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Emil Jannings

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Emil Jannings (23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss actor. He was not only the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but the first person to be presented an Oscar.

Early life

He was christened as Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz in Rorschach, Switzerland, the son of a German mother and an American father.
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