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Hedy Lamarr

Acting 85 (deceased) years old Vienna, Austria ★ 1.2
Born: November 9, 1914
Died: January 19, 2000

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.

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External Links

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Known For

Mondo Hollywood
Mondo Hollywood 1967
Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War (archive footage) 1982
Crossroads
Crossroads Lucienne Talbot 1942
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) 1976
Ecstasy
Ecstasy Eva Hermann 1933

Filmography

Acting Credits (59)

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
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Consuela Bowers 1956
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show Self - Match Game Wife 1956
Loves of Three Queens
Loves of Three Queens Hedy Windsor / Elana di Troia / Empress Josephine / Geneviève de Brabant 1954
The Fate of Two Queens
The Fate of Two Queens Imperatrice Giuseppina / Genoveffa di Brabante / Hedy Windsor 1954
My Favorite Spy
My Favorite Spy Lily Dalbray 1951
Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon Lisa Roselle 1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Colgate Comedy Hour Self 1950
A Lady Without Passport
A Lady Without Passport Marianne Lorress 1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line? Self 1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line? Self - Mystery Guest 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
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show Self 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

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