Lotte Lenya
Biography
Lotte Lenya (born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer; 18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian-American singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States. In the German-speaking and classical music world, she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her first husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language cinema, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a jaded aristocrat in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961). She also played the murderous and sadistic Rosa Klebb in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love (1963).
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Known for
From Russia with LoveRosa Klebb7.1
The 3 Penny OperaJenny7.1
Semi-ToughCarla Pelf5.4
The Roman Spring of Mrs. StoneContessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales6.9
The AppointmentEmma Valadier
NET PlayhouseSeries
Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' WarMutter Courage
George Grosz' InterregnumNarrator
Ten Blocks on the Camino RealThe Gypsy
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in AmericaFilm
Filmography
- 2025Dreadful Penny DreadfulFilm
- 1992I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in AmericaFilm
- 1977Semi-ToughFilm: Carla Pelf
- 1969The AppointmentFilm: Emma Valadier
- 1966Ten Blocks on the Camino RealFilm: The Gypsy
- 1966NET PlayhouseSeries (1 episode)
- 1965Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' WarFilm: Mutter Courage
- 1963From Russia with LoveFilm: Rosa Klebb
- 1961The Roman Spring of Mrs. StoneFilm: Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
- 1960George Grosz' InterregnumFilm: Narrator
- 1931The 3 Penny OperaFilm: Jenny
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