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Lotte Lenya

Austrian-American singer and actress known for her work in music and film.

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Lotte Lenya is best known for Performances of Kurt Weill's songs and roles in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone and From Russia with Love. On Dead or Alive, Lotte Lenya is listed in the Bond Actors and Villains category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Lotte Lenya is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Performances of Kurt Weill's songs and roles in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone and From Russia with Love
Listed under: Bond Actors and Villains

About Lotte Lenya

In English-language cinema, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a jaded aristocrat in The Roman Spring of Mrs. In 1922, Lenya was seen by her future husband, German-Jewish composer Kurt Weill, during an audition for his first stage score Zaubernacht, but because of his position behind the piano, she did not see him. She was cast, but owing to her loyalty to her acting teacher, she declined the role. She accepted the part of Jenny in the first performance of The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) in 1928, and the part became her breakthrough role. She made several recordings of Weill's songs...

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Lotte Lenya is known for Performances of Kurt Weill's songs and roles in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone and From Russia with Love.

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