Lotte Lenya (1898–1981), Austrian-American singer and actress
In 1941, the couple moved to a house of their own in New City, Rockland County, New York, roughly 50 km north of New York City.
Members of the group included Maxwell Anderson, the playwright (in later years, actor Barry Bostwick lived in Anderson's house, selling it in 2005); composer Kurt Weill and his wife, singer/actress Lotte Lenya; actor/director/producer John Houseman, and architect/potter/painter Henry Varnum Poor.
Today, he is mainly known as the conductor of several commercial recordings of German operettas by Kurt Weill issued from 1956 to 1960 featuring Lotte Lenya.
Lotte Lenya | Lotte Reiniger | Lotte | Chiba Lotte Marines | Lotte World | Lotte Lehmann | Lotte, Germany | Lotte (conglomerate) | Lotte Mart | Lotte Toberentz | Lotte Smiseth Sejersted | Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns | Lotte Department Store | Apache Lenya |
In the theatre she has performed one-woman shows about the life of Alma Cogan and Lotte Lenya, and starred in a show written by Jon Miles (Tina Turner's guitarist).
Many notable artists have covered this song independent of the stage show: Lotte Lenya, Steeleye Span, Ute Lemper, Charlotte Rae, Nina Simone, The Dresden Dolls, Judy Collins, Marianne Faithfull, Marc Almond and Bea Arthur.
The cast of performers consists of famous musicians such as Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, David Johansen, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Teresa Stratas, Lotte Lenya, Betty Carter, William S. Burroughs, The Persuasions, and Stan Ridgway (video version only).
Her earliest works were self-portraits, but she later created portraits of friends such as Anita Loos, Lotte Lenya, and Kurt Weill, and she received encouragement from Cecil Beaton.
Speak Low (Lyrics By Ogden Nash) — Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya