
Lotte Lenya
Highest Rated: 97% From Russia With Love (1963)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Oct 18, 1898
Birthplace: Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary
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).




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Filmography
Movies
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83% | 33% | Semi-Tough | Clara Pelf (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 76% | The Appointment | Emma Valadier (Character) | - | 1969 |
97% | 84% | From Russia With Love | Rosa Klebb (Character) | - | 1963 |
0% | 58% | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales (Character) | - | 1961 |
83% | 87% | The Threepenny Opera | Jenny (Character) | - | 1931 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1972 |