Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya
Photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1962
Born	Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer (1898-10-18)18 October 1898 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	27 November 1981(1981-11-27) (aged 83) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1922–1980
Spouses	Kurt Weill ​ ​ (m. 1926; div. 1933)​ ​ ​ (m. 1937; died 1950)​ George Davis ​ ​ (m. 1951; died 1957)​ Russell Detwiler ​ ​ (m. 1962; died 1969)​ Richard Siemanowski ​ ​ (m. 1971; sep. 1973)​

Lotte Lenya (born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer; 18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian-American singer, diseuse,^[1] and actress, long based in the United States.^[2] 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).