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Lotte Lenya was an Austrian-American singer, actress, and wife of composer Kurt Weill. She performed in Brecht-Weill plays, The Threepenny Opera, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, and From Russia with Love.
Lotte Lenya was a Tony Award-winning and Academy award-nominated actress and singer, best known for her roles in The Threepenny Opera and From Russia with Love. She was also the wife of composer Kurt Weill and a champion of his music.
- January 1, 1
- Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
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Lotte Lenya was a Tony Award-winning and Academy award-nominated actress and singer who is best remembered for her supporting role as Rosa Klebb in the classic Bond film From Russia with Love (1963).
She was born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blaumauer on October 18, 1898, in Vienna, Austria (at that time Austro-Hungarian Empire), into a working class family. Young Lenya was fond of dancing. In 1914 she moved to Zurich, Switzerland. There she began using her stage name, Lotte Lenya. In Swizerland she studied classical dance, singing and acting ...
In 1933, with the rise of Nazism in Germany, Lotte Lenya escaped from the country. At the same time, being stressed by the circumstances of life, she divorced from Kurt Weil, to be reunited with him two years later. In 1935 both emigrated to the United States and remarried in 1937. After Kurt Weill's death, she dedicated her efforts to keeping Weil...
Lotte Lenya was an actress and singer who starred in Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's plays and musicals. She also appeared in films such as The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone and From Russia with Love.
- October 18, 1898
- November 27, 1981
Learn about the life and career of Lotte Lenya, the Austrian-born actress and singer who became a star of Weill and Brecht's works. Explore her timeline, chronology, biography, photos, media, and more.
Learn about the life and career of Lotte Lenya, who starred in The Threepenny Opera and Cabaret, and sang Weill's songs. See her portrait by Saul Bolasni, which captures her intensity and style.
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Jul 2, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Lotte Lenya, who starred in The Threepenny Opera and Cabaret, and sang Weill's songs. See her portrait by Saul Bolasni, inspired by her role as Jenny.
Lotte Lenya (1898-1981) was a versatile performer who starred in many works by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, such as The Threepenny Opera and The Seven Deadly Sins. She also appeared in films, recorded, and toured in the U.S. and West Germany.
