Person

Lotte Lenya

Acting · 1898–1981 · Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lotte Lenya, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

2026One Hat is One HatSongs
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
1966NET Playhouse
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

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