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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Emil_JanningsEmil Jannings - Wikipedia

    According to Susan Orlean, author of Rin Tin Tin: The Life and The Legend, Jannings was not actually the winner of the first best actor vote, but the runner-up. While researching her book, Orlean thought she 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.

  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Emil-JanningsEmil Jannings | Biography, Movies, Oscar, & Facts | Britannica

    In 1929, the first year of the Academy Awards, Jannings won a best actor award for his performances in the American-made films The Way of All Flesh (1927, now lost), in which he played an embittered family man, and The Last Command (1928), in which he was an exiled Russian general reduced to playing bit parts in war films.

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  4. culturacolectiva.com › emil-jannings-first-oscarEmil Jannings: The First Oscar Winner’s Complicated Legacy

    Mar 7, 2024 · March 7, 2024. in History. Today we’re going to tell you the story of Emil Jannings, a German actor who began his career in silent cinema, won several awards, and was the first to receive a golden statuette from the academy, yes indeed, he was the inaugural Oscar winner in history.

  5. www.imdb.com › name › nm0417837Emil Jannings - Biography - IMDb

    He was the very first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Back then, actors received one Oscar for multiple films and Jannings won for The Way of All Flesh (1927) and The Last Command (1928). The Award is exhibited in the Berlin Film Museum.

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    • January 2, 1950

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  7. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › filmsOscars: The Nazi shame of Best Actor winner Emil Jannings ...

    Mar 8, 2024 · Friday 08 March 2024 08:56 GMT. Comments. Emil Jannings with his Best Actor statuette, 1928 (Rex) W hen the ballot results came in to decide the first winner of the Oscar for Best Actor,...

  8. www.imdb.com › name › nm0417837Emil Jannings - IMDb

    Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins total. Photos 161. Known for. The Last Command. 8.0. Grand Duke Sergius Alexander. 1928. The Last Laugh. 8.0. Hotelportier. 1924. Othello.

  9. screenrant.com › oscars-first-movies-people-win-awardsWhich Movies & People Won The First Oscars At The 1st Academy ...

    Mar 8, 2024 · At the first Oscars, the award for Best Actor went to Emil Jannings, who won for his performances in The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command. Jannings competed against Richard Barthelmess for The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid, and Charlie Chaplin for The Circus.