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| Rosa Klebb | |
|---|---|
| James Bond character | |
 Lotte Lenya as Rosa Klebb | |
| First appearance | From Russia, with Love (1957) |
| Created by | Ian Fleming |
| Portrayed by | Lotte Lenya |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Affiliation | |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Classification | Villain |
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.
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]
- ^ Plant, Brendan (1 April 2008). "Top 10 Bond villains". The Times. London, England. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2008.