Lotte Lenya

Acting

Lotte Lenya

Born
Died
(aged 83)
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria
Credits
22 titles

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

Acting credits 21

YearTitleRole
2025 Dreadful Penny Dreadful Film
2021 Lotte Lenya - Warum bin ich nicht froh? Film Self (archive footage)
2017 Popular Voices at the BBC TV Self (archive footage) (3 ep)
1994 September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill Film Self
1992 I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America Film
1989 The Exiles Film Self
1980 No. 18: Mahagonny Film Self (voice)
1977 Semi-Tough Film Carla Pelf
1969 The Appointment Film Emma Valadier
1968 The Dick Cavett Show TV Self - Guest (2 ep)
1966 Ten Blocks on the Camino Real Film The Gypsy
1966 NET Playhouse TV (1 ep)
1965 The Incredible World of James Bond Film Self (archive footage)
1965 Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' War Film Mutter Courage
1963 From Russia with Love Film Rosa Klebb
1962 The Merv Griffin Show TV Self (1 ep)
1961 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Film Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
1961 Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill Film Self
1961 Treffpunkt New York TV Self (1 ep)
1960 George Grosz' Interregnum Film Narrator
1931 The 3 Penny Opera Film Jenny

Crew credits 1

YearTitleJob
2026 One Hat is One Hat Film Songs
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