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Emil Jannings

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Actor

The Resume

    (July 23, 1884-January 3, 1950)
    Birth name was Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz
    Won the 1927/28 Oscar for Best Actor (The Last Command)
    Acted in 'Othello,' 'Variety,' 'The Last Laugh,' 'Faust' and 'The Patriot'

Why he might be annoying:

    He was married three times.
    He was furious that Marlene Dietrich got more notoriety than him when they made 'The Blue Angel' together.
    He won an Oscar for two different movies (make up your mind!)
    He insisted that the Oscar be presented to him prior to the ceremony (this was before the secret ballot) so it wouldn't interrupt his vacation.
    When talking pictures came around, he decided to go back to Germany rather than work on his English.
    The Nazis installed him on the Board of Directors of the Tobis movie studio.
    He was awarded a medal by Goebbels and honored as 'Artist of the State.'
    He starred in many films for the Nazis, including 'Ohm Krüger' (1941), one of the most expensive anti-British propaganda productions of the Third Reich.
    When Berlin fell, he pathetically approached U.S. soldiers holding his Academy Award over his head screaming 'Don't shoot! I have Oscar!'
    He was blacklisted by the Allies after the war.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Many of his silent films are available on video.
    He won the very first Best Actor Oscar.
    He is the only actor to win an Oscar for a silent movie.
    He claimed that he was forced to make the Nazi propaganda films against his will.

Credit: Jon Mullich


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 140 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 69 Votes: 59.42% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 170 Votes: 41.76% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 72 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 53 Votes: 49.06% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 182 Votes: 54.95% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 194 Votes: 55.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 54 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 71.88% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 53 Votes: 67.92% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 97 Votes: 58.76% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 143 Votes: 70.63% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 210 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 274 Votes: 68.98% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 540 Votes: 68.15% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1443 Votes: 67.78% Annoying