The first winner of consecutive Oscars in the 1930s, actress Luise Rainer, has died at the age of 104. The German-born star was named best actress in 1936 and 1937 - a feat achieved by only five actors in Academy Awards history to date.


Rainer appeared in US small screen series The Loveboat in 1984, while her last substantial film role came in 1998, playing opposite Michael Gambon and Dominic West in The Gambler.


The actress appeared in a number of German films before being talent-spotted by Hollywood studio MGM and making her debut in 1935.