Emil Jannings
Acting
July 22, 1884
Rorschach, Switzerland
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.
Movies
The Countess of Paris
1923
A Night of Horror
1917
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
The Daughter of Mehemed
1919
Liebe macht blind
1926
Waxworks
1924
The Rats
1921
The Dismissal
1942
The Eyes of the Mummy
1918
Betrayal
1929
The Tragedy of Love
1923
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
2002
Uncle Krüger
1941
Tartuffe
1926
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920
Keimendes Leben
1918
The Last Laugh
1924
Variety
1925
Frau Eva
1916
Anna Boleyn
1920
