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Emil Jannings
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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entertainment · German actor (1884–1950) · actor · film director · theatre manager · film producer · director · also Emil Jannings, Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, Jannings
Born 23 July 1884 · Died 2 January 1950 · Q77181
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1960· 1 entry
Jannings was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1630 Vine Street for his contributions to motion pictures
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1950· 1 entry
Died 1950-01-02.
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1939· 1 entry
Won Goethe Medal for Art and Science (1939).
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1937· 1 entry
Won Volpi Cup for Best Actor for Der Herrscher (1937).
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1936· 1 entry
Awarded Staatsschauspieler (1936).
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1933· 1 entry
Jannings stayed on, prolonging his career by making State Films
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1929· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for The Last Command (1929).
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Jannings won the first Best Actor Oscar for his work in both films
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1927· 1 entry
And in the following year he performed in Josef von Sternberg's The Last Command
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1918· 1 entry
With his role as Judge Adam in Kleist's Broken Jug at the Schauspielhaus
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1884· 1 entry
Born 1884-07-23.
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