Famous People with Name Leny

Leny Andrade Of Lima            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Leny Andrade Of Lima: She has had several hits on the Brazilian charts. In 2007 she shared a Latin Grammy Award with Cesar Camargo Mariano for Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album, Ao Vivo.She began her career singing in clubs, lived five years in Mexico and spent a good part of her life living in the United States and Europe. She studied at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music.Leny Andrade has performed with Paquito D'Rivera, Luiz Eça, Dick Farney, João Donato, Eumir Deodato, and Francis Hime. Leny Andrade's eclectic style is a synthesis of samba and jazz. [1]

Lenyeletse Seretse            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Lenyeletse Seretse: was Vice-President of Botswana from 1980 until his death on 3 January 1983. From Northern Botswana, Seretse was appointed Vice-President to placate his fellow Northerners following the assumption of Southerner Quett Masire to the Presidency.[1]

Lotte Lenya            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Lotte Lenya: was an Austrian singer and actress. She is best remembered for performance as Jenny in Kurt Weill's and Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera.In 1922 Lenya was seen by her future husband, the German composer Kurt Weill during an audition for his first stage score Zaubernacht, but because of his position behind the piano, she did not see him. She was cast, but owing to her loyalty to her voice teacher who was not, she declined the role. She accepted the part of Jenny in the first performance of The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) in 1928 and the part became her breakthrough role. During the last years of the Weimar Republic, she was busy in film and theatre, and especially in Brecht-Weill plays. She also made several recordings of Weils