Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

1884-07-22 – 1950-01-02 (age 65) Rorschach, Switzerland
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Biography

Emil Jannings (1884–1950) was a German actor, the first to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Between 1926 and 1929, he worked in Hollywood. Upon returning to Germany, he sympathized with the Nazi regime and was one of the advisors to Universum Film-Aktiengesellschaft (UFA), the film studios controlled by Goebbels as a propaganda weapon. With the end of World War II and Germany's defeat, his career fell into disgrace.

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Known For

The Blue Angel
The Blue Angel

1930

as Immanuel Rath

Faust
Faust

1926

as Mephisto

The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh

1924

as Hotel Doorman

The Merry Jail
The Merry Jail

1917

as Quabbe - der Gaoler

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Quo Vadis?
Quo Vadis?

1924

as Nerone

The Patriot
The Patriot

1928

as Czar Paul I

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The Adventures of King Pausole

1933

as König Pausole

Traumulus
Traumulus

1936

as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus

Danton
Danton

1921

as Danton

The Last Command
The Last Command

1928

as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander

Othello
Othello

1922

as Othello

Anna Boleyn
Anna Boleyn

1920

as Henry VIII, King of England

Betrayal
Betrayal

1929

as Poldi Moser

Lulu
Lulu

1917

as Alfredo, a clown

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Rose Bernd

1919

as Arthur Streckmann

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self (archive footage)