Birth name:Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler Birth:9 November 1914 Died:10 January 2000 Nationality:
Career / Biography
Hedy Lamarr was born in Austria and her early films were German productions, including the controversial film Ekstasy. She then moved to America where she was a major star in the late 1930's and through the 1940's. Although a major star in the 1940's and considered to be one the most beautiful women of the period, she did little work from the 1950's onwards. During World War 2 she was jointly involved in the development of frequency hopping spread spectrum radio technology that underpins much modern communications technology. She had a short marriage to John Loder.
