Emil Jannings
photo: https://imageshack.com/ Biography Emil Jannings (July 23, 1884 - January 3, 1950) was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. He won the 1927/1928 Oscar for two films -- The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command. He also starred in The Last Laugh, a film unique in silent cinema for its lack of title cards. Christened Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz in Rorschach, ...