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    Hedy Lamarr

    Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hedy_LamarrHedy Lamarr - Wikipedia

    Hedy Lamarr (/ ˈ h ɛ d i /; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American actress and inventor. After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia , including the controversial erotic romantic drama Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, Friedrich Mandl , and secretly moved to Paris.

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    • Hedy Lamarr - Profile Images — The Movie Database (TMDB)
    • File:Hedy lamarr - 1940.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
    • Hedy Lamarr - Profile Images — The Movie Database (TMDb)
    • Hedy Lamarr photo 60 of 61 pics, wallpaper - photo #428213 - ThePlace2
    • Love Those Classic Movies!!!: In Pictures: Hedy Lamarr
    • Hedy Lamarr photo 36 of 61 pics, wallpaper - photo #410471 - ThePlace2
    • Hollywood Legend and Award-Winning Inventor: Hedy Lamarr - ReelRundown

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  4. www.biography.com › actors › hedy-lamarrHedy Lamarr - Inventions, Movie & Spouses - Biography

    Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about Hedy Lamarr, an Austrian American actress who starred in MGM's \"Golden Age\" films and co-invented a radio signaling device. Discover her life, career, marriages, and legacy in this comprehensive biography.

  5. www.britannica.com › biography › Hedy-LamarrHedy Lamarr | Biography, Movies, & Facts | Britannica

    Apr 25, 2024 · Hedy Lamarr (born November 9, 1913/14, Vienna, Austria—died January 19, 2000, near Orlando, Florida, U.S.) was an Austrian-born American film star who was often typecast as a provocative femme fatale. Years after her screen career ended, she achieved recognition as a noted inventor of a radio communications device.

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  7. www.history.com › news › hedy-lamarr-inventorHow Hollywood Star Hedy Lamarr Invented the Tech Behind WiFi

    Mar 5, 2024 · Learn how Hedy Lamarr, a glamorous movie star in the 1940s, also co-invented a technology that laid the foundation for WiFi and GPS. Discover her life story, from her childhood in Austria to her escape from Nazis to her inventing hobby.

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  8. www.womenshistory.org › biographies › hedy-lamarrHedy Lamarr - National Women's History Museum

    1914–2000. By Colleen Cheslak | 2018. Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.

  9. www.imdb.com › name › nm0001443Hedy Lamarr - IMDb

    IMDb profile of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful actress of Hollywood, who starred in films like Samson and Delilah, White Cargo, and Algiers. Learn about her life, career, inventions, and legacy.

  10. www.si.edu › newsdesk › snapshotHedy Lamarr: Golden Age Film Star—and Important Inventor

    Actor Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000) had a fascinating life, including her scandalous debut in the Czech film Ecstasy, discovery (and renaming) by Louis B. Mayer, persona as the most glamorous woman of Hollywood's Golden Age, and relative obscurity in her later years. But far beyond the Hollywood image, Lamarr was an inventor.

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