At the time of her death, Luise Rainer, a retired actress from Germany with Austrian and American roots, had a net worth of $1.5 million.
Luise Rainer, who was born in Dusseldorf, Germany in January 1910, passed away on December 4th, 2014 at the age of 104.
She achieved both multiple Academy Awards and consecutive consecutive consecutive wins, making her the first person to do so.
Luise was discovered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s talent scouts while performing on stage in Austria and Germany.
Rainer is the oldest living Academy Award winner and one of the last leading women from the 1930s to be alive today.
At the age of 16, she underwent training with stage director Max Reinhardt.
After becoming a well-known stage actress in Berlin, MGM signed her to a three-year contract, which moved her to Hollywood, California. Rainer made her American debut in the 1935 movie Escapade.
Rainer’s next film, The Great Ziegfeld, in 1936, won her an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
The following year, she again won the award for the movie The Good Earth.
Despite winning two consecutive Oscars, she believed that the public’s expectations were too high, resulting in her being given roles in subpar films. Consequently, she returned to Europe.
After almost two decades, she returned to the screen to feature in The Love Boat in 1984.
The Gambler, a 1997 film, was the last time she acted in a film.
At 6300 Hollywood Blvd., she was granted a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.