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Lotte Lenya

ActorBorn 1898, died 1981On stage 1937 to 19666 productions on this page

Lotte Lenya
Carl Van Vechten

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).

On stage

6 productions, 29 years
1937
The Eternal RoadBroadway Manhattan Opera House. Original. Directed by Max Reinhardt
153 performances
1941
Candle in the WindBroadway Shubert Theatre. Original. Directed by Alfred Lunt
95 performances
1945
The Firebrand of FlorenceBroadway Alvin Theatre. Original. Directed by John Murray Anderson
43 performances
1951
Barefoot in AthensBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Original. Directed by Alan Anderson
29 performances
1954
The Threepenny OperaOff-Broadway Theatre de Lys. Original. Directed by Carmen Capalbo
95 performances
1966
CabaretBroadway Broadhurst Theatre. Original. Directed by Harold Prince
1,165 performances

Worked with more than once

2 names
  • Robert Harrison 2 productions
  • Ferdi Hoffman 2 productions

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