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Sep 16, 2008 · The Houston oilman W. Howard Lee, meanwhile, romanced and married Hedy Lamarr; the two lived for several years in River Oaks, until their divorce. Afterward, Lee married Gene Tierney.
Feb 18, 1981 · W. Howard Lee, an oilman who was the husband of Gene Tierney, the former actress, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 72 years old. Mr. Lee had previously been married to Hedy Lamarr,...
- She Wanted to Be A Star at Any Cost
- She Took Huge Chances
- She Incited A Massive Uproar
- She Went Off on Her Own
- She Didn’T Have A Say
- She Was Humiliated
- She Was The Talk of The Town
- She Changed Her Mind
- He Treated Her Like Property
- She Suffered A Terrible Loss
Hedy Lamarr, the glamorous genius, began life as Hedwig Eva Marie Kiesler, born in Vienna in 1914, the only daughter to an upper-class family. Though both her parents were born Jewish, they raised her as a Christian. From a very young age, she knew exactly that she wanted to act—and she wouldn’t let anything or anyone stop her. When her parents sen...
When other girls her age were studying, Hedy Lamarr was forging permission slips so that she could spend days off from school staking out film studios looking for a job. When others were getting ready for high school dances, a 15-year-old Lamarr was attending parties with some of the European film scene’s biggest names. Before she even turned 18, s...
Hedy Lamarr got her first big film role at the age of 18.It was so scandalous that it caused an immediate outcry. The movie was called Ecstasy, and it was the very first non-pornographic film to depict not just a sex scene, but a female orgasm. And that wasn’t even the most shocking part—the controversy intensified after the press reported that Lam...
When Lamarr accepted the role, her parents had insisted that one of them should accompany her to set. She didn’t want to appear unprofessional or immature, so she promised them that a stage actor she’d worked with would act as chaperone. However, she had a more scandalous reason for not wanting her family to come—she had a secret lover in Prague, w...
Lamarr appeared on the set of Ecstasy raring to go—but she was in for a shock. The director demanded that she strip down for a scene where her character skinny-dips. Lamarr said no, and that she’d quit—but the director shot back that she’d be financially responsible for the costs of the scenes they’d already filmed. He then claimed they’d only use ...
What’s worse than being manipulated by a predatory director or having your first film banned in multiple countries? Your mother and father attending a screening of the aforementioned film. Lamarr tried to tell them it was “artistic,” but when they saw the infamous nude and orgasm scenes, they stormed out of the theater. Lamarr thought it was the en...
When Lamarr went back to Vienna, she got the role of Empress Elisabeth in a play—which attracted some unwanted attention from a sinister suitor. His name was Fritz Mandl, and he came from a well-known wealthy family known for being arms manufacturers and merchants. He was older, he already had a divorce under his belt, and he was also a fascist. La...
Mandl did everything in his considerable power to get Lamarr’s attention, but she kept on rejecting him. However, over the course of these interactions, something strange happened. Lamarr found herself attracted to his power, intelligence, and charm and before long, had fallen in love. The pair got engaged, and, like any 18-year-old bride, Lamarr e...
Lamarr had fallen so hard for Mandl, she thought that it didn’t matter that he wanted her to give up her fledgling career. But soon enough, she discovered his disturbing dark side. He was jealous and controlling, and even tried to use his immense power to suppress all the copies of Ecstasy, her racy 1933 film. He also had her servants eavesdrop on ...
Hedy Lamarr tried twice to escape her life in what she called her “prison of gold,” but with her husband’s immense power and constant surveillance of her, both attempts failed. Then, one afternoon, tragedy struck. Lamarr’s father died suddenly of a massive heart attack. Her prison of gold became a prison of grief—a place where she stayed locked in ...
Son of Texas oil pioneer W.E.Lee, W. Howard Lee, later formed Lee Brothers Oil, Co. with his 3 brothers. Lee, who was married to former Hollywood actresses Hedy Lamarr and later to Gene Tierney, died February 16, 1981 after a long illness.
In 1958, Tierney met Texas oil baron W. Howard Lee, who had been married to actress Hedy Lamarr since 1953. Lee and Lamarr divorced in 1960 after a long battle over alimony. Lee and Tierney married in Aspen, Colorado, on July 11, 1960. They lived quietly in Houston, Texas, and Delray Beach, Florida until his death in 1981.
Feb 7, 2012 · Her attorney Friday announced Miss Lamarr's separation from her husband, oilman W. Howard Lee, and the sale of their River Oaks home for $175,000.
Nov 8, 1991 · She had lived in Houston since 1961, when she married oilman W. Howard Lee, who died in 1981. The actress's striking, high-cheekboned good looks helped propel her to stardom before the age of...
