From public appearances and staged press calls, to candid shots off-screen, these images show Luise both at work and play. Many of the images here have not been seen online before. Original press captions and photographer credits are included where I have them. Images are in chronological order.
Luise with friends before Hollywood came calling 
Luise with her maternal aunt Else 
Luise and Johnny arrive in the US, 1935 
Publicity shot announcing Luise’s arrival in New York, 1935 
Candid shot at the Olympic Hotel, 1935 
Luise with Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Norma Shearer, 1935 
Luise visits the set of “Trouble for Two”, 1936 
William Wyler and Luise Rainer, 1936 
Luise and Clifford Odets a few days before their wedding, 1937 
At home with Clifford Odets and Johnny on her wedding day, 1937 
American League Against War and Fascism meeting, 1937 
Luise with Fredric March, 1937 
Luise Rainer and Fredric March, 1937 
Luise and Clifford, c1937 
Luise with Albert Einstein, 1937 
Luise enjoys a boat ride with Albert Einstein 
Luise receives her second Academy Award (1938) 
Luise and Clifford, Oscars night, 1938 
On the set of The Toy Wife, with Clifford and Richard Thorpe (director), 1938 
Luise’s mother, Emmy, visits her on the set of The Toy Wife, 1938 
Luise takes US citizenship exam, 1938 
A day with Luise Rainer, 1938 
Luise is granted US citizenship, 1938 
Luise and Clifford Odets, 1938 
Luise returns from Europe at the start of the war, 1939 
Luise with wives of Supreme Court Justices, 1940 
Luise gets a divorce, 1940 
Luise gets a divorce, 1940 
Luise working at the headquarters of the National Child Refugee Committee, 1940 
Luise with Pearl Buck, 1940 
Luise greets her father upon his release from Prague prison camp, 1940 
Roosevelt re-election support luncheon, 1940 
Signing autographs for troops, 1940s 
Luise with Charlie Chaplin, 1942 
Luise Rainer chats to the Press upon return from entertaining US troops, 1944. 
Luise with Manuel Komroff, 1945 
Luise marries Robert Knittel, 1945 
Luise with her second husband, Robert Knittel, 1945 
Luise and Robert shortly after the birth of Francesca, 1946 
Luise with Patrolman Harrington, who found her stolen car, 1950 
Robert and Luise at the Oscars party, 1953 
Luise with Morton Edell, 1959 
Luise with Anais Nin, 1960s 
Luise Rainer and Fred Astaire, 1970s 
Luise Rainer 
Luise with Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews, 1983 
Luise Rainer 
Luise with Roddy MacDowall, 1998 
Luise with Mildred Shay, 2004 
Luise at the premiere of ‘The Aviator’, 2004 
At the TCM Film Festival, 2010 
Luise with her daughter, Francesca, and Joan Rivers 
Luise with Paul Baylay, 2011 
Luise at the Boulevard des Stars, 2011 
Luise with Klaus Wowereit, 2011 
Arriving for a presentation, 2011 
Luise on her 104th birthday, 2014 
Luise in London, 2014
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