
Actor
Lotte Lenya
128 years · Vienna, Austria · 15 films
Lotte Lenya (born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer; 18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian-American singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States. In the German-speaking and classical music world, she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her first husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language cinema, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a jaded aristocrat in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961). She also played the murderous and 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.
Best known for


From Russia with Love
1963 · Rosa Klebb
On Amazon Prime Video


The 3 Penny Opera
1931 · Jenny
On HBO Max


Semi-Tough
1977 · Carla Pelf
On Philo


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

The Appointment
1969 · Emma Valadier

The Incredible World of James Bond
1965 · Self (archive footage)
Filmography 15

Dreadful Penny Dreadful
2025 · Actor

Lotte Lenya - Warum bin ich nicht froh?
2021 · Self (archive footage)


September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
1994 · Self
On Kanopy

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
1992 · Actor

The Exiles
1989 · Self


Semi-Tough
1977 · Carla Pelf
On Philo

The Appointment
1969 · Emma Valadier

Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
1966 · The Gypsy

The Incredible World of James Bond
1965 · Self (archive footage)

Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' War
1965 · Mutter Courage


From Russia with Love
1963 · Rosa Klebb
On Amazon Prime Video


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

Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill
1961 · Self

George Grosz' Interregnum
1960 · Narrator


The 3 Penny Opera
1931 · Jenny
On HBO Max