Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya

Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981)

Lotte Lenya 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).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 3 films (1931–1963) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 2 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1963 From Russia With Love. Danjaq S.A. 115 min 35mm Color sound
1931 The Threepenny opera Audio Brandon 112 mi 16mm B&W sound
1931 Three penny opera = Dreigroschenoper / Screenplay adapted by, Leo Lania, Ladislas Vajda, Bela Belaz ; from play written by Berthold Brecht ; produced and directed by, G. W. Pabst. 113 16mm B&W sound