With her soulful eyes, luminous beauty, and emotional intensity, Rainer was well on her way to becoming one of Hollywood's top stars after making only a handful of movies in the 1930s. At age 28, she became the first actor to win back-to-back Academy Awards, winning Best Actress for both The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937). But Rainer was not a conventional star. She refused to wear glamorous clothes or make-up. She disparaged Hollywood people, preferring the company of Albert Ei
