1930Nominee
Best Performance
The Blue Angel
Emil Jannings
Actor · Director · Producer
Rorschach, Switzerland
July 22, 1884
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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Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1924Winner
Best Performance
The Last Laugh
1926Winner
Best Performance
Faust
Career Highlights
1924Highlight
Best Performance
Quo Vadis?
1928Highlight
Best Performance
The Last Command
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The Blue Angel
The Last Laugh
Faust