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Lotte Lenya was an Austrian-American chanteuse, 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).
Birth Name
Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer
Born
Tuesday, 18 October 1898
Died
Friday, 27 November 1981
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| James Bond's 'Spectre' with Jonathan Ross | Rosa Klebb | 2015 |
| From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses | Self | 2015 |
| Cabaret-Berlin: The Wild Scene | Self - Singer | 2010 |
| Brecht vs. Pabst | Self | 2007 |
| Best Ever Bond | Rosa Klebb | 2002 |
| In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross | Rosa Klebb | 1995 |
| September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill | 1994 | |
| The Exiles | Self | 1989 |
| The Music of Man | Self | 1981 |
| Mahagonny | (voice) / voice | 1980 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| James Bond's 'Spectre' with Jonathan Ross | Rosa Klebb | 2015 |
| From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses | Self | 2015 |
| Cabaret-Berlin: The Wild Scene | Self - Singer | 2010 |
| Brecht vs. Pabst | Self | 2007 |
| Best Ever Bond | Rosa Klebb | 2002 |
| In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross | Rosa Klebb | 1995 |
| September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill | 1994 | |
| The Exiles | Self | 1989 |
| The Music of Man | Self | 1981 |
| Mahagonny | (voice) / voice | 1980 |
| Semi-Tough | Carla Pelf / Clara Pelf | 1977 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| CBS Daytime 90 | Rosa Harcourt | 1974 |
| The Appointment | Emma Valadier | 1969 |
| The Dick Cavett Show | Self | 1968 |
| Ten Blocks on the Camino Real | The Gypsy | 1966 |
| NET Playhouse | Self | 1966 |
| The Incredible World of James Bond | Self | 1965 |
| From Russia with Love | Rosa Klebb | 1963 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Herself | 1962 |
| The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales | 1961 |
| George Grosz' Interregnum | Narrator | 1960 |
| Camera Three | Self / Nurse in Romeo and Juliet | 1956 |
| The 3 Penny Opera | Jenny | 1931 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1962 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1962 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
