Luise Rainer dies at 104
December 30, 2014 2:11 PM Subscribe
Luise Rainer dies at 104. Luise Rainer left Nazi Germany and appeared in many notable films, including The Great Ziegfeld and The Good Earth. Here are 20 things you didn't know about the legendary actress.
Here are 20 things you didn't know about the legendary actress.
That she was still alive until just now? Wow, that's a long full life!
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posted by jonp72 at 2:38 PM on December 30, 2014
That she was still alive until just now? Wow, that's a long full life!
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posted by jonp72 at 2:38 PM on December 30, 2014
Manoel de Oliveira, the last living director of the silent film era, is still kicking at age 106. Major eras of filmmaking will no longer be part of living memory, and that is very sad.
posted by jonp72 at 2:42 PM on December 30, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by jonp72 at 2:42 PM on December 30, 2014 [2 favorites]
(Oh, and the middle finger says a great deal about her attitude toward her own long life.)
posted by blucevalo at 2:47 PM on December 30, 2014
posted by blucevalo at 2:47 PM on December 30, 2014
In February 1938 Rainer hosted a benefit at Clara Bow’s It Cafe in Hollywood for Chinese and Japanese war orphans.
For real? Curious to know a bit more about that. Anyone?
posted by IndigoJones at 3:31 PM on December 30, 2014
For real? Curious to know a bit more about that. Anyone?
posted by IndigoJones at 3:31 PM on December 30, 2014
Me, too, IndigoJones. Nothing is showing up in the L.A. Times or an historic Google news search, so Variety must be the source. Anyone have an archives search membership?
posted by Scram at 4:41 PM on December 30, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Scram at 4:41 PM on December 30, 2014 [1 favorite]
They needed to raise Hollywood's awareness about the Nazi threat? I thought that the folks in charge of film entertainment were ahead of the curve in that regard.
posted by Renoroc at 6:41 PM on December 30, 2014
posted by Renoroc at 6:41 PM on December 30, 2014
Wonderful "takes" of Luise Rainer at the Academy Awards, 1936.
She resided in London's Eaton Square until her death, and I would experience a frisson when driving through it, knowing she was almost certainly in the vicinity.
RIP Miss Rainer.
posted by On the Corner at 2:04 AM on December 31, 2014 [1 favorite]
She resided in London's Eaton Square until her death, and I would experience a frisson when driving through it, knowing she was almost certainly in the vicinity.
RIP Miss Rainer.
posted by On the Corner at 2:04 AM on December 31, 2014 [1 favorite]
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