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Portrait of Luise Rainer

Acting

Luise Rainer

Career

Active from 1932 to 1997, with a break from 1944 to 1990, busiest in 1937 and 1938 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Good Earth
The Good Earth
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Luise Rainer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.0, average 3.6
  • Violence
    2.0, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 3
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Melodrama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

23
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 60
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)
GoodWatch score 60

as (archive footage)

2000s

1 title
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003)

as Actor - Gesang Der Geister Über Den Wassern

1990s

4 titles · average score 74
The Gambler
The Gambler (1997)
GoodWatch score 55

as Grandmother

That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
GoodWatch score 88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

MGM: When the Lion Roars
MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show

A Dancer
A Dancer (1991)

as Anna

1970s

1 title · average score 53
The Love Boat
The Love Boat (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Dorothy Fielding

1960s

1 title · average score 82
Combat!
Combat! (1962)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Countess De Roy

1950s

2 titles · average score 73
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Chambermaid

Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV show · as Caroline / Mrs. Page

1940s

3 titles · average score 62
Suspense
Suspense (1949)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show

The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948)

TV show

Hostages
Hostages (1943)

as Milada Pressinger

1930s

10 titles · average score 63
The Toy Wife
The Toy Wife (1938)
GoodWatch score 54

as Gilberte 'Frou Frou' Brigard

The Great Waltz
The Great Waltz (1938)
GoodWatch score 59

as Poldi Vogelhuber

Dramatic School
Dramatic School (1938)
GoodWatch score 63

as Louise Mauban

The Good Earth
The Good Earth (1937)
GoodWatch score 83

as O-Lan

The Emperor's Candlesticks
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
GoodWatch score 54

as Countess Olga Mironova

Big City
Big City (1937)
GoodWatch score 65

as Anna Benton

The Great Ziegfeld
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
GoodWatch score 62

as Anna Held

Escapade
Escapade (1935)

as Leopoldine Dur

Heut' kommt's drauf an
Heut' kommt's drauf an (1933)

as Marita Costa

Sehnsucht 202
Sehnsucht 202 (1932)

as Kitty