(January 12, 1910- )
Won the 1936 Oscar for Best Actress (The Great Ziegfeld)
Won the 1937 Oscar for Best Actress (The Good Earth)
Acted in 'The Great Waltz,' 'Dramatic School,' 'Hostages,' 'The Big City' and 'The Gambler'

She won Oscars for two performances that weren't all that good.
After winning back-to-back Oscars, she never made another good film.
Her career stall after winning the Oscars resulted in the legend of 'The Oscar Jinx' that winning an Oscar could put a hex on an acting career.
She was a Viennese actress who won Oscars for playing a Chinese woman and a French woman.
Her husband playwright Clifford Odets decided having sex killed his creativity, so he stopped sleeping with her.
She divorced Odets after three years of marriage.
She spells Louise, 'Luise.'

She said that her career going south had nothing to do with the Oscars, but because she made bad movies.
She was the first performer to win back-to-back Oscars.
She wasn't obsessed with her appearance, and would come to functions without makeup.

Credit: Jon Mullich

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