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Hedy Lamarr (/ ˈ h ɛ d i /; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austro-Hungarian-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 ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Actors. Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian American actress during MGM's "Golden Age" who also left her mark on technology. She helped develop an early technique for spread spectrum...
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.
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.
Mar 5, 2024 · Home. Topics. Inventions & Science. How Hollywood Star Hedy Lamarr Invented the Tech Behind WiFi. Lamarr was a glamorous movie star by day, but she was also a gifted, self-trained inventor who...
Hedy Lamarr. Actress: Samson and Delilah. Hedy Lamarr, the woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films, was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Gertrud (Lichtwitz), from Budapest, and Emil Kiesler, a banker from Lemberg (now known as Lviv).
Hedy Lamarr. Brain power. Celebrated as “the most beautiful woman in the world” during her Hollywood heyday in the 1940s, film star Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000) ultimately proved that her brain was even more extraordinary than her beauty. Eager to aid Allied forces during World War II, she explored potential military applications for radio technology.
