Nickname:	/ The Viennese Teardrop
Known for:	The Great Ziegfeld, The Good Earth, The Great Waltz
Birthday:	12 January 1910, Düsseldorf, Germany
Height:	5' 4" (1.63 m)

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Was coaxed out of a 20-year retirement to appear on "Combat!" (1962). Was forced to attend the Oscar ceremony by Louis B. Mayer to receive her Oscar. In the early Academy Awards ceremonies the winners were announced beforehand in the newspapers. A team of MGM staff arrived at her house and made her dress in appropriate evening wear, and rushed her to the show - just in time. Was the first actor/actress to win back-to-back Acadamy Awards for her performances in The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937). She was also the first actor/actress to win two Academy Awards. The following year, 1938, Spencer Tracy , Bette Davis and Walter Brennan also became double Oscar winners. Federico Fellini offered her a part in his 1960 film La dolce vita (1960), and a scene was written specifically for her. She was not happy with the character, however, and asked for rewrites to be done. Ultimately Fellini abandoned the idea due to these demands, much to her chagrin. Of all the living winners of a competitive Oscar she has had hers the longest (as of 2010) - 73 years. She last won in 1937 for The Good Earth (1937). First and, as of 2010, the only German actress to win an Academy Award. Mother of Francesca Knittel-Bowyer . Became a US citizen in the 1940s. As of 2010, she is only one of six actors who have a 2-0 winning record when nominated for an acting Oscar. The others are Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951); Helen Hayes for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) and Airport (1970); Sally Field for Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984); Kevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects (1995) and American Beauty (1999); and Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). She is the youngest person to ever win a second Oscar (aged 28, for The Good Earth (1937) ) beating Jodie Foster who was 29 years old when she won for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) . The first (and so far the only) multiple oscar winning actor or actress to reach the age of 100.

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