Lotte Lenya Biography
Lotte Lenya (born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer; 18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian-American singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lotte Lenya, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Blame and Accountability Among Agents
Ernst Blofeld:
Three men were found dead on the train at Trieste. One of them was Grant. What have you to say, Number Five?
Kronsteen:
It was Klebb's choice. Her people failed.
Rosa Klebb:
It was your plan! They followed it implicitly!
Kronsteen:
Impossible. It was perfect.
Rosa Klebb:
Except for one thing. They were dealing with Bond!
Kronsteen:
Who is Bond compared with Kronsteen?
Ernst Blofeld: [''Klebb says nothing; Blofeld pushes a button on his desk, and Morzeny enters the room''; ''Morzeny comes up behind Klebb and Kronsteen''; ''Morzeny presses one of his boots against the other, and a small spike extends from its' toe'']
Exactly. What have you to say to that, Number Three? Bond is still alive, and the L.E.K.T.O.R. is not yet in our possession. I have already negotiated with the Russians to return it to them. We've agreed a price. And S.P.E.C.T.R.E always delivers what it promises. Our whole organization depends on us keeping those promises. I warned you. We do not tolerate failure, Number Three. You know the penalty.
Rosa Klebb:
Yes, Number One.
Ernst Blofeld:
Our rules are very simple. If you fail...
Ernst Blofeld: [''Klebb pulls a handnerchief out of her pocket and starts mopping sweat from her brow'']
Twelve seconds. One day, we must invent a faster-working venom. Number Three.
Rosa Klebb: [''Hastily puts away her handkerchief'']
Yes?
Ernst Blofeld:
I do not wish to have to tell the Russians that there will be another delay.
Rosa Klebb:
There will be no delay, Number One. There's still time.
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