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Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr

Acting

Born: November 9, 1914Vienna, Austria

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.

Known For
Filmography
Beautiful Like a Poem

Beautiful Like a Poem

Self (archive footage)

2020
Hedy Lamarr: The Invention of a Star

Hedy Lamarr: The Invention of a Star

2018
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Self (archive footage)

2018
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

Self

2017
Calling Hedy Lamarr

Calling Hedy Lamarr

2006
Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star

Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star

2006
Celebrity Naked Ambition

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Self (archive footage)

2003
That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

1994
Instant Karma

Instant Karma

Movie Goddess (Archival)

1990
Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

(archive footage)

1984
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983
Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)

1982
That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

1975
Hollywood Blue

Hollywood Blue

(archive footage)

1970
Mondo Hollywood

Mondo Hollywood

1967
The Female Animal

The Female Animal

Vanessa Windsor

1958
The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind

Joan of Arc

1957
The Fate of Two Queens

The Fate of Two Queens

Imperatrice Giuseppina / Genoveffa di Brabante / Hedy Windsor

1954
Loves of Three Queens

Loves of Three Queens

Hedy Windsor / Elana di Troia / Empress Josephine / Geneviève de Brabant

1954
My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy

Lily Dalbray

1951
Copper Canyon

Copper Canyon

Lisa Roselle

1950
A Lady Without Passport

A Lady Without Passport

Marianne Lorress

1950
Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

Delilah

1949
Let's Live a Little

Let's Live a Little

Dr. J.O. "Jo" Loring

1948
Dishonored Lady

Dishonored Lady

Madeleine Damien

1947
The Strange Woman

The Strange Woman

Jenny Hager

1946
Her Highness and the Bellboy

Her Highness and the Bellboy

Princess Veronica

1945
Experiment Perilous

Experiment Perilous

Allida Bederaux

1944
The Conspirators

The Conspirators

Irene Von Mohr

1944
The Heavenly Body

The Heavenly Body

Vicky Whitley

1944
Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War

Self

1943
White Cargo

White Cargo

Tondelayo

1942
Crossroads

Crossroads

Lucienne Talbot

1942
Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat

Dolores Ramirez

1942
H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

Marvin Myles Ransome

1941
Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl

Sandra Kolter

1941
Come Live with Me

Come Live with Me

Johnny Jones

1941
Comrade X

Comrade X

Golubka / Theodore Yahupitz / Lizvanetchka 'Lizzie'

1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Self

1940
Boom Town

Boom Town

Karen Vanmeer

1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Self

1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Self

1940
I Take This Woman

I Take This Woman

Georgi Gragore

1940
Lady of the Tropics

Lady of the Tropics

Manon deVargnes Carey, aka Kira Kim

1939
Hollywood Goes to Town

Hollywood Goes to Town

Self

1938
Algiers

Algiers

Gaby

1938
Ecstasy

Ecstasy

Eva Hermann

1933
We Need No Money

We Need No Money

Käthe Brandt

1931
The Trunks of Mr. O.F.

The Trunks of Mr. O.F.

Helene, seine Tochter

1931
Storm in a Water Glass

Storm in a Water Glass

Secretary

1931
Money on the Street

Money on the Street

Young Girl at Night Club Table

1930