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Emil Jannings

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German actor (1884-1950)

GermanyActorsLived 1884 to 1950 · aged 65
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Peak1990s
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Emil Jannings was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood films in the 1920s. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for starring in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. Jannings remains the only German ever to win in that category.

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Photos 4

Filmography 40

The Blue Angel1930 · ★ 7.3
Faust1926 · ★ 7.9
The Last Laugh1924 · ★ 7.8
The Last Command1928 · ★ 7.3
Tartuffe1926 · ★ 7.2
Waxworks1924 · ★ 6.4
Variety1925
Hitler's Hollywood2017
Madame DuBarry1919
Anna Boleyn1920
The Eyes of the Mummy1918
Kohlhiesel's Daughters1920
The Loves of Pharaoh1922
Othello1922
The Broken Jug1937
The Merry Jail1917
Husbands or Lovers1924
Algol: Tragedy of Power1920
Uncle Krüger1941
The Way of All Flesh1927
The Dismissal1942
Quo Vadis?1924
Traumulus1936
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes1939
The Patriot1928
Danton1921
The Old and The Young King1935
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards1940
The Making of 'The Last Laugh'2003
The Sovereign1937
Darling of the Gods1930
The Film in the Film1924
The Great Light1920
100 Years of the UFA2017
Sins of the Fathers1928
The Movie City of Hollywood1928
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films2011
The Black Whale1934
Peter the Great1922
The Street of Sin1928

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Television 1

The Oscars1953

Awards 5

1939Goethe Medal for Art and Science
1937Volpi Cup for Best Actor
1936Staatsschauspieler
1929Academy Award for Best Actor
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Connected to Emil 6

About this person

Country
Germany
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1884 to 1950 · aged 65
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32 languages

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