As so often occurs to actors portraying villains, they are mainly remembered for the dastardly deeds of their miscreant characters, but not for other achievements. 

Lotte Lenya, an accomplished stage and screen actress, married to Kurt Weill, the composer of Bertolt Brecht’s “The Threepenny Opera” and her husband’s inspiration in his composition of “Mack the Knife”, had her breakthrough role as Jenny in the 1928 Berlin premiere of this musical which helped mark the transition from German Expressionism to the Social Realism (the “neue Sachlichkeit”) of the Weimar Republic.

Ms. Lenya’s IMDb film credits list boasts but ten entries, including her Academy Award nominated role as the Contessa in ”The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone” (1961), but reading her biography one comes to realize what colourless and forgettable lives many of us lead by comparison.

But back to the beautifully twisted and sadistic Rosa: her favorite was French Champagne, and although she surely had the means to order the best bottle in the house, us poor mortals without a SPECTRE spending account have to make do with more modest, but still very drinkable, alternatives, such as …

100$+ Alfred Gratien Cuvee Paradis Brut NV Champagne
55$+ Veuve Clicquot Brut Yellow Label Champagne
35$+ Moet & Chandon NV White Star Champagne
20$+ Leclerc Briant Cuvée Extra Brut NV Champagne