Lotte Lenya
Acting
Born: 1898-10-17 in Vienna, Austria
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
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
From Russia with Love
Rosa Klebb
NET Playhouse
Semi-Tough
Carla Pelf
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
The Appointment
Emma Valadier
The Incredible World of James Bond
Self (archive footage)
The 3 Penny Opera
Jenny
Popular Voices at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
The Gypsy
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill
Self
Dreadful Penny Dreadful
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
Self
Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' War
Mutter Courage
George Grosz' Interregnum
Narrator
The Exiles
Self
Lotte Lenya - Warum bin ich nicht froh?
Self (archive footage)