Luise Rainer: I'm 102, I won 2 Academy Awards and I'm holding the Oscar for 74 years

Born January 12, 1910, she is almost 103 years old and she is a record woman talking about Oscars!!! Mrs Rainer was born in Germany, and she was discovered by Max Reinhardt, one of the most famous and influent Austrian Directors. While acting in Austria and Germany with Reinhard, sha had been noticed by MGM talent scouts, in 1934/35 she moved to US and she signed a contract with MGM for several years. 

L.B. Mayer chose Luise Rainer to replace actress Myrna Loy for her first American role in "Escapade", starring Academy Award nominated actor William Powell.

The next year Rainer acted in the MGM musical "the Great Ziegfeld".

Rainer played the role of Anna Held, Ziegfeld forst wife, she acted again with William Powell (Florenz Ziegfeld) and also Myrna Loy (Billie Burke, Ziegfeld second wife). The movie had a great success and it was the first musical for which one of its cast members won an Academy Award. 

The movie was nominated in seven categories (Art Direction, Directing, Film Editing and Original Screenplay), like Cimarron in 1931, and won 3 Oscars: Academy Award for Best Picture (MGM Hunt Stromberg), Best Actress Luise Rainer and the Academy Award for Best Dance Direction (Seymour Felix "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody").

The Great Ziegfeld

After the famous telephone scene in The Great Ziegfel, Reiner's nickname  has been “The Viennese Teardrop”.

 1937 Oscars: Rainer between Paul Muni (The Story of Louis Pasteur) and Frank Capra ( Mr. Deeds Goes to Town)

One of the most famous quotes of Mrs Rainer after winning two Oscars was :"No one in Europe had never heard of it. I didn`t know what it was, it didn`t mean anything to me."   

The next year Rainer was nominated again and won another Academy Award for her role in "The Good Earth" co-starred with Academy Award winner (in the same year) Paul Muni. Having worked so hard, Rainer succeeded in expressing more than anybody else the poor Chinese girl, and despite few words to say she has been able to transfer a deep realism on the screen.

After acting in few movies more she left Hollywood to go back to Europe in the 40's. She celebrate her Centenary in London in 2010 and  she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6300, Hollywood Boulevard.

In few months she'll be 103.