Attractive undated holiday card with an amusing front black and white illustration of animals having a cocktail party, with extra decorations affixed (by Lenya?!) in colored glitter. To the printed internal holiday greeting, the great Austrian-American singer, diseuse and actress has added in blue ink "and all my love / Lenya" and at the foot "Russ [her third husband, Russell Detwiler] wishes you happy holidays." In fine condition. 4.5 x 5.5 inches (11 x 14 cm).
In the German-speaking and classical music world, she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her first husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language cinema, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a jaded aristocrat in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961). She also played the murderous and sadistic Rosa Klebb in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love (1963).
Attractive undated holiday card with an amusing front black and white illustration of animals having a cocktail party, with extra decorations affixed (by Lenya?!) in colored glitter. To the printed internal holiday greeting, the great Austrian-American singer, diseuse and actress has added in blue ink "and all my love / Lenya" and at the foot "Russ [her third husband, Russell Detwiler] wishes you happy holidays." In fine condition. 4.5 x 5.5 inches (11 x 14 cm).
In the German-speaking and classical music world, she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her first husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language cinema, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a jaded aristocrat in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961). She also played the murderous and sadistic Rosa Klebb in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love (1963).