The Resume

(July 4, 1963- )
Resides in Paris
Specializes in cabaret songs
Albums include ‘Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill (1992),’ ‘The Michael Nyman Songbook (1992),’ ‘Illusions (1993),’ ‘Berlin Cabaret Songs (1997),’ ‘Punishing Kiss (2000),’ ‘But One Day . . . (2002)’ and ‘Blood and Feathers (2005)’
Acted in ‘Prospero’s Books (1991)’ and ‘Prêt-à-Porter (1994)’

Why she might be annoying:

She sings dark, depressing songs.
She is pretentious.
She compares her songs to the work of the great German poet Goethe.
Although she specializes in German cabaret songs, she turns her back on her German heritage.
She starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s much-ridiculed musical ‘Cats.’

Why she might not be annoying:

She moved out of Germany because she was ashamed of its racist past.
At her recital in London of songs by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, a man stood up and yelled: ‘God damn it, she’s singing songs by a Communist!’
She sang with Pink Floyd at the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
She did a nude scene in ‘Prêt-à-Porter.’
She is considered one of the great living cabaret singers.
She has a cult following.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Belters
• Born on the 4th of July (Ranked: 1963)
• Fag Hags [Women Loved by Gay Men]
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Covered 'Mack the Knife'
• I Performed at The Wall: Live in Berlin (July 21, 1990)
• I Portrayed Marie Antoinette
• I Portrayed Sally Bowles in Broadway's Cabaret
• I Posed Nude While Pregnant
• I Recorded ‘Autumn Leaves’
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands on My Hips
• Look at My Undies
• Musical Theater Star
• Profiles 14251-14500 (Ranked: 14471)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 5]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 35 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 52 Votes: 40.38% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 88 Votes: 53.41% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 134 Votes: 52.24% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 161 Votes: 45.34% Annoying