Who received the very first ...

Question: Who received the very first Oscar?


Answer: Austrian-born actor Emil Jannings, who received a best-actor Academy Award in 1929, the first year Oscars were given, for his work in The Last Command (1927) and The Way of All Flesh (1928).

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