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).
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Full name at birth | Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer
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Claim to fame | From Russia with Love (1963)
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Date of birth | 18 October 1898
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Place of birth | Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary
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Date of death | 27 November 1981
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Age | 83 (age at death)
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Place of death | New York, New York, USA
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Cause of death | Cancer
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Resting place | Mount Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York, USA
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