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Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr

Acting
09 Nov 1914
19 Jan 2000
Vienna, Austria

Biography

Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born actress and technology inventor. She was a film star during Hollywood's Golden Age. After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, including the controversial Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, and secretly moved to Paris. Traveling to London, she met Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio head Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a movie contract in...

Also Known As

Hedy Kiesler, Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, Хеди Ламарр, Хеди Кислер, هدی لامار

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