Lotte Lenya
About
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Also Known As
Karoline Wilhelmina Charlotte Blamauer
Birth Place
Austria
Born
October 18, 1898
Died
November 27, 1981
Cause of Death
Cancer
Biography
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Star of a number of Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill musicals who came to prominence as Pirate Jenny in both the stage and screen versions of "The Threepenny Opera" (1931). A vivid singer and presence, Lenya fled Nazi Germany with husband Weill in 1933 and subsequently appeared in occasional film and theater roles. She was especially memorable as the villainous lesbian Rosa Kleb in the James Bo...
Filmography
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Semi-Tough
(1977)
The Appointment
(1970)
Emma Valadier
From Russia With Love
(1964)
Rosa Klebb
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
(1961)
Countess Magda Terribili-Gonzales
Die Dreigroschenoper
(1931)
Jenny
The Savages
(2007)
Song Performer
Family & Companions
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Kurt Julian Weill
Husband
Composer. Born on March 2, 1900; met in 1925; married on January 28, 1926; divorced on September 18, 1934; remarried in NYC in 1937; together until his death in 1950.
Paul Green
Companion
Playwright. Had brief affair in 1936.
George Davis
Husband
Editor. Married from 1951 until his death in 1957.
Russell Detweiler
Husband
Painter. Married on November 14, 1962; died in 1969.
Bibliography
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"Speak Low (When You Speak Love): The Letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya"
University of California Press (1996)
Biography
Star of a number of Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill musicals who came to prominence as Pirate Jenny in both the stage and screen versions of "The Threepenny Opera" (1931). A vivid singer and presence, Lenya fled Nazi Germany with husband Weill in 1933 and subsequently appeared in occasional film and theater roles. She was especially memorable as the villainous lesbian Rosa Kleb in the James Bond adventure, "From Russia With Love" (1963).
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Semi-Tough
(1977)
The Appointment
(1970)
Emma Valadier
From Russia With Love
(1964)
Rosa Klebb
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
(1961)
Countess Magda Terribili-Gonzales
Die Dreigroschenoper
(1931)
Jenny
Music (Feature Film)
The Savages
(2007)
Song Performer
Seven Years in Tibet
(1997)
Song Performer
Mahagonny
(1980)
Song Performer
Music (Special)
The Music of Kurt Weill: September Songs
(1995)
Song Performer
Cast (Short)
Interregnum George Grosz
(1960)
Life Events
1922
Moved to Berlin
1923
First billed as Lotte Lenya; professional acting debut as Maria in "Twelfth Night"
1927
First appearance in Kurt Weill/Bertold Brecht collaboration, "Mahagonny Songspiel"
1933
Moved to Paris
1935
Moved to USA
1937
Broadway debut in "The Eternal Road"
Videos
Movie Clip
Trailer
Family
Franz Paul Blamauer
Father
Johanna Blamauer
Mother
Karoline Blamauer
Sister
Died c. 1896.
Franz Blamauer
Brother
Born on August 2, 1897.
Maximillian Blamauer
Brother
Born in 1900.
Maria Blamauer
Sister
Born in 1906.
Companions
Kurt Julian Weill
Husband
Composer. Born on March 2, 1900; met in 1925; married on January 28, 1926; divorced on September 18, 1934; remarried in NYC in 1937; together until his death in 1950.
Paul Green
Companion
Playwright. Had brief affair in 1936.
George Davis
Husband
Editor. Married from 1951 until his death in 1957.
Russell Detweiler
Husband
Painter. Married on November 14, 1962; died in 1969.
Richard Siemanowski
Husband
Documentarian. Born May 25, 1926; married on June 9, 1971; divorced in 1973; died in September 1981.
Bibliography
"Speak Low (When You Speak Love): The Letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya"
University of California Press (1996)
