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Cause of death
  
Liver cancer

Years active
  
1914–1945

Role
  
Actor

Occupation
  
Actor

Name
  
Emil Jannings

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Full Name
  
Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz

Born
  
23 July 1884 (
1884-07-23
)

Died
  
January 2, 1950, Strobl, Austria

Spouse
  
Gussy Holl (m. 1923–1950), Hanna Ralph (m. 1919–1921), Lucie Hoflich

Parents
  
Emil Janenz, Margarethe Janenz

Movies
  
The Blue Angel, The Last Laugh, Faust, The Last Command, The Way of All Flesh

Similar People
  
Josef von Sternberg, F W Murnau, Ernst Lubitsch, Conrad Veidt, Erich Pommer

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Emil Jannings (23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a German actor, popular in 1920s Hollywood. He was the first Oscar recipient, honored with the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 1929 ceremony. To date, he is still the only German to have won the Best Actor Oscar.

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Jannings is best known for his collaborations with F.W. Murnau and Josef von Sternberg, including 1930's The Blue Angel, with Marlene Dietrich. Der blaue Engel 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 fall of the Third Reich.

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Childhood and youth

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He was christened Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz in Rorschach, Switzerland, the son of Emil Janenz, an American businessman from St. Louis, and his wife Margarethe nee Schwabe, a German migrant. Jannings held German citizenship; while he was still young the family moved to Leipzig in the German Empire and further to Gorlitz after the early death of his father.

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Jannings ran away from school and went to sea. When he returned to Gorlitz, his mother finally allowed him to begin a traineeship at the town state theatre, where Jannings started his stage career. From 1901 onwards he worked with several theatre companies in Bremen, Nuremberg, Leipzig, Konigsberg, and Glogau before joining the Deutsches Theater ensemble under director Max Reinhardt in Berlin. Permanently employed since 1915, Jannings met with playwright Karl Vollmoller, fellow actor Ernst Lubitsch, and photographer Frieda Riess, who after World War I all were at the heart of the Weimar Culture in 1920s Berlin. Jannings made his breakthrough in 1918 with his role as Judge Adam in Kleist's Broken Jug at the Schauspielhaus.

Career

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Jannings was a theater actor who went into films, though he remained dissatisfied with the limited expressive possibilities in the silent era. Having signed a contract with the UFA production company, he starred in Die Augen der Mumie Ma (The Eyes of the Mummy, 1918) and Madame DuBarry (1919), both with Pola Negri in the main female part. He also performed in the 1922 film version of Othello and in F. W. Murnau's The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann, 1924), as a proud but aged hotel doorman who is demoted to a restroom attendant. Jannings worked with Murnau on two other films, playing the title character in Herr Tartuff (1925), Variety (1925) and as Mephistopheles in Faust (1926).

America

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His increasing popularity enabled Jannings to sign an agreement with Paramount Pictures and eventually follow his acting colleagues Lubitsch and Negri to Hollywood. He started his career in 1927 with The Way of All Flesh directed by Victor Fleming (now lost) and in the following year performed in Josef von Sternberg's The Last Command. In 1929 Jannings won the first Best Actor Oscar for his work in both films. He and Sternberg also cooperated in Street of Sin (1928), though they actually differed about Jannings' acting in front of the camera.

His Hollywood career came to an end with the advent of talkies as his thick German accent was difficult to understand. His dialogue was initially dubbed by another actor in the part-talkie The Patriot (1928) directed by Ernst Lubitsch, although Jannings' own voice was restored after he objected. Returning to Europe, he starred opposite Marlene Dietrich in the 1930 film The Blue Angel, which was filmed simultaneously in English with its German version Der blaue Engel.

According to Susan Orlean, author of Rin Tin Tin: The Life and The Legend (Simon and Schuster, 2011), Jannings was not actually the winner of the first best actor vote, but the runner-up. While researching her book, Orlean discovered that it was in fact Rin Tin Tin, the German Shepherd dog, one of the biggest movie stars of his time, who won the vote. The Academy, however, worried about not being taken seriously if they gave the first Oscar to a dog, chose to award the Oscar to the human runner-up.

Nazi Germany

After the Nazi Machtergreifung in 1933, Jannings continued his career in the service of Nazism and cinema. During the Third Reich, he starred in several films which were intended to promote Nazism, particularly the Fuhrerprinzip by presenting unyielding historical characters, such as Der alte und der junge Konig (The Old and the Young King 1934), Der Herrscher (The Ruler 1937) directed by Veit Harlan, Robert Koch (1939), Ohm Kruger (Uncle Kruger, 1941) and Die Entlassung (Bismarck's Dismissal, 1942). He also performed in his famed role in The Broken Jug directed by Gustav Ucicky. Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels named Jannings an "Artist of the State" (Staatsschauspieler) in 1936.

The shooting of his last film Wo ist Herr Belling? was aborted, when troops of the Allied Powers entered Germany in Spring 1945. Jannings reportedly carried his Oscar statuette with him as proof of his former association with Hollywood. However, his active role in Nazi propaganda meant that he was subject to denazification, and a comeback attempt would not be legal.

Ironically, in the same period Dietrich would became a US citizen and an influential anti-Nazi activist, spending much of the war entertaining troops on the front lines and broadcasting on behalf of the OSS. Dietrich particularly loathed Jannings for his Nazi ties, and would later refer to her former co-star as a "ham".

Death

Jannings retired to Strobl near Salzburg, Austria, and became an Austrian citizen in 1947. He died in 1950, aged 65, from liver cancer. He is buried in the St. Wolfgang cemetery. His Best Actor Oscar is now on display at the Berlin Filmmuseum.

Marriages

Jannings was married three times. All three marriages were to stage and film actresses and all three ended in divorce. His first marriage was to Hanna Ralph, his second to Lucie Hoflich, and his final marriage was to Gussy Holl.

Cultural depictions

  • Hilmar Eichhorn portrayed a fictional, but not sanitized, version of Jannings in Inglourious Basterds, directed by Quentin Tarantino.
  • In the 1972 film Cabaret, singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) finds herself at a high-society dinner party; she tries to impress someone at the table by suggesting that she is a friend of Emil Jannings.
  • Filmography

    Actor
    1945
    Wo ist Herr Belling? as
    Firmenchef Eberhard Belling
    1943
    Altes Herz wird wieder jung as
    Fabrikdirektor Friedrich Wilhelm Hoffmann
    1942
    Die Entlassung as
    Fürst Bismarck
    1941
    Ohm Krüger as
    Ohm Krüger
    1939
    Der letzte Appell as
    Kapitän Brodersen
    1939
    Der Trichter. (Nr. III) (Short)(scenes deleted)
    1939
    Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death as
    Dr. Robert Koch
    1937
    Der Herrscher as
    Matthias Clausen
    1936
    Traumulus as
    Direktor Prof. Niemeyer
    1935
    The Broken Jug as
    Adam, Dorfrichter
    1935
    The Making of a King as
    Friedrich Wilhelm I. König von Preussen
    1934
    Der schwarze Walfisch as
    Peter Petersen
    1933
    Die Abenteuer des Königs Pausole as
    King Pausole
    1933
    The Merry Monarch as
    King Pausole
    1932
    The Tempest as
    Gustav Bumke
    1930
    Liebling der Götter as
    Albert Winkelmann
    1930
    Der blaue Engel as
    Professor Immanuel Rath
    1929
    Du sollst nicht töten as
    Harold Hilbrich
    1929
    Betrayal as
    Poldi Moser
    1928
    Sins of the Fathers as
    Wilhelm Spengler
    1928
    The Patriot as
    Czar Paul I
    1928
    Street of Sin as
    Basher Bill
    1928
    The Last Command as
    Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
    1927
    The Way of All Flesh as
    August Schilling
    1926
    Faust as
    Mephisto
    1926
    Liebe macht blind as
    Emil Jannings
    1925
    Tartuffe as
    Tartüff
    1925
    Variety as
    Boss Huller
    1924
    The Last Laugh as
    Hotelportier
    1924
    Husbands or Lovers as
    Ehemann
    1924
    Waxworks as
    Harun al Raschid
    1924
    Quo Vadis? as
    Nerone
    1923
    All for Money as
    S. I. Rupp
    1923
    The Countess of Paris as
    Ombrade
    1923
    The Tragedy of Love as
    Ombrade
    1922
    Peter the Great as
    Zar Peter der Große
    1922
    Othello as
    Othello
    1922
    The Loves of Pharaoh as
    Pharao Amenes
    1921
    The Rats as
    Bruno
    1921
    Der Schwur des Peter Hergatz as
    Peter Hergatz
    1921
    Danton as
    Danton
    1921
    Der Stier von Olivera as
    General François Guillaume
    1920
    Colombine as
    Carlo
    1920
    Deception as
    Henry VIII
    1920
    Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter as
    Osorcon, Pharao of Egypt
    1920
    Die Brüder Karamasoff as
    Dimitri Karamasoff
    1920
    Algol: Tragedy of Power as
    Robert Herne
    1920
    Das große Licht as
    Lorenz Ferleitner
    1920
    Kohlhiesel's Daughters as
    Peter Xaver
    1919
    Keimendes Leben, Teil 2 as
    James Fraenkel, Börsenmakler / John Smith, amerikanischer Ingenieur
    1919
    Rose Bernd as
    Arthur Streckmann
    1919
    Passion as
    König Louis XV
    1919
    Vendetta as
    Tomasso
    1919
    Die Tochter des Mehemed as
    Vaco Juan Riberda, Fabrikbesitzer
    1919
    Der Mann der Tat as
    Jan Miller
    1918
    Fuhrmann Henschel
    1918
    Keimendes Leben, Teil 1 as
    James Fraenkel, Börsenmarktler / John Smith, amerikanischer Ingenieur
    1918
    The Eyes of the Mummy as
    Radu, an Arab
    1918
    Nach zwanzig Jahren (Short) as
    Horst Lundin 'Korn'
    1917
    Die Seeschlacht
    1917
    Lulu (Short) as
    Alfredo, a clown
    1917
    The Merry Jail as
    Quabbe - der Gaoler
    1917
    Der Ring der Giuditta Foscari as
    Ehrens, Husband of Judith
    1917
    Gesühnte Schuld (Short) as
    Harold Hilbrich
    1917
    When Four Do the Same (Short) as
    Segetoff
    1917
    Das Geschäft as
    S. H. Haßler
    1917
    Hoheit Radieschen (Short)
    1917
    Die Bettlerin von St. Marien as
    Baron Gelsburg
    1917
    Das Leben ein Traum (Short) as
    Verführer
    1917
    Die Zigeunerbaronin
    1917
    Nächte des Grauens as
    Bankier
    1917
    Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach as
    Wilhelm Rohrbach
    1917
    Stein unter Steinen (Short) as
    Schurke Göttlingk
    1917
    Unheilbar
    1917
    Der zehnte Pavillon der Zitadelle
    1916
    Im Angesicht des Toten as
    Paul Werner
    1916
    Passionels Tagebuch as
    Karl Borke
    1916
    Aus Mangel an Beweisen as
    Dr. Langer
    1916
    Der Morphinist
    1916
    Arme Eva
    1916
    Frau Eva as
    Eva's Mann, der Fabrikant
    1914
    Im Schützengraben as
    German Soldier (uncredited)
    Producer
    1942
    Die Entlassung (producer)
    1941
    Ohm Krüger (producer)
    1939
    Der letzte Appell (producer)
    1939
    Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death (producer)
    1923
    All for Money (producer)
    Art Department
    1941
    Ohm Krüger (artistic supervisor)
    1937
    Der Herrscher (artistic supervisor)
    1935
    The Broken Jug (artistic director)
    Miscellaneous
    1942
    Die Entlassung (supervisor)
    1937
    Der Herrscher (supervisor)
    Director
    1935
    The Broken Jug (supervisor)
    Self
    1943
    12 Minuten mit Emil Jannings (Short) as
    Self
    1928
    Die Filmstadt Hollywood (Documentary) as
    Self
    1927
    A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (Documentary short) as
    Self
    1925
    Der Film im Film (Documentary) as
    Self
    Archive Footage
    2019
    The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Al Best Actor & Best Actress Winners Speeches Since 1927/28 (2019) - Self
    2014
    From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (Documentary) as
    Self
    2014
    Forbidden Films (Documentary)
    2014
    Caligari - Wie der Horror ins Kino kam (TV Movie documentary) as
    Mephisto / Professor Immanuel Rath
    2012
    Room 237 (Documentary) as
    Mephisto (uncredited)
    2011
    Lost Forever (Documentary short) as
    Czar Paul I (uncredited)
    2011
    Zaum - Andare a parare (TV Series documentary) as
    Mephisto
    - Lo spazio dell'orbita (2011) - Mephisto (uncredited)
    2011
    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2006
    Unsere Besten (TV Series) as
    Various
    - Lieblingsschauspieler (2006) - Various
    2006
    Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri (Documentary) as
    Self
    2004
    Tartüff, der verschollene Film (Video documentary short) as
    Tartüff
    2003
    Der letzte Mann - Das Making of (Video documentary short) as
    Hotelportier
    2002
    Los 5 Faust de F.W. Murnau (Video documentary) as
    Self / Mephisto
    1999
    Berlin Metropolis: Jews in Early German Film (Video documentary short)
    1998
    Dämonische Leinwand - Der deutsche Film der zwanziger Jahre (Documentary) as
    Mephisto (uncredited)
    1995
    Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV Mini Series documentary) as
    Professor Immanuel Rath / Various
    - End of an Era (1995) - Professor Immanuel Rath (uncredited)
    - The Unchained Camera (1995) - Various (uncredited)
    1992
    Die UFA (Documentary)
    1983
    Historia del cine: Epoca muda (Video documentary) as
    Mephisto (uncredited)
    1983
    Los que hicieron nuestro cine (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Dos monjes - Self
    - La Mujer del puerto - Self
    1981
    Kintopp Kintopp (TV Series) as
    Professor Immanuel Rath
    - Guter Ton ist teuer (1981) - Professor Immanuel Rath (uncredited)
    1973
    Theater of Blood as
    Othello (uncredited)
    1969
    Blick zurück im Film (TV Series)
    - Emil Jannings (1969)
    1965
    The Love Goddesses (Documentary) as
    Self
    1964
    Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - The Wild and Wonderful Thirties (1964) - Self (uncredited)
    1963
    Lieblinge unserer Eltern (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    1963
    Hollywood: The Great Stars (TV Movie documentary) as
    Professor Immanuel Rath (uncredited)
    1958
    Das kommt nicht wieder (Documentary) as
    Self
    1958
    Solang' noch Unter'n Linden as
    Self (uncredited)
    1958
    It Only Happened Once as
    Self - Emil Jannings
    1950
    Wonderful Times (Documentary) as
    Self
    1949
    Sie sind nicht mehr (Documentary)
    1940
    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (Documentary short)
    1931
    The House That Shadows Built (Documentary)
    1929
    Rund um die Liebe

    References

    Emil Jannings Wikipedia