See Also: Rainer, Luise(encyclopedia)
Rainer (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner(encyclopedia)
Rilke, Rainer Maria(encyclopedia)

Rainer, Luise (sh)




born Jan. 12, 1910, Vienna, Austria

Austrian film actress.

She grew up in Munich, in Switzerland, and in Vienna and was a distinguished stage actress with Max Reinhardt's company (from 1927) before making films in Europe. Moving to Hollywood, she starred in The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1936), winning Academy Awards for both pictures. After a brief career and a stormy marriage to Clifford Odets, she retired to Europe, returning to the screen many years later in Dancer (1988) and The Gambler (1997).