rôle

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About Lotte Lenya's rôle in From Russia With Love: The character's name was Colonel Rosa Klebb of SMERSH.

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  1. A part or character represented by an actor; any conspicuous part or function assumed by any one, as a leading public character.
  2. Title rôle the part in a play which gives its name to the play, as Hamlet in the play of “Hamlet,” or Macbeth in that of “Macbeth.”

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