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Luise Rainer, Hollywood golden era Oscar winner, dies aged 104
BBC News ^ | 12/30/2014

Posted on 12/30/2014 6:59:04 AM PST by Borges

Actress Luise Rainer, who became the first winner of consecutive Oscars in the 1930s, has died at the age of 104.

The German-born star was named best actress in 1936 and 1937 - a feat achieved by only five actors in Academy Awards history to date.

Her achievement made her a force in the golden age of Hollywood cinema, but was also a curse, making her last major film in 1943.

She settled in London and made occasional appearances on film and TV.

Rainer appeared in US small screen series The Loveboat in 1984, while her last substantial film role came in 1998, playing opposite Michael Gambon and Dominic West in The Gambler.

The actress appeared in a number of German films before being talent-spotted by Hollywood studio MGM and making her debut in 1935.

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To: Borges

How did five actors all get named best actress
in 1936 and 1937?


21 posted on 12/30/2014 11:56:10 AM PST by pluvmantelo (Democrats:the party of moral hazard, the IRS, the NSA and the heckler's veto)
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To: pluvmantelo

Commas - they kill you.


22 posted on 12/30/2014 12:29:29 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Eats, shoots and leaves.


23 posted on 12/30/2014 12:32:37 PM PST by pluvmantelo (Democrats:the party of moral hazard, the IRS, the NSA and the heckler's veto)
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To: Perdogg

Wonderful lady. RIP.


24 posted on 01/03/2015 8:56:43 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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