Lotte Lenya

Actor

Lotte Lenya

Acting
1931 to 1977 · 4 films
Lived
17 October 1898, d. 1981
From
Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary

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).

Career Signature

How Lotte Lenya’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.