Luise Rainer humble Chinese peasant subservient to her husband and speaking little during the entire film. Her comparative muteness, stated historian Andrew Sarris, was "an astounding tour de force after her hysterically chattering telephone scene in "The Great Ziegfeld"", and contributed to her winning her second Best Actress Oscar. The award made her the first actress to win two consecutive Oscars, a feat not matched until Katharine Hepburn's two wins thirty years later. In later years, however, Rainer felt that winning the two Oscars so early may have been the "worst possible thing" to befall her career. She said that it made
Emma Hamilton (actress) Emma Hamilton (actress) Emma Hamilton (born 1984 in Melbourne) is an Australian-born British film, television and theatre actress and graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Hamilton trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Hamilton made her television debut as a regular in the hit Showtime drama series "The Tudors", portraying the sharp-tongued Anne Stanhope (Anne Seymour) in seasons three and four. Her breakthrough role was in the highly acclaimed film Last Cab to Darwin for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Australian Academy Awards (AACTA). She is known for her roles in Mr