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source:wikipedia.org
09 Nov, 1914
19 Jan, 2000
Heart disease
American
Actress
85
Hedy Lamarr was a Hollywood actress and inventor who contributed to the development of frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology.
Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler on November 9, 1914, in Vienna, Austria. Lamarr was the only child of Gertrud Kiesler and Emil Kiesler.
Lamarr’s interest in acting started from her childhood. She was also fascinated by theater and film. Lamarr won a beauty contest in Vienna at 12.
Aside from enjoying appearing on stages, Hedy also developed an interest in technology and learned a few things from her father about technological inventions, especially during their walks and bonding sessions.
Lamarr began her film career in Europe, where she starred in the controversial film Ecstasy. She married a wealthy arms dealer named Fritz Mandl, who tried to prevent her from acting. Lamarr fled from him and moved to Paris.
She later traveled to London, where she met Louis B. Mayer, who was the head of MGM at that time. He offered her a contract in Hollywood, where she became known as the “world’s most beautiful woman.”
After signing this contract with Mayer, Lamarr’s acting career was launched into the limelight with her appearances in numerous movies between the late 1930s and 1950s.
After a successful career in acting, Lamarr developed a keen interest in science and technology. She was fascinated by the radio-controlled torpedoes used during World War II and wanted to find a way to make them resistant to jamming and interference.
Lamarr joined forces with composer George Antheil, and together, they devised a method of changing the frequency of radio signals at irregular intervals, making them harder to detect and block.
They patented their invention in 1942 under the title “Secret Communication System.” However, the U.S. Navy didn’t adopt their idea until the 1950s, and they never received any compensation for their work.
Lamarr’s invention was later used for various purposes such as satellite communications, cellular phones, and Wi-Fi.
She was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018.
Lamarr was married and divorced six times. She had three children. She passed away in 2000 at the age of 85.
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
Female
Heart disease
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Casselberry, Florida, U.S.
Architect: Imaginative and strategic thinkers, with a plan for everything. Hedy Lamarr had the foresight to predict how the future might play out. She had a sharp and curious mind and she always questioned everything.
Her stage name was inspired by deceased star Barbara La Marr
During World War II, Lamarr and modernist composer George Antheil came up with a secret communication system that used frequency hopping between signals to direct torpedoes without enemy interference.
She negotiated her own contract with MGM.
Lamarr starred in Ecstasy when she was a teenager. During the film, she simulated what is considered to be one of cinema’s first female orgasms.
Lamarr received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
She was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.