Acting
Emil Jannings
1884-1950
Known for The Blue Angel, The Last Laugh, Faust.
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Born07/22/1884
Died01/02/1950
AgeDied at 65
BirthplaceRorschach, Switzerland
DepartmentActing
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.
