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Emil Jannings

Born 23 July 1884 in Rorschach, St. Gallen, Switzerland, USA, as Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz.
Died 2 January 1950 in Strobl, Austria, of liver cancer.

Married actress Lucie Höflich; divorced.
Married actress Hanna Ralph, 23 July 1919; divorced, 19 July 1921;
one child.
Married actress Gussy Holl, 1923; until his death, 2 January 1950;
one child.

References: Website-IMDb.