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Emil Jannings

Actor / Film Director | * 07/23/1884 († 65, 01/02/1950) | Rorschach (Switzerland)
Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood in the 1920s. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. As of 2024, Jannings is the only German ever to have won the category. Jannings is best known for his collaborations with F. W. Murnau and Josef von Sternberg, including the 1930 film The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel), with Marlene Dietrich. The Blue Angel was meant as a vehicle for Jannings to score a place for himself in the new medium of sound film, but Dietrich stole the show. Jannings later starred in a number of Nazi propaganda films, which made him unemployable as an actor after the defeat of Nazi Germany. ()
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Emil Jannings (1884–1950) was a German actor. He was the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | History | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for Emil Jannings

Academy Award for Best Actor Volpi Cup for Best Actor Staatsschauspieler Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft Academy Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Emil Jannings as Actor(69)

as Self - Actor (archive footage)2017 100 Years of the UFA
as Self - Actor (archive footage)2017 Hitler's Hollywood
as Himself (archive footage)2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Hotelportier (archive footage)2003 The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
as Himself / Mephisto (archive footage)2002 Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
as (archive footage)1965 The Love Goddesses
as Eberhard Belling1945 Where Is Mr. Belling?
as Friedrich Hoffmann, Seniorchef1943 Altes Herz wird wieder jung
as Fürst Otto von Bismarck1942 The Dismissal
as Ohm (Paul)Krüger1941 Uncle Kruger
as Self (archive footage)1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Matthias Clausen1937 The Sovereign
as Adam1937 The Broken Jug
as Prof. Niemeyer, gen. Traumulus1936 Traumulus
as König Friedrich Wilhelm I.1935 Der alte und der junge König
as Peter Petersen1934 Der schwarze Walfisch
as Gustav Bumke1932 The Tempest
as Immanuel Rath1930 The Blue Angel
as Albert Winkelmann1930 Darling of the Gods
as Poldi Moser1929 Betrayal
as Gen. Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander1928 The Last Command
as Basher Bill1928 Street of Sin
as Czar Paul I1928 The Patriot
as Wilhelm Spengler1928 Sins of the Fathers
as August Shilling1927 The Way of All Flesh
as Mephisto1926 Faust
as Tartüff1926 Tartuffe
as Boss Huller1925 Variety
as Harun al Raschid1924 Waxworks
as Hotelportier [Hotel Doorman]1924 The Last Laugh
as Nerone1924 Quo Vadis?
as himself1924 The Film in the Film
as Ehemann1924 Husbands or Lovers
as S. I. Rupp1923 Alles für Geld
as Ombrade1923 The Countess of Paris
as Pharao Amenes1922 The Loves of Pharaoh
as Tsar Peter the Great1922 Peter the Great
as Othello1922 Othello
as Danton1921 Danton
as Peter Xaver1920 Kohlhiesel's Daughters
as Robert Herne1920 Algol: Tragedy of Power
as Henry VIII, King of England1920 Anna Boleyn
as Lorenz Ferleitner1920 The Great Light
as Vaco Juan Riberda1919 Die Tochter des Mehemed
as Arthur Streckmann1919 Rose Bernd
as Ludwig XV.1919 Madame DuBarry
as Tomasso1919 Vendetta
as James Fraenkel1918 Keimendes Leben
as James Fraenkel/John Smith1918 Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil
as Segetoff1917 When Four Do the Same
as Alfredo, a clown1917 Lulu
as Göttlingk1917 Stein unter Steinen
as Quabbe - der Gaoler1917 The Merry Jail
as ihr Mann, der Fabrikant1916 Frau Eva

Movies with Emil Jannings as Crew(3)

Production/Producer1942 The Dismissal
Production/Producer1941 Uncle Kruger
Directing/Director1937 The Broken Jug

Full Name: Emil Jannings
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Wednesday, 07/23 1884 (July) in Rorschach (Switzerland)
Died: Monday, 01/02 1950 (January) in Strobl (aged: 65)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Hanna Ralph, Gussy Holl, Lucie Höflich
Other names for Emil Jannings (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz"
Emil Jannings frequently works together with these people:
Ernst Lubitsch (17x, Crew)
Werner Krauß (11x, Actor)
Georg Jacoby (8x, Crew)
Harry Liedtke (8x, Actor)
Erich Pommer (8x, Crew)
Hanns Kräly (7x, Crew)
Robert Herlth (7x, Crew)
Robert Wiene (7x, Crew)
Paul Biensfeldt (7x, Actor)
Paul Bildt (6x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:33710, Added: 05/13/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024