering Hollywood career, has died. She was 104. Rainer, whose roles ranged from the 1930s German stage to television’s “The Love Boat,” died Tuesday at her home in London from pneumonia, said her only daughter ...

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  6. Luise Rainer (born January 12, 1910, Düsseldorf, Germany—died December 30, 2014, London, England) was a German-born film actress who was the first person to receive two Academy Awards for acting. William Powell and Luise Rainer in The Great ZiegfeldWilliam Powell and Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld (1936), directed by Robert Z. Leonard.

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  8. Dec 30, 2014 · Luise Rainer, First-Ever Two-Time Oscar Winner, Has Died at Age 104. For years, Luise Rainer held four Oscar records. She was the first performer to win two Oscars (Best Actress prizes for 1936's ...