Rosa Klebb
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Colonel Rosa Klebb is a fictional character, the main antagonist in the James Bond 1957 novel and 1963 film From Russia with Love, in which she is played by Lotte Lenya. She was a Soviet counter-intelligence operative until being discharged and joining SPECTRE.
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Rosa Klebb | |
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James Bond character | |
![]() Lotte Lenya as Rosa Klebb | |
First appearance | From Russia, with Love (1957) |
Created by | Ian Fleming |
Portrayed by | Lotte Lenya |
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Gender | Female |
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Nationality | Russian |
Classification | Villain |
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Her name is a pun on the popular Soviet phrase for women's rights, khleb i rozy (Cyrillic: хлеб и розы), which in turn was a direct Russian translation of the internationally used labour union slogan "bread and roses".[1]