Lotte LenyaLotte Lenya (October 18, 1898 - November 27, 1981), singer and actor, born Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer, in Vienna, Austria. As a child of working class parents, Lenya wanted to be a dancer. She moved to study in Zurich, Switzerland in 1914, taking up her first job at the Schauspielhaus. She moved to seek work in Berlin, Germany in 1921, where the following year she was seen by her future husband, the German composer Kurt Weill during an audition, although they did not meet properly until 1924, marrying him for the first time in 1926. After she accepted the part of Jenny in Die Dreigroschenoper in 1928, she was accepted into the local stage community and performed in a variety of musicals, especially those of Weill and his collaborator Bertolt Brecht. With the rise of Nazism in Germany, and being Jewish, and having become estranged from Weill, Lenya fled to Paris, France in March 1933, then on to the United States of America. She divorced Weill in 1933, and remarried him in 1937: he died in 1950. During World War II Lenya sang on stage and performed on Voice of America. After being coaxed back on stage after her husband's death, she appeared on Broadway in Barefoot in Athens and married writer George Davis. In 1954 she won a Tony Award for her role as Jenny in Marc Blitzstein's English version of Die Dreigroschenoper, The Threepenny Opera. Lenya went on to record a number of songs from her time in Berlin, as well as songs from the American theatre, in a distinctive husky low voice. The combination of singing and speaking called sprechstimme was devised by Weill to accommodate her voice. She was present in the studio when Louis Armstrong recorded Weill's "Mack the Knife". Armstrong improvised the line "Look out for Miss Lotte Lenya!" and added her name to the long list of Mack's female victims in the song for the English translation. After 1957 death of George Davis, she married the artist Russell Detwiler in 1962, who died aged 44 in 1969. Lenya appeared in a number of films, including:
and in some TV Films like:
She was also the narrator in George Grosz' Interregnum (1960) Lenya died in New York from cancer in 1981. She is entombed, with her first husband, in a mausoleum at the Mount Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, New York. This page about Lotte Lenya includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Lotte Lenya News stories about Lotte Lenya External links for Lotte Lenya Videos for Lotte Lenya Wikis about Lotte Lenya Discussion Groups about Lotte Lenya Blogs about Lotte Lenya Images of Lotte Lenya |
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She is entombed, with her first husband, in a mausoleum at the Mount Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, New York. McDormand's credits include:. Lenya died in New York from cancer in 1981. Frances McDormand is an associate member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group. She was also the narrator in George Grosz' Interregnum (1960). She played Connie Chapman on Hill Street Blues. and in some TV Films like:. For Wonder Boys in 2001 she won Best Supporting Actress from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Florida Film Critics Circle, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Lenya appeared in a number of films, including:. Also for Almost Famous she won the Best Supporting Actress nod from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Chicago Film Critics Association, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, San Diego Film Critics Society, Southeastern Film Critics Association, and the Florida Film Critics Circle. After 1957 death of George Davis, she married the artist Russell Detwiler in 1962, who died aged 44 in 1969. In 1988 she was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mississippi Burning; In 1996 she won the award for Best Actress for her police chief performance in Fargo; and in 2000 she was nominated again for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of a concerned mother in Almost Famous. Armstrong improvised the line "Look out for Miss Lotte Lenya!" and added her name to the long list of Mack's female victims in the song for the English translation. McDormand has been nominated for Academy Awards three times. She was present in the studio when Louis Armstrong recorded Weill's "Mack the Knife". In 1992, McDormand played Stella Kowalski in a stage production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. The combination of singing and speaking called sprechstimme was devised by Weill to accommodate her voice. In 1984 she married director Joel Coen after performing in the Coen Brother movie, Blood Simple, and in 1998 the couple adopted a son from Paraguay, Pedro McDormand Coen. Lenya went on to record a number of songs from her time in Berlin, as well as songs from the American theatre, in a distinctive husky low voice. While attending Yale, McDormand roomed with fellow actress and student Holly Hunter. In 1954 she won a Tony Award for her role as Jenny in Marc Blitzstein's English version of Die Dreigroschenoper, The Threepenny Opera.. from the Yale University School of Drama. After being coaxed back on stage after her husband's death, she appeared on Broadway in Barefoot in Athens and married writer George Davis. In 1982 she earned an M.F.A. During World War II Lenya sang on stage and performed on Voice of America. in Theater in 1979. She divorced Weill in 1933, and remarried him in 1937: he died in 1950. She attended Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia, where she earned her B.A. With the rise of Nazism in Germany, and being Jewish, and having become estranged from Weill, Lenya fled to Paris, France in March 1933, then on to the United States of America. She spent much of her youth in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb of Monessen, where she graduated from high school. After she accepted the part of Jenny in Die Dreigroschenoper in 1928, she was accepted into the local stage community and performed in a variety of musicals, especially those of Weill and his collaborator Bertolt Brecht. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and was the youngest of three children adopted by Canadian parents Vernon (a Disciple of Christ minister) and Noreen McDormand. She moved to seek work in Berlin, Germany in 1921, where the following year she was seen by her future husband, the German composer Kurt Weill during an audition, although they did not meet properly until 1924, marrying him for the first time in 1926. Frances McDormand (born June 23, 1957) is a character actress with TV, stage, and screen credits. She moved to study in Zurich, Switzerland in 1914, taking up her first job at the Schauspielhaus. City by the Sea (2002). As a child of working class parents, Lenya wanted to be a dancer. Laurel Canyon (2002). Lotte Lenya (October 18, 1898 - November 27, 1981), singer and actor, born Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer, in Vienna, Austria. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001). The Gypsy in Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (1966). Wonder Boys (2000). Mutter Courage in Brecht's Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (aka Mother Courage and her children) (1965). Almost Famous (2000). Bertolt Brecht's Übungstücke für Schauspieler (aka Practice Pieces) (1964). Primal Fear (1997). the role of a masseuse in Semi-Tough (movie) (1977). Lone Star (1996). Emma Valadier in The appointment (movie) by Sidney Lumet (1969). Fargo (1996). the part of the lesbian villain Rosa Klebb in the James Bond movie From Russia With Love (movie) (1963). Miller's Crossing (1990). The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone (movie) (1965) which won her a nomination for an Academy Award. Mississippi Burning (1988). Pirate Jenny in Die Dreigroschenoper (aka The threepenny opera) (1931). Raising Arizona (1987). Blood Simple (1984). |