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Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya

Acting
17 Oct 1898
27 Nov 1981
Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary

Biography

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...

Also Known As

Lotte Lenja, Karoline Blamauer, Karoline Blamauer Weill, Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer

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