Lotte Lenya

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations. See more awards »

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From Russia with Love Rosa Klebb

(1963)

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales

(1961)

The 3 Penny Opera Jenny

(1931)

Seven Years in Tibet Soundtrack

(1997)

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Actress (10 credits)

1980 Mahagonny (voice)

1977 Semi-Tough
Dr. Clara Pelf

1974 CBS Daytime 90 (TV Series)
Rosa Harcourt

- Trio for Lovers (1974) ... Rosa Harcourt

1969 The Appointment
Emma Valadier

1966 Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (TV Movie)
The Gypsy

1965 Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder - Eine Chronik aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg (TV Movie)
Mutter Courage

1964 Bertolt Brecht: Übungstücke für Schauspieler (Short)

1963 From Russia with Love
Rosa Klebb

1961 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales

1931 The 3 Penny Opera
Jenny (as Lotte Lenja)

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Soundtrack (6 credits)

2017 Popular Voices at the BBC (TV Mini Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Truth Tellers at the BBC (2017) ... (performer: "Alabama Song")

2016 Uncle Howard (Documentary) (performer: "September Song")

2007 The Savages (performer: "Salomon-Song")

2001 Guileless Guile (Short) (performer: "Denn wie Man sich bettet")

1997 Seven Years in Tibet (performer: "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer/The Ballad of Mack the Knife")

1952 Because of My Hot Youth (performer: "Die Seeräuber-Jenny. Ur Die Dreigroschenoper")

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Self (23 credits)

1979 ...es war das Schönste auf der Welt - Begegnungen mit Lotte Lenya (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1979 Omnibus (TV Series documentary)
Self - Interviewee

- Lotte Lenya (1979) ... Self - Interviewee

1979 Skyline (TV Series documentary)
Self - Interviewee

- Lenya - Paris-New York (1979) ... Self - Interviewee

- Lenya - The Berlin Years (1979) ... Self - Interviewee

1973-1978 New York, New York (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 13 November 1978 (1978) ... Self

- Episode dated 18 March 1973 (1973) ... Self

1976 Bicentennial Minutes (TV Series short)
Self - Narrator

- Episode #1.695 (1976) ... Self - Narrator

1966-1975 Today (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 16 May 1975 (1975) ... Self

- Episode dated 23 November 1966 (1966) ... Self

1968-1975 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Self / Self - Musician

- Episode dated 1 January 1975 (1975) ... Self - Musician

- Episode dated 15 November 1972 (1972) ... Self

- Episode #1.31 (1968) ... Self

1973 Bertolt Brecht zum 75. Geburtstag (TV Special)
Self - Musician

1972 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Self - Mystery Guest

- Lotte Lenya (1972) ... Self - Mystery Guest (uncredited)

1969 Lotte Lenya singt Kurt Weill (TV Short)
Self - Musician

1968 Lotte Lenya sings Kurt Weill (TV Special short)
Self - Musician

1967 NET Playhouse (TV Series)
Self

- The World of Kurt Weill (1967) ... Self

1967 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Self

- Tom Ewell, Anthony Perkins, Lionel Hampton, Lotte Lenya (1967) ... Self

- Will Jordan, Garson Kanin, Rocky Graziano, Lotte Lenya, Aliza Kashi (1967) ... Self

1967 Das Berliner Requiem (TV Special)
Narrator

1965 Aaron Copland: Music in the Twenties (TV Series)
Self - Musician

- New Movements in Opera (1965) ... Self - Musician

1965 13 Stars for Channel 13 (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.1 (1965) ... Self

1958-1964 Camera Three (TV Series)
Self / Nurse in Romeo and Juliet

- Brecht on Shakespeare (1964) ... Self / Nurse in Romeo and Juliet

- The Music of Kurt Weill (1958) ... Self

1964 Stage 2 (TV Series documentary short)
Self

- Lotte Lenya: The Broadway Years of Kurt Weill (1964) ... Self

1964 George Grosz' Interregnum (Documentary short)
Narrator

1962 Treffpunkt New York (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Broadway-Melodie 1962 (1962) ... Self

1961 Monitor (TV Series documentary)

- Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill (1961)

1958 Probe and Night Beat (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Episode dated 4 June 1958 (1958) ... Self

1956 Lotte Lenya singt Songs von Kurt Weil (TV Movie)
Self - Musician - Narrator

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Archive footage (25 credits)

2021 007: Licence to Drive (TV Special documentary)

2021 Lotte Lenya: Warum bin ich nicht froh? (TV Movie documentary)
Self - Subject

2017 Popular Voices at the BBC (TV Mini Series)
Self

- Truth Tellers at the BBC (2017) ... Self

2016 Die Öscars (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self

- Der Exodus (2016) ... Self

2015 James Bond's 'Spectre' with Jonathan Ross (TV Movie documentary)
Rosa Klebb (uncredited)

2014 From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (Documentary)
Self

2013 Skyfall: Modern Day Bond (TV Movie documentary)

2013 Bond's Greatest Moments (TV Movie documentary)
Rosa Klebb (uncredited)

2012 Skyfall on Set (TV Movie documentary)
Rosa Klebb (uncredited)

2010 Cabaret-Berlin: The Wild Scene (TV Movie documentary)
Self - Singer

2008 Swatch James Bond 007 Villain Collection Television Commercial (Video short)
Rosa Klebb

2007 Brecht vs. Pabst (Video documentary)
Self

2005 From Russia with Love (Video Game)
Rosa Klebb

2002 James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (TV Special)

2002 Best Ever Bond (TV Movie documentary)
Rosa Klebb (uncredited)

2002 Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (TV Movie documentary)
Rosa Klebb (uncredited)

1995 In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (TV Movie documentary)
Rosa Klebb (uncredited)

1994 Kvitt eller dobbelt (TV Series)
Rosa Klebb

- Episode #9.12 (1994) ... Rosa Klebb

1989 MTV Movie Special: Licence to Kill (TV Special documentary)
Rosa Klebb (uncredited)

1989 The Exiles (Documentary)
Self

1987 James Bond: Licence to Thrill (TV Movie documentary)

1986 James Bond 007 at the Movies (Video short)
Self

1979 My Name Is Bond... James Bond (TV Movie documentary)

1971 Opernführer (TV Series)

- Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (1971)

1965 The Incredible World of James Bond (TV Movie documentary)
Self

Personal Details

Other Works:

She played Xantippe in the original Broadway production of Maxwell Anderson's "Barefoot in Athens", in 1951. See more »

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2 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 5 Articles | See more »

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Kurt Weill Foundation for Music (founder).

Alternate Names:

Lotte Lenja

Height:

5' 0¼" (1.53 m)

Spouse:

Richard Siemanowski (divorced) | See more »

Parents:

Franz Paul Blamauer | Johanna Teuschl Blamauer

Relatives:

Karoline Blamauer (sibling) | See more »

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In 1979, two years before her death, Lotte Lenya was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. See more »

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