Luise Rainer 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, a superlative that has not been exceeded, as of 2026.
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in HollywoodMovie | (archive footage) | 109 |
| 2007 | Hollywood ChineseMovie | Self | 97 |
| 2004 | Ziegfeld on FilmMovie | Herself (interviewee, and in clips from The Great Ziegfeld) | 94 |
| 2003 | Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried MeMovie | Actor - Gesang Der Geister Über Den Wassern | 93 |
| 1997 | Frank Capra's American DreamMovie | Self (archive footage) | 87 |
| 1997 | The GamblerMovie | Grandmother | 87 |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! IIIMovie | (archive footage) | 84 |
| 1994 | BrisantSeries | Self | 84 |
| 1992 | MGM: When the Lion RoarsSeries | — | 82 |
| 1991 | Boulevard BioSeries | Self | 81 |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodMovie | SElf | 77 |
| 1977 | The Love BoatSeries | Dorothy Fielding | 67 |
| 1975 | Film Emigration from Nazi GermanySeries | Self | 65 |
| 1962 | Combat!Series | Countess De Roy | 52 |
| 1953 | The OscarsSeries | Self | 43 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries | Chambermaid | 41 |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreSeries | Caroline | 40 |
| 1949 | SuspenseSeries | — | 39 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries | Self | 38 |
| 1943 | HostagesMovie | Milada Pressinger | 33 |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsMovie | Self (archive footage) | 30 |
| 1938 | Dramatic SchoolMovie | Louise Mauban | 28 |
| 1938 | Another Romance of CelluloidMovie | Self (uncredited) | 28 |
| 1938 | The Great WaltzMovie | Poldi Vogelhuber | 28 |
| 1937 | Big CityMovie | Anna Benton | 27 |
| 1937 | The Emperor's CandlesticksMovie | Countess Olga Mironova | 27 |
| 1937 | The Romance of CelluloidMovie | Self (archive footage) | 27 |
| 1936 | The Great ZiegfeldMovie | Anna Held | 26 |
| 1935 | EscapadeMovie | Leopoldine Dur | 25 |
| 1933 | Heut' kommt's drauf anMovie | Marita Costa | 23 |
| 1932 | Sehnsucht 202Movie | Kitty | 22 |
| 1932 | Madame has a visitorMovie | — | 22 |