Emil Jannings

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    July 22, 1884

    Day of Death

    January 2, 1950 (65 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Rorschach, Switzerland

    Emil Jannings

    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

    • Faust

      Faust

      1926

    • The Blue Angel

      The Blue Angel

      1930

    • The Last Laugh

      The Last Laugh

      1924

    • The Last Command

      The Last Command

      1928

    • The Oscars

      The Oscars

      1953

    • Tartuffe

      Tartuffe

      1926

    • Waxworks

      Waxworks

      1924

    • Variety

      Variety

      1925

    • Hitler's Hollywood

      Hitler's Hollywood

      2017

    • Madame DuBarry

      Madame DuBarry

      1919

    • Anna Boleyn

      Anna Boleyn

      1920

    • The Eyes of the Mummy

      The Eyes of the Mummy

      1918

    • The Love Goddesses

      The Love Goddesses

      1965

    • Kohlhiesel's Daughters

      Kohlhiesel's Daughters

      1920

    • The Loves of Pharaoh

      The Loves of Pharaoh

      1922