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Lotte Lenya


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in Vienna, Austria
October 18, 1898

Died
November 27, 1981

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Lotte Lenya was a Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated singer and actress, born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer, in Vienna, Austria. She is best known for her performance as Jenny in Kurt Weill's and Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, and some other Brecht-Weill plays. Her role as Vivien Leigh's earthy friend Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales in the screen version of Tennessee Williams' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) brought Lenya an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress. Her portrayal of the villainous Rosa Klebb in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love (1963) brought her additional fame. She is also known for receiving a mention in the Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin versions of the song "Mac ...more

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The Threepenny Opera

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The Best of Franz Kafka's S...

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Invitation to German Poetry

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The Very Best Classic Short...

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Speak Low (When You Speak L...

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Invitation to German Poetry

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