What is Emil Jannings?
{{Infobox person | name = Emil Jannings | image = Emil Jannings Bundesarchiv cropped.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|07|23|df=y}} | alt = | birth_place = [[Rorschach, St. Gallen|Rorschach, Switzerland]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|01|02|1884|07|23|df=y}} | death_place = [[Strobl]], [[Allied-occupied Austria]] | death_cause = [[Liver cancer]] | birth_name = Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1914–1945 | spouse = ?? ({{abbr|m.|married}} 19??; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 19??)<br>{{marriage|[[Hanna Ralph]] |1919|1921|end=divorced}}<br>[[Lucie Höflich]] ({{abbr|m.|married}} 192?; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 192?)<br>{{marriage|[[Gussy Holl]]|1923}} }} '''Emil Jannings''' (born '''Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz''', 23 July 1884&nbsp;– 2 January 1950) was a German actor. He won the first [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] at the [[1st Academy Awards]] for his roles as Duke Sergius Alexander in ''[[The Last Command (1928 movie)|The Last Command]]'' and as August Schilling in ''[[The Way of All Flesh (1927 movie)|The Way of All Flesh]]''. During [[World War II]], he starred in many [[Nazi]] [[propaganda]] movies. After the fall for the [[Third Reich]], he was unemployed and retired. ==Other websites== *{{IMDB name|0417837}} *{{Find a Grave|7040055|name=Emil Jannings}} *[http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=673 Photographs of Emil Jannings] {{DEFAULTSORT:Jannings, Emil}} [[Category:1884 births]] [[Category:1950 deaths]] [[Category:German movie actors]] [[Category:German television actors]] [[Category:German stage actors]] [[Category:Deaths from liver cancer]] [[Category:Academy Award winning actors]] {{actor-stub}}