Lotte Lenya
Birthday: 1898-10-17
Place of Birth: Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lotte Lenya (18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian singer and actress. In the German-speaking and classical music world she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language film she is remembered for her Academy Award-nominated role in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) and as the sadistic Rosa Klebb in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love (1963). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lotte Lenya, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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From Russia with Love
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Semi-Tough
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daugh...
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
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The 3 Penny Opera
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September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
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Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill
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The Incredible World of James Bond
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Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' War
A recording of the 1939 play "Mother Courage and Her Children" for German TV....
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The Appointment
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No. 18: Mahagonny
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George Grosz' Interregnum
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Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
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The Exiles
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