List of 11 Luise Rainer Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

1. The Good Earth (1937)

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Wang and his wife O-Lan are farmers in China, who seem to be doing quite well. However, their lives get complicated when a famine occurs, forcing them to leave their land and live in the town.

Role:

O-Lan

Starring:

Paul Muni, Walter Connolly, Charley Grapewin, Tilly Losch

Directed By:

Victor Fleming

Awards:

Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

2. Escapade (1935)

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Role:

Leopoldine Dur

Starring:

William Powell, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Virginia Bruce,

Directed By:

Robert Z. Leonard

3. Hostages (1943)

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Role:

Milada Pressinger

Starring:

Paul Lukas, Arturo de Córdova, William Bendix, Katina Paxinou

Directed By:

Frank Tuttle

4. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

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Role:

Anna Held

Starring:

William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank Morgan, Fanny Brice

Directed By:

Robert Z. Leonard

Awards:

Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

5. Sehnsucht 202 (1932)

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Role:

Kitty (as Louise Rainer)

Starring:

Rolf von Goth, Fritz Schulz, Attila Hörbiger, Magda Schneider

Directed By:

Max Neufeld

6. The Great Waltz (1938)

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Johann ‘Schani’ Strauss II, son of the great composer, initially struggles to find success as a composer until gaining the attention of opera singers Carla Donner and Fritz Schiller. Success means he can marry Poldi Vogelhuber, the love of his life but his closeness to Donner tests his marriage and reputation.

Role:

Poldi Vogelhuber

Starring:

Hugh Herbert, Fernand Gravey, Lionel Atwill, Miliza Korjus

Directed By:

Victor Fleming

7. The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)

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Role:

Countess Olga Mironova

Starring:

William Powell, Frank Morgan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Robert Young,

Directed By:

George Fitzmaurice

8. Big City (1937)

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Big City is an American drama film, which tells the story of Joe Benton, an independent taxi driver, who fights against corruption, and to stop his wife from being deported, after she is accused of murder.

Role:

Anna Benton

Starring:

Spencer Tracy, Eddie Quillan, Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher

Directed By:

George B. Seitz, Frank Borzage

9. Dramatic School (1938)

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An acting student, who attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day, works at a factory at night. After she meets a charming nobleman, she starts lying to her fellow students telling them that she is his lover.

Role:

Louise Mauban

Starring:

Paulette Goddard, Lana Turner, Genevieve Tobin, Alan Marshal, Paulette Goddard

Directed By:

Robert B. Sinclair

10. The Toy Wife (1938)

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Role:

Gilberte 'Frou Frou' Brigard

Starring:

H.B. Warner, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, Barbara O'Neil

Directed By:

Richard Thorpe

11. The Gambler (1997)

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Role:

Grandmother

Starring:

Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker, Dominic West

Directed By:

Károly Makk

The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948)

Starring:

Buddy Ebsen, John Carradine, Rex Harrison, Eddie Albert, Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Mary Wickes

Combat! (1962)

Starring:

Leonard Nimoy, James Franciscus, Claudine Longet, Keenan Wynn, Claude Akins, Gavin MacLeod, James Whitmore

Directed By:

Michael Caffey, Richard Benedict, Bernard McEveety, Paul Stanley, Sutton Roley

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)

Starring:

Burt Reynolds, Bette Davis, Charlton Heston, Mary Tyler Moore, Lee Marvin, Tony Curtis, Vincent Price

Directed By:

Roy Kellino, Jus Addiss, Robert Florey, John Brahm, Ted Post

Suspense (1949)

Starring:

Grace Kelly, Paul Newman, Leslie Nielsen, Anne Bancroft, Bela Lugosi, Abe Vigoda, Art Carney

Directed By:

Robert Stevens, Robert Mulligan, John Peyser

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)

Starring:

Audrey Hepburn, Richard Todd, Nicholas Parsons, Trevor Howard, Lois Maxwell, Harold Pinter, Kenneth Williams

Directed By:

Rudolph Cartier, Harold Clayton, Julian Amyes, Stephen Harrison, Wallace Douglas

Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (1951)

Starring:

John Carradine, Joseph Schildkraut, Constance Bennett, Walter Abel, John Carradine

Lux Video Theatre (1950)

Starring:

Alfred Hitchcock, Buster Keaton, Bing Crosby, Rock Hudson, Roger Moore, Jayne Mansfield, Charles Bronson

Directed By:

Richard Goode, Fielder Cook, Buzz Kulik, Earl Eby, Norman Morgan

The Love Boat (1977)

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Starring:

Adam West, Andy Griffith, Corey Feldman, Michael J. Fox, Andy Warhol, Tom Hanks, Debbie Reynolds

Directed By:

Richard Kinon, Roger Duchowny, Robert Scheerer, Allen Baron, Ted Lange

The Good Earth	Best Actress in a Leading Role	1938
The Great Ziegfeld	Best Actress in a Leading Role	1937

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