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Lotte Lenya
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photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1962
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| Born |
Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer
18 October 1898 |
| Died | 27 November 1981 (aged 83) New York City, U.S.
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1922–1981 |
| Spouse(s) |
George Davis
(m. 1951; died 1957) Russell Detwiler
(m. 1962; died 1969) |
Lotte Lenya (born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer; 18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian–American singer, and actress.
She sang Kurt Weill's songs. He was her first husband. She married him twice.
In English-language cinema, she was nominated for an Academy Award for playing an aristocrat in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961).
Her performance as Rosa Klebb in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love (1963) is famous.
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