Emil Jannings

Very proficient in money matters, Jannings was one of the highest paid actors of his time. Jack Lemmon films:. Because of his involvement in Nazi propaganda, Jannings was prohibited to work after the war, and retired to his farm in Austria. In June 2001, he died from cancer at the age of 76, and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. Walter Matthau - his costar from several films - had also been buried at the cemetery. Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels named him "Artist of the State" in 1941. Lemmon was a favourite of director Billy Wilder, and did a series of films with Wilder, including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, and Irma La Douce. He made several pro-Nazi films, ending any chance he may have had for a comeback in the United States. Twice married, he was a devoted father, and one of the best-liked actors in Hollywood.

He returned to Europe, where he starred opposite Marlene Dietrich in the classic The Blue Angel, filmed in English simultaneously with its German version Der Blaue Engel. Lemmon attended Harvard. Born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz in Rorschach, Switzerland, of a German mother and an American father, Jannings, as a theater actor, had a promising Hollywood career come to an end when talkies made his thick German accent difficult to understand. Born in Boston, Lemmon's father was a successful businessman in the Boston area. He won the 1927/1928 Oscar for two films -- The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command. Jack Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001) was a consummate Hollywood actor. Emil Jannings (July 23, 1884 - January 3, 1950) was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. My Fellow Americans, with James Garner.

Missing, with Sissy Spacek. Grumpy Old Men (and the sequel Grumpier Old Men), with Walter Matthau. Dad, with Ted Danson. The Out-of-Towners.

The China Syndrome, with Jane Fonda. Save the Tiger. The Fortune Cookie. Days of Wine and Roses.

The Odd Couple, with Walter Matthau. The Apartment. Glengarry Glen Ross, with Al Pacino, based on the play by David Mamet. Some Like It Hot, with Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis.