Luise made her stage debut in Germany when she was 16. She returned to the stage in 1939 after her brief career at MGM and continued to make appearances into the 1980s. Although best-known for her film work she appeared in more theatre productions than films and the images below cover her whole career. For more about Luise’s stage work click here.
Luise (centre) on stage in an unknown Max Reinhardt production, early 1930s. 
Luise Rainer and Griffith Jones in Behold the Bride (1939) 
Luise Rainer on the cover of Picture Post to coincide with her appearance in Behold the Bride (1939) 
Director Erwin Piscator and Luise Rainer in rehearsal for Saint Joan in Washington DC, 1940 
Playbill for the production of A Kiss for Cinderella at the Music Box Theatre, New York, 1942. 
Luise Rainer and Ralph Forbes captured by Al Hirschfeld during A Kiss for Cinderella (1942) 
Luise Rainer publicity shot for A Kiss for Cinderella (1942) 
Ralph Forbes, Luise Rainer and Roland Bottomley(?) in A Kiss for Cinderella (1942) 
Publicity still of Luise Rainer as Joan of Lorraine, 1951 
Luise Rainer, Stanley Elberson and Theodore Karl go through the script for Joan of Lorraine at Pacific Lutheran College, 1954 
Luise Rainer exercising during rehearsals for Joan of Lorraine for Pacific Lutheran College, 1954
Luise Rainer 