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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).
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story explores how Lamarr’s true legacy is that of a technological trailblazer. Lamarr never publicly talked about her life as an inventor and so her family...
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.
An aspiring actress from Austria, who escaped her Nazi arms dealer husband and escaped to fame and fortune in Hollywood, she married five times and in her spare time was a self-taught scientist and pioneer in the field of wireless communication whose inventions would influence the development of GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth...to say the life of Hedy ...
Often called “The Most Beautiful Woman in Film,” Hedy Lamarr’s beauty and screen presence made her one of the most popular actresses of her day. She was part of 30 films in an acting career spanning 28 years.
