Overview
Lotte Lenya
Known For
Brecht vs. Pabst: The Transformation of The Threepenny Opera
The documentary traces the tragic story of the "Threepenny Opera"...
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
Filmmaker Larry Weinstein stages a wide range of performances in...
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
The story of Kurt Weill 's relationship with the American...
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lotte Lenya (18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian singer and actress. In the German-speaking and classical music world she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language film she is remembered for her Academy Award-nominated role in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) and as the sadistic Rosa Klebb in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love (1963). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lotte Lenya, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.