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Hedy Lamarr
Birth, Childhood, and Younger Life.
Hedy Lamarr was born on November 9, 1914. She was born into the hands of Emil and Gertrude Kiesler.In her childhood she never went to a public school. Her parents were quite wealthy so she was always privatly taught by a tutor. As she grew older she eventually went to a private girls school in Vienna. Later on she realized that the tutoring had paid off for her int the areas of common sence.
At the age of ninteen Hedy became popular in the movie Ecstasy. The movie was so inappropriate that in was banned from many countries for several years.
Anyone out there like the movie the Sound of Music? Well if you do, rememer that HUGE castle that they filmed parts of the movie in? Well (you'll get a kick out of this) Hedy Lamarr used to live there! She was forced (by her parents) to marry a rich millionaire, Fritz Mandel. He owned the castle. While she was there Hedy acctually liked being waited on. Until she learned something about her husband that changed what she thought about him.
He kept on going out to dinners or meetings for "business". Hedy came to one of those and found out that her husband was making military plans that were secret. This did not bother her at first, but later it did. When it started to bother her she was too scared to say anything to Fritz.
He didn't treat her with the respect she deserved. When she was with him and his friends, Fritz treated her like nightly entertainment. Fritz was a control freak. He didn't even let her go swimming alone!
Hedy then wanted to escape from her husband. She failed on her first attempts. Then she did it on her last one. She put sleeping pills into her maid's coffee who was looking after her. She took the maid's dress and exited to the road of Sweet Freedom!
(The picture above is Hedy as a child.)
(Hedy Lamarr's Birthday! is November 9, 2009)
Hedy Lamarr Photos or Posters
Boom Town, Movie Poster by Hoch Hollywood Collection
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Hedy Lamarr - Movie Poster - 11 x 17
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Hedy Lamarr, Wall Photograph, 8x10
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Hedy Lamarr, Wall Photograph, 8x10
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Hedy Lamarr, Wall Photograph, 8x10
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Hollywood Life and Death
Long story short after she excaped from Fritz she met a producer from MGM on a ship a few years later that was headed to Holly Wood, California. She quickly signed the contract. After the Ecstasy movie they told her she had to change her name. They gave her a list and she chose Lamarr as her new last name.She was known as the most beautiful woman in the world! One of her famous quotes was "Any girl can be glamorous, all you have to do is stand still and look stupid."
She starred in many movies.
She went to live in Flordia in her older years. She had a surgery so she wouldn't have to wear glasses anymore. Hedy Lamarr died of old age (85)on the ninteenth of January, 2000.
(The photo above is Hedy Lamarr in Samson and Deliah - her best, favorite, and first color film.)
Hedy Lamarr DVDs
Hedy Lamarr: Dishonored Lady/Strange Woman
Language: English
Run Time: 182 minutes
DVD Release Date: November 16, 2004
Number of discs: 1
Amazon Price: $4.99 (as of 11/11/2009)
Ecstasy (Extase)
Language: German
Run Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: June 11, 2002
Number of discs: 1
Amazon Price: $22.99 (as of 11/11/2009)
Algiers
Language:English
Run Time : 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: August 27, 2002
Number of discs: 1
Amazon Price: $7.98 (as of 11/11/2009)
Ziegfeld Girl
Language: English
Run Time: 132 minutes
DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004
Number of discs: 1
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 11/11/2009)
Samson And Delilah (DVD) Cecil B Demille - BY GOLDEN CLASSIC COLLECTIBLES
THIS MOVIE WAS HEDY LAMARR'S BEST FILM. IT WAS ALSO HER FAVORITE AND FIRST COLOR FILM.
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Hedy's Marriages
Six Times
Hedy Lamarr was married as well as divorced six times in her life. :1. Friedrich (Fritz) Mandel 1933 - 1937
2. Gene Markey 1939 - 1941
3. John Loder 1943 - 1947
4. Ernest "Ted" Stauffer 1951 - 1952
5. W. Howard Lee 1953 - 1960
6. Lewis J. Boies 1963 - 1965
Unfortunately Hedy Lamarr never found her true love.
Hedy Lamarr's Invention.
As I said in the first paragrph, Hedy Lamarr's invention helped the U.S Navy and changed war itself! Hedy invented (with her partner George Anthiel) a way to send off torpedoes with out the other ship knowing. It was channel hopping tecnology. The Navy didn't use the invention for 20 years after it was invented. This invention was and still is very useful. It helps with modern day cell phones, pagers, and any other wireless electronics! So, not only was this woman beutiful, but she was also very smart!(The picture above is a picture of George Anthiel, her partner in her big invention.)
Hedy Lamarr Books
Spread Spectrum: Hedy Lamarr and the mobile phone
Language: English
Hedy Lamarr was a famous Hollywood star and the first woman to appear naked on film. George Antheil was a piano player and composer. So just how did these two come to invent the latest technology used by the mobile phone? She was labelled "the most beautiful girl in the world" and he "the bad boy of music" yet way back in 1942 they took out a patent covering the vital radio technique that we now call spread spectrum.
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Life Magazine June 1, 1942 -- Cover: Hedy Lamarr in "Tortilla Flat."
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Ecstasy & Me My Life As a Woman
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Do you like her?
Star Chat
MattTaylor wrote...
Well, that was interesting... who knew that Hedy also was an inventor? Thanks for sharing that kernel of information with me...
Matt
Posted March 23, 2009
Sonia Dominguez wrote
hedy lamarr george washinton
Posted June 16, 2008
merriweather wrote...
Great lens! (I can see why she changed her name!)I love old movies...people really knew how to dress.
Posted February 16, 2008
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