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Emil Jannings

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

July 22, 1884(65)

Day of Death

January 2, 1950

Place of Birth

Rorschach, Switzerland

Also Known As

Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz
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Emil Jannings

Acting

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.

Known For

Filmography