Luise Rainer was born into a Jewish family in Dusseldorf,Germany,in 1910.She was discovered by Max Reinhardt in 1926 and became part of his theatre company in Vienna.Rainer was only a teenager when she made her first film. Rainer's Jewish background made her apprehensive w hen Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party gained power.In 1935 she moved to Hollywood and managed to obtain a seven-year contract with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerstudio.A non-conformist

Luise Rainer was born into a Jewish family in Dusseldorf,Germany,in 1910.She was discovered by Max Reinhardt in 1926 and became part of his theatre company in Vienna.Rainer was only a teenager when she made her first film. Rainer's Jewish background made her apprehensive w hen Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party gained power.In 1935 she moved to Hollywood and managed to obtain a seven-year contract with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerstudio.A non-conformist

actress,Rainer refused to accept the values of Hollywood.In 1937 Rainer had to be forced by Louis B. Mayer to receive her Oscar.She later claimed that:"For my second and third pictures I won Academy Awards.Nothing worse could have happened to me." Rainer next film was The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937).Rainer and her husband moved to NYC.She effectively abandoned film-making, living for a while in Switzerland and then Belgravia. She was later encouraged out of retirement to appear in The Gambler (1997).

actress,Rainer refused to accept the values of Hollywood.In 1937 Rainer had to be forced by Louis B. Mayer to receive her Oscar.She later claimed that:"For my second and third pictures I won Academy Awards.Nothing worse could have happened to me." Rainer next film was The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937).Rainer and her husband moved to NYC.She effectively abandoned film-making, living for a while in Switzerland and then Belgravia. She was later encouraged out of retirement to appear in The Gambler (1997).

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