Luise Rainer in the film & # Xab; The Great Ziegfeld & # Xbb, released in 1936.
Luise Rainer in the movie “The Great Ziegfeld” released in 1936. – MovieStore Collection / Rex Features / SIPA

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The actress Luise Rainer, star of American cinema of the 1930s and who had won two consecutive Oscars, died Tuesday the age of 104 years, announced his daughter. Luise Rainer was the Oscar-winning oldest still alive.

She died in London in the early morning, said his only daughter, Francesca Bowyer Knittel, on twitter. “She left with grace and serenity after having fought against pneumonia,” she said in an email to AFP. “It leaves an indelible mark on his profession and