Luise Rainer: Remembering the Pro-Israel Work of a 104-Year-Old Oscar Winning Actress

Frontpage Mag ^ | 01/01/2015 | Daniel Greenfield

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Luise Rainer, an actress who won two Oscars back to back for her roles in The Great Ziegfeld and the Good Earth, after emigrating from Germany, died at the age of 104. While she is remembering for her place in old Hollywood, often overlooked is the pro-Israel work of this Jewish actress.

Rainer participated in the United Palestine Appeal’s Night of Stars (Palestine was the British Latin designation used for a colonial territory that included Israel). She was the chairwoman of the American tour of the Habima Theater, which stood to reason as her acting aspirations had begun as a young girl when she planned to join the Habima Theater.

Newspaper accounts show her continuing to appear at Combined Jewish Appeal events alongside Israeli speakers. While coverage of her largely vanished when she walked away from Hollywood as a young woman, it would appear that she remained active in pro-Israel coverage.

There have been few interviews of Rainer in recent years even though she remained articulate and clearminded.

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LUISE RAINER, 1936 and 2013

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RIP.

I see Ed Herrmann also passed away.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/01/01/stage-screen-actor-edward-herrmann-dies-at-71/print#

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What a delight it was to enjoy her interview with Bob on TCM, taped at their movie festival. Bless her heart, she was nearly deaf but so wise and cheerful. She really was a actor of great range and talent, but too deep for Hollywood. I wonder if she and William Powell stayed in touch. He wised up and ended up a long-lifer, too.

Requiescat in pace

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I wonder who is next? They always comes in 3s.

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Ed was such a sweet and kind man. Very well educated but extremely down to earth. My dad and I worked for him in the late 70’s up until the mid nineties. Put a big addition on his house in Kent, NY among other things before he moved to CT with his second wife in the mid 90’s.