Lotte Lenya
Known for Acting · 21 credits
- Born
- 1898-10-17
- Died
- 1981-11-27
- Place of birth
- Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary
- Also known as
- Lotte Lenja · Karoline Blamauer · Karoline Blamauer Weill · Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer
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
TV Shows (5)
Movies (16)
From Russia with Love
1963
as Rosa Klebb
No. 18: Mahagonny
1980
as Self (voice)
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965
as Self (archive footage)
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961
as Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
The Appointment
1969
as Emma Valadier
Semi-Tough
1977
as Carla Pelf
The 3 Penny Opera
1931
as Jenny
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill
1961
as Self
Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' War
1965
as Mutter Courage
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
1966
as The Gypsy
George Grosz' Interregnum
1960
as Narrator
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
1992
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
1994
as Self
Dreadful Penny Dreadful
2025
The Exiles
1989
as Self
Lotte Lenya - Warum bin ich nicht froh?
2021
as Self (archive footage)
About Lotte Lenya
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… With 21 credits spanning from 1931 to 2025, Lotte Lenya has appeared in 16 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lotte Lenya Movies
- From Russia with Love (1963) — as Rosa Klebb
- No. 18: Mahagonny (1980) — as Self (voice)
- The Incredible World of James Bond (1965) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) — as Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
- The Appointment (1969) — as Emma Valadier
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