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Emil Jannings

Known For: Acting

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Status: Deceased at 65 years old (death on 02/01/1950)

Date of Birth: 22/07/1884

Place of Birth: 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.

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