Luise Rainer Autographs
Luise Rainer (/ˈraɪnər/ RY-nər, German: ; 12 January 1910 – 30 December 2014) was a German-born film actress. She was the first thespian to win multiple Academy Awards, and the first to win back-to-back; at the time of her death, thirteen days shy of her 105th birthday, she was the longest-lived Oscar recipient (and the longest-lived female star from Classic Hollywood), a superlative that has not been exceeded, as of 2025.
Rainer started her acting career in Germany at age 16, under the tutelage of Austria's leading stage director, Max Reinhardt. Within a few years, she had become a distinguished Berlin stage actress with Reinhardt's Vienna theater ensemble. Critics highly praised the quality of her acting. After years of acting on stage and in films in Austria and Germany, she was discovered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talent scouts, who signed her to a three-year contract in Hollywood in 1935. A number of filmmakers predicted she might become another Greta Garbo, MGM's leading female star at the time.
Her first American film role was in Escapade in 1935. The following year she was given a supporting part in the musical biography The Great Ziegfeld, where, despite limited appearances, her emotion-filled performance so impressed audiences that she was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was later dubbed the "Viennese teardrop" for her dramatic telephone scene in the film. For her next role, producer Irving Thalberg was convinced, despite the studio's disagreement, that she would also be able to play the part of a poor, plain Chinese farm wife in The Good Earth (1937), based on Pearl Buck's novel about hardship in China. The subdued character role was such a dramatic contrast to her previous vivacious character that she again won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Rainer, Jodie Foster and Hilary Swank are the only actresses ever to win two Oscars by the age of 30.
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Current items with a signature of Luise Rainer
These are the most current items with a signature of Luise Rainer that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | LUISE RAINER - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH | $207.85 |  |
| LUISE RAINER - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH | $207.85 | |
 | LUISE RAINER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $256.30 | |
| LUISE RAINER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $256.30 | |
Traded items with a signature of Luise Rainer
The most expensive item with a signature of Luise Rainer (LUISE RAINER - DOCUMENT MULTI-SIGNED 07/16/1946) was sold in March 2026 for $864.85 while the cheapest item (LUISE RAINER 1st Actress with 2 Academy Awards Autographed Hand Signed Photo) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2019. The month with the most items sold (15) was May 2025 with an average selling price of $19.98 for an autographed item of Luise Rainer. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2019 with $464.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.25 was October 2014. In average, an autographed item from Luise Rainer is worth $21.72.
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Latest News about Luise Rainer
Luise Rainer still alive? (February 2019 update) - Mediamass (02/01/2019): News of Luise Rainer’s death on December 30, 2014 stunned the world. Ever since, millions of fans worldwide have come to believe the actress’s death was a hoax and that she was still alive and well. 
