Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian actress, born in Vienna on November 9, 1914 as Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler. She was born to parents of Jewish descent, and her father was a banker. She studied acting at the theater of director Max Reinhardt in Berlin. She began her career in 1930 by...Read more appearing in Czech and German films, and in 1933 she participated in the Czech film Ecstasy, after which MGM invited her to Hollywood, signed a contract with her, and produced for her a number of films, the most important of which was Cecil B. DeMille's masterpiece Samson and Delilah (1949). She became an American citizen in 1953. But her popularity began to decline, so she retired in 1957, and worked in the field of spread spectrum technology, and contributed to the field of communications. Among her most important films: Algiers (1938), and The Strange Woman (1946). She received a star on the Walk of Fame in 1960. Hedy Lamarr died on January 19, 2000, in Orlando, Florida, USA.
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Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian actress, born in Vienna on November 9, 1914 as Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler. She was born to parents of Jewish descent, and her father was a banker. She...Read more studied acting at the theater of director Max Reinhardt in Berlin. She began her career in 1930 by appearing in Czech and German films, and in 1933 she participated in the Czech film Ecstasy, after which MGM invited her to Hollywood, signed a contract with her, and produced for her a number of films, the most important of which was Cecil B. DeMille's masterpiece Samson and Delilah (1949). She became an American citizen in 1953. But her popularity began to decline, so she retired in 1957, and worked in the field of spread spectrum technology, and contributed to the field of communications. Among her most important films: Algiers (1938), and The Strange Woman (1946). She received a star on the Walk of Fame in 1960. Hedy Lamarr died on January 19, 2000, in Orlando, Florida, USA.