Lotte Lenya

Performer Recording Staff

Personal Info

  • Birth Date
    October 18, 1898
  • Birth Location
    Vienna, Austro-Hungary
  • Death Date
    November 27, 1981
  • Death Location
    New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
  • Cause of Death
    Cancer

Stage & Film

Performance

Cabaret
Original Broadway Production; 1966
...
  • Fraulein Schneider (replacement: Oct 7, 1968 - May 31, 1969)
Cabaret
Original Broadway Production; 1966
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  • Fraulein Schneider (replacement: Jun 10, 1968 - Jun 15, 1968)
Cabaret
Original Broadway Production; 1966
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  • Fraulein Schneider (replacement: Feb 29, 1968 - Jun 1, 1968)
Cabaret
Original Broadway Production; 1966
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  • Fraulein Schneider
The Threepenny Opera
1st National Tour; 1960
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  • Jenny (replacement: Oct 18, 1960)
The Seven Deadly Sins
New York City Ballet Production; 1958
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  • Anna I
The Threepenny Opera
Off-Broadway Return Engagement; 1955
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  • Jenny
The Threepenny Opera
Theatre de Lys Revival; 1954
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  • Jenny
The Threepenny Opera
Concert Performance; 1952
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  • Jenny
The Firebrand of Florence
Original Broadway Production; 1945
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  • Duchess
Les sept péchés capitaux
World Premiere; 1933
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  • Anna I
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Berlin Production; 1931
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  • Jenny
Die Dreigroschenoper
Original Berlin Production; 1928
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  • Lucy (replacement: ?)
Die Dreigroschenoper
Original Berlin Production; 1928
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  • Jenny (uncredited)

Commercial Audio

Performance

Cabaret
Original Broadway Cast; 1966
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  • Fraulein Schneider
Happy End
Lotte Lenya and Chorus; 1960
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  • Singer
The Threepenny Opera
Columbia / Philips Recording; 1958
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  • Jenny
The Seven Deadly Sins
Original Cast Star; 1956
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  • Anna
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Studio Cast; 1956
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  • Jenny
Johnny Johnson
Studio Cast; 1956
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  • A French Nurse
The Threepenny Opera
Original Off-Broadway Cast; 1954
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  • Jenny

Staff & Creative

Happy End
Lotte Lenya and Chorus; 1960
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  • Producer

Archival Audio

Performance

The Threepenny Opera
Brandeis Concert Cast; 1952
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  • Jenny

Notes

No notes listed.

Photos & Headshots

Personal Info

  • Birth Date
    October 18, 1898
  • Birth Location
    Vienna, Austro-Hungary
  • Death Date
    November 27, 1981
  • Death Location
    New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
  • Cause of Death
    Cancer

Other Names

  • Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer (birth name)

Marriage & Family

Spouses/Partners

  • Kurt Weill (Husband)
    1/28/1926 - 1933
    Relationship ended due to divorce
  • Kurt Weill (Husband)
    1937 - 4/3/1950
    Relationship ended due to annulled
  • George Davis (Husband)
    7/7/1951 - 11/25/1957
    Relationship ended due to his death
  • Russell Detweiller (Husband)
    11/2/1962 - 10/30/1969
    Relationship ended due to his death
  • Richard Siemanowski (Husband)
    6/9/1971 - 6/6/1973
    Relationship ended due to divorce

Family

  • No spouses or partners listed.

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