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Hedy Lamarr‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1914-11-09

Popularity

star15.0

Hedy Lamarr

Vienna, Austria

Hedy Lamarr

Vienna, Austria

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1914-11-09

Popularity

star15.0

Biography

Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born actress and technology inventor. She was a film star during Hollywood's Golden Age. After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, including the controversial Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, and secretly moved to Paris. Traveling to London, she met Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio head Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a movie contract in Hollywood. She became a film star with her performance in Algiers (1938). Her MGM films include Lady of the Tropics (1939), Boom Town (1940), H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), and White Cargo (1942). Her greatest success was as Delilah in Cecil B. DeMille's Bible-inspired Samson and Delilah (1949). She also acted on television before the release of her final film, The Female Animal (1958). She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. At the beginning of World War II, she and avant-garde composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis powers. This system later became the basis for what is now known as Bluetooth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hedy Lamarr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

A Lady Without Passport

A Lady Without Passport‌
star5.0
calendar 1950

Experiment Perilous

Experiment Perilous‌
star5.6
calendar 1944

Algiers

Algiers‌
star6.4
calendar 1938

Comrade X

Comrade X‌
star5.8
calendar 1940

Come Live with Me

Come Live with Me‌
star6.9
calendar 1941

The Heavenly Body

The Heavenly Body‌
star5.7
calendar 1944

Dishonored Lady

Dishonored Lady‌
star5.7
calendar 1947

Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl‌
star6.5
calendar 1941

The Strange Woman

The Strange Woman‌
star6.2
calendar 1946

The Conspirators

The Conspirators‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Crossroads

Crossroads‌
star5.9
calendar 1942

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind‌
star4.5
calendar 1957

Ecstasy

Ecstasy‌
star6.4
calendar 1933

Her Highness and the Bellboy

Her Highness and the Bellboy‌
star6.3
calendar 1945

Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War‌
star10.0
calendar 1982

Money on the Street

Money on the Street‌
star4.2
calendar 1930

We Need No Money

We Need No Money‌
star5.0
calendar 1931

Boom Town

Boom Town‌
star6.9
calendar 1940

Hollywood Blue

Hollywood Blue‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.‌
star6.8
calendar 1941

Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat‌
star5.4
calendar 1942

White Cargo

White Cargo‌
star5.8
calendar 1942

My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Copper Canyon

Copper Canyon‌
star5.2
calendar 1950

Lady of the Tropics

Lady of the Tropics‌
star6.1
calendar 1939

I Take This Woman

I Take This Woman‌
star6.2
calendar 1940

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage‌
star6.5
calendar 1983

Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star

Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

The Female Animal

The Female Animal‌
star5.6
calendar 1958

The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F.

The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F.‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s‌
star10.0
calendar 1984

Let's Live a Little

Let's Live a Little‌
star6.3
calendar 1948

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound‌
star6.7
calendar 1940

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III‌
star6.9
calendar 1994

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story‌
star6.9
calendar 2018

Storm in a Water Glass

Storm in a Water Glass‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War‌
star7.0
calendar 1943

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?‌
star5.7
calendar 1975

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Hollywood: Style Center of the World‌
star5.5
calendar 1940

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II‌
star6.8
calendar 1976

Hollywood Goes to Town

Hollywood Goes to Town‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

Loves of Three Queens

Loves of Three Queens‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Calling Hedy Lamarr

Calling Hedy Lamarr‌
star6.3
calendar 2006

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America‌
star6.0
calendar 2017

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood‌
star6.0
calendar 2009

The Love Goddesses

The Love Goddesses‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

The Fate of Two Queens

The Fate of Two Queens‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

L'eterna femmina

L'eterna femmina‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Tv Credits

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

What's My Line?

What's My Line?‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

What's My Line?

What's My Line?‌
star6.6
calendar 1950