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Lotte Lenya

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Lotte Lenya

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Oct 17, 1898 (127 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lotte Lenya (18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian singer and actress. In the German-speaking and classical music world she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language film she is remembered for her Academy Award-nominated role in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) and as the sadistic Rosa Klebb in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love (1963). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lotte Lenya, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2025Dreadful Penny Dreadful
2021Lotte Lenya - Warum bin ich nicht froh?Self (archive footage)
2017Popular Voices at the BBCSelf (archive footage)
1994September Songs: The Music of Kurt WeillSelf
1992I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
1989The ExilesSelf
1980No. 18: MahagonnySelf (voice)
1977Semi-ToughCarla Pelf
1969The AppointmentEmma Valadier
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1966Ten Blocks on the Camino RealThe Gypsy
1965The Incredible World of James BondSelf (archive footage)
1965Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' WarMutter Courage
1963From Russia with LoveRosa Klebb
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1961The Roman Spring of Mrs. StoneContessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
1961Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt WeillSelf
1961Treffpunkt New YorkSelf
1960George Grosz' InterregnumNarrator
1931The 3 Penny OperaJenny