(Who's Who in the Theater gives her birthdate as October 18, 1900)
Occupation: actress
Also Known as: Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer (birth name)
About Lotte Lenya:
Lotte Lenya, trained in drama and ballet, was an actress in Berlin already well-known for her unique musical style when she met and married Kurt Weill in 1926.
Lotte Lenya and Kurt Weill collaborated on Mahagonny, Die Dreigroshenoper (Threepenny Opera or The Beggar's Opera), and, after leaving Germany and moving to New York, on Eternal Road and The Firebrand of Florence. After Weill's death in 1950, Lotte Lenya continued acting, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone.
Print Bibliography:
Speak Low (When You Speak Love): The Letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya. Lys Symonette, editor; Kim H. Kowalkee, editor and translator. 1997.
