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(They would later divorce and remarry.) In March 1933, she moved to Paris, where she sang the leading part in Brecht-Weill's "sung ballet", The Seven Deadly Sins. [citation needed] Lenya and Weill settled in New York City on 10 September 1935.
Nov 25, 2021 · The marriage was an open one, something embraced more overtly by Lenya than by her husband and the root of their divorce among the political turmoil of the mid-1930s before the couple remarried in 1937.
Lotte Lenya (born October 18, 1898, Vienna, Austria—died November 27, 1981, New York, New York, U.S.) was an Austrian actress-singer who popularized much of the music of her first husband, the composer Kurt Weill, and appeared frequently in the musical dramas of Weill and his longtime collaborator Bertolt Brecht.
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In 1933, with the rise of Nazism in Germany, Lotte Lenya escaped from the country. At the same time, being stressed by the circumstances of life, she divorced from Kurt Weil, to be reunited with him two years later. In 1935 both emigrated to the United States and remarried in 1937.
- October 18, 1898
- November 27, 1981
In 1933, with the rise of Nazism in Germany, Lotte Lenya escaped from the country. At the same time, being stressed by the circumstances of life, she divorced from Kurt Weil, to be reunited with him two years later. In 1935 both emigrated to the United States and remarried in 1937.
- January 1, 1
- Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
An unconventional marriage. It wasn’t long before Lotte Lenya moved in with Kurt Weill in his tiny flat on Berlin’s Luisenplatz, and they married at the end of January 1926, much to the dismay of Weill’s pious parents. “She’s a terrible housewife. But a very good actress,” quipped the husband.
Stardom at Last. In her work on stage, film, and television, Lenya moves far beyond Weill and Brecht, although she is still considered a standard-bearer for their work and an unmatched interpreter. Her third marriage, to American painter Russell Detwiler, ends with his death in 1969, making Lenya a three-time widow.
