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Hedy Lamarr
Lamarr, c. 1944
Born	Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (1914-11-09)November 9, 1914 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	January 19, 2000(2000-01-19) (aged 85) Casselberry, Florida, US
Citizenship	\n Austria (until 1938)^[1] \n Stateless (1938\u20131953) \n United States (from 1953) \n
Occupations	Actress inventor
Spouses	\n \n Friedrich Mandl \n (m. 1933; div. 1937) \n \n Gene Markey \n (m. 1939; div. 1941) \n \n John Loder \n (m. 1943; div. 1947) \n \n Teddy Stauffer \n (m. 1951; div. 1952) \n \n W. Howard Lee \n (m. 1953; div. 1960) \n \n Lewis J. Boies \n (m. 1963; div. 1965) \n
Children	3

Hedy Lamarr (/\u02c8h\u025bdi/; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914^[a] – 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. Traveling to London, she met Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a film contract in Hollywood. Lamarr became a film star with her performance in the romantic drama Algiers (1938).^[2] She achieved further success with the Western Boom Town (1940) and the drama White Cargo (1942). Lamarr's most successful film was the religious epic Samson and Delilah (1949).^[3] She also acted on television before the release of her final film in 1958. She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.\n

At the beginning of World War II, along with George Antheil, Lamarr co-invented a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of radio jamming by the Axis powers. However, the technology was not used in operational systems until after World War II, and then independently of their patent.^[4]\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1930\n	Money on the Street\n	Young Girl\n	Original title: Geld auf der Stra\u00dfe\n
1931\n	Storm in a Water Glass\n	Secretary\n	Original title: Sturm im Wasserglas\n
The Trunks of Mr. O.F.\n	Helene\n	Original title: Die Koffer des Herrn O.F.\n
1932\n	No Money Needed\n	K\u00e4the Brandt\n	Original title: Man braucht kein Geld\n
1933\n	Ecstasy\n	Eva Hermann\n	Original title: Ekstase\n
1938\n	Algiers\n	Gaby\n	\n
1939\n	Lady of the Tropics\n	Manon deVargnes Carey\n	\n
1940\n	I Take This Woman\n	Georgi Gragore Decker\n	\n
Boom Town\n	Karen Vanmeer\n	\n
Comrade X\n	Golubka/ Theodore Yahupitz/ Lizvanetchka \"Lizzie\"\n	\n
1941\n	Come Live with Me\n	Johnny Jones\n	\n
Ziegfeld Girl\n	Sandra Kolter\n	\n
H. M. Pulham, Esq.\n	Marvin Myles Ransome\n	\n
1942\n	Tortilla Flat\n	Dolores Ramirez\n	\n
Crossroads\n	Lucienne Talbot\n	\n
White Cargo\n	Tondelayo\n	\n
1944\n	The Heavenly Body\n	Vicky Whitley\n	\n
The Conspirators\n	Irene Von Mohr\n	\n
Experiment Perilous\n	Allida Bederaux\n	\n
1945\n	Her Highness and the Bellboy\n	Princess Veronica\n	\n
1946\n	The Strange Woman\n	Jenny Hager\n	Also executive producer\n
1947\n	Dishonored Lady\n	Madeleine Damien\n	\n
1948\n	Let's Live a Little\n	Dr. J.O. Loring\n	\n
1949\n	Samson and Delilah\n	Delilah\n	Her first film in Technicolor\n
1950\n	A Lady Without Passport\n	Marianne Lorress\n	\n
Copper Canyon\n	Lisa Roselle\n	\n
1951\n	My Favorite Spy\n	Lily Dalbray\n	\n
1954\n	Loves of Three Queens\n	Helen of Troy, Jos\u00e9phine de Beauharnais, Genevieve of Brabant\n	Original title: L'amante di Paride\n
1957\n	The Story of Mankind\n	Joan of Arc\n	\n
1958\n	The Female Animal\n	Vanessa Windsor\n	\n

Broadcast date\n	Series\n	Episode\n
July 7, 1941	Lux Radio Theatre	Algiers^[98]\n
December 29, 1941	Lux Radio Theatre	The Bride Came C.O.D.^[98]\n
May 14, 1942	Command Performance (radio series)	Edward G Robinson Hedy Lamarr Glenn Miller^[99]\n
October 5, 1942	Lux Radio Theatre	Love Crazy^[98]\n
August 2, 1943	The Screen Guild Theatre	Come Live with Me^[100]\n
September 26, 1942	The Chase and Sanborn Hour	Hedy Lamarr^[101]\n
October 26, 1943	Burns and Allen	Hedy Lamarr^[102]\n
January 24, 1944	Lux Radio Theatre	Casablanca^[98]\n
February 4, 1945	The Radio Hall of Fame	Experiment Perilous^[103]\n
November 19, 1951	Lux Radio Theatre	Samson and Delilah^[98]\n

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Early life

European film career

Early work

Ecstasy

Withdrawal

Hollywood career

Louis B. Mayer and MGM

Wartime fundraiser

Producer

Later films

Inventing career

Later years

Seclusion

Death

Awards, honors, and tributes

Marriages and children

Filmography

Radio appearances

In popular culture

See also

Explanatory notes

References

Further reading

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Hedy Lamarr

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