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Hedy Lamarr

in Dishonored Lady (1947)
BornHedwig Eva Maria Kiesler
November 9, 1913(1913-11-09)
Vienna, Austria
DiedJanuary 19, 2000 (aged 86)
Orlando, Florida
Years active1930 - 1958
Spouse(s)Fritz Mandl (1933-1937)
Gene Markey (1939-1941)
John Loder (1943-1947)
Teddy Stauffer (1951-1952)
W. Dishonored Lady ( 1947) is a film starring Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder, William Lundigan, and Natalie Schafer Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Orlando is a major City in central Florida, USA and is the County seat of Orange County Florida. Eugene "Gene" Lawrence Markey Jr (December 11 1895&ndashMay 1 1980 was an American author producer screenwriter and highly decorated naval officer John Loder ( April 7 1946 - August 12 2005) was a British sound engineer, Record producer and founder of Howard Lee (1953-1960)
Lewis J. Boies (1963-1965)

Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American actress. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Though known primarily for her great beauty and her successful film career, she also co-invented an early form of spread spectrum encoding, a key to modern wireless communication. Spread-spectrum techniques are methods by which Energy generated in a particular bandwidth is deliberately spread in the Frequency domain, resulting [1]

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Early career in Europe

She was born as Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austrian Empire, to Emil Kiesler, a bank director, and Gertrud née Lichtwitz, pianist. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. For the history of these states before 1804 see Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, and articles on each of the component countries. Though part Jewish, she was raised as Catholic, and studied ballet and piano. When working with Max Reinhardt in Berlin, he called her the "most beautiful woman in Europe". Max Reinhardt ( September 9, 1873 - October 30, 1943) was an Austrian (later naturalised American) theatre and film Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Soon, the teenage girl played major roles in German movies, alongside stars like Heinz Rühmann and Hans Moser. Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the very beginnings of the medium at the end of the 19th century Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann ( March 7 1902 &ndash October 3 1994) was a popular German film Actor. Hans Moser may be Hans Moser (actor (1880-1964 Austrian actor Hans Moser (director (born 1944 German movie director

In early 1933, she starred in Symphonie der Liebe or Ecstasy, a Czechoslovak film made in Prague, in which she played a love-hungry young wife of an indifferent old husband. Ecstasy ( Extáze in Czech, Ekstase in German) is a Czech film made in 1933 by the Austro Closeups of her face in orgasm, and long shots of her running nude through the woods, gave the film notoriety.

On 10 August 1933 she married Friedrich Mandl, a Vienna-based arms manufacturer, 13 years her senior. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Friedrich Mandl ( 9 February 1900 in Vienna - 8 September 1977 in Vienna was chairman of Hirtenberger Patronen-Fabrik Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. The Austrian fascist bought up as many copies of the film as he could possibly find, as he objected to her nudity and "the expression on her face" (the looks of passion were the result of the director poking her in the bottom with a safety pin[2]). Austrofascism (Austrofaschismus is a term which is frequently used by historians to describe the authoritarian rule installed in Austria between 1934 and 1938 He prevented her from pursuing her acting career, and instead took her to meetings with technicians and business partners. In these meetings, the mathematically-talented Lamarr learned about military technology. Otherwise, she had to stay at castle Schwarzenau. She ran away in 1937.

Movie career in Hollywood

First she went to Paris, then met Louis B. Mayer in London. Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir July 4, 1884 &ndash October 29, 1957) was an early Film producer, most London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. After he hired her, at his insistence she changed her name to Hedy Lamarr, choosing the surname in homage to a famously beautiful film star of the silent era, Barbara LaMarr,[2] who had died of tuberculosis and nephritis in 1926. Barbara La Marr ( Reatha Dale Watson) ( July 28, 1896 in Yakima Washington &ndash January 30, 1926 in Altadena California Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common Nephritis is Inflammation of the Kidney. The word comes from the Greek nephro- meaning "of the kidney" and -itis meaning "inflammation"

in Boom Town (1940)
in Boom Town (1940)

In Hollywood, she was usually cast as glamorous and seductive. Her American debut was in Algiers (1938). Algiers is a 1938 film directed by John Cromwell and starring Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, and Hedy Lamarr. Her many films include Boom Town (1940), White Cargo (1942), and Tortilla Flat (1942), based on the novel by John Steinbeck. A boomtown is a Community that experiences sudden and rapid population and Economic growth. White Cargo ( 1942) is a film starring Hedy Lamarr and Walter Pidgeon and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Tortilla Flat is a 1942 film with Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff John Steinbeck III (February 27 1902—December 20 1968 was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century White Cargo, one of Lamarr's biggest hits at MGM, contains arguably her most famous film quote, "I am Tondelayo". In 1941, she was cast alongside two other Hollywood beauties, Lana Turner and Judy Garland in the musical extravaganza Ziegfeld Girl. Lana Turner ( February 8, 1921 &ndash June 29, 1995) was an Academy Award -nominated American Film Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 American film starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner

She made 18 films 1940-1949 even though she had two children during that time (1945, 1947). She left MGM in 1945; Lamarr enjoyed her biggest success as Delilah in Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah, the highest-grossing film of 1949, with Victor Mature as the Biblical strongman. Cecil Blount DeMille ( August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director Samson and Delilah ( 1949) is a film made by Paramount Pictures, produced and directed by Cecil B Victor Mature ( 29 January 1913 – 4 August 1999) was an American Film actor. However, following her comedic turn opposite Bob Hope in My Favorite Spy (1951), her career went into decline. My Favorite Spy is a 1951 Comedy film starring Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr. She appeared only sporadically in films after 1950, one of her last roles being that of Joan of Arc in Irwin Allen's critically panned epic The Story of Mankind (1957). Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' Irwin Allen ( June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was a television and film producer nicknamed "The Master of Disaster" for his work The Story of Mankind was written and illustrated by American journalist professor and author Hendrik Willem van Loon and published in 1921.

The publication of her autobiography Ecstasy and Me (1967) took place about a year after accusations of shoplifting, and a year after Andy Warhol's short film Hedy (1966), also known as The Shoplifter. Shoplifting (also known as retail theft, or shrinkage within the retail industry is Theft of goods from a Retail establishment by an ostensible For the song by David Bowie, see Andy Warhol (song. Andrew Warhola (August 6 1928 &ndash February 22 1987 known as Andy Warhol The controversy surrounding the shoplifting charges coincided with an aborted return to the screen in Picture Mommy Dead (1966). The role was ultimately filled by Zsa Zsa Gabor. Zsa Zsa Gabor ( born February 6 1917) is a Hungarian -born American Actress and Socialite.

In the ensuing years, Lamarr retreated from public life, and settled in Florida. She returned to the headlines in 1991 when the 78 year old former actress was again accused of shoplifting, although charges were eventually dropped.

Lamarr became a naturalized citizen of the United States on April 10, 1953. Naturalization is the acquisition of Citizenship or Nationality by somebody who was not a citizen or national of that country when he or she was born The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Hedy Lamarr has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6247 Hollywood Blvd. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that [3]

Frequency-hopped spread spectrum invention

Avant garde composer George Antheil, a son of German immigrants and neighbor of Lamarr, had experimented with automated control of instruments. Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard George Antheil ( July 8, 1900, Trenton New Jersey – February 12, 1959, New York City) was an American Together, he and Lamarr submitted the idea of a Secret Communication System in June 1941. On 11 August 1942, U.S. Patent 2,292,387  was granted to Antheil and Hedy Kiesler Markey. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This early version of frequency hopping used a piano roll to change between 88 frequencies and was intended to make radio-guided torpedoes harder for enemies to detect or jam. Frequency-hopping spread spectrum ( FHSS) is a method of transmitting radio signals by rapidly switching a carrier among many frequency channels, using A piano roll is the music Storage medium used to operate the Player piano, pianola or a Reproducing piano. The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive automobile locomotive or fish torpedo is a self-propelled explosive Projectile weapon launched above or below

The idea was impractical, ahead of its time, and not feasible due to the state of mechanical technology in 1942. It was not implemented in the USA until 1962, when it was used by U. S. military ships during a blockade of Cuba,[4] after the patent had expired. Neither Lamarr nor Antheil (who died in 1959) made any money from the patent. Perhaps due to this lag in development, the patent was little-known until 1997, when the Electronic Frontier Foundation gave Lamarr an award for this contribution. The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated [1]

Lamarr's and Antheil's frequency-hopping idea serves as a basis for modern spread-spectrum communication technology, e. g. CDMA used in devices ranging from cordless telephones to WiFi network connections. Code division multiple access ( CDMA) is a Channel access method utilized by various radio communication technologies [5] Similar patents had been granted to others earlier, like in Germany in 1935 to Telefunken engineers Paul Kotowski and Kurt Dannehl who also received U.S. Patent 2,158,662  and U.S. Patent 2,211,132  in 1939 and 1940. Telefunken is a German radio and television company founded in 1903 in Berlin, as a joint venture of two large companies Siemens & Halske (S & H and

Lamarr wanted to join the National Inventors Council, but she was told that she could better help the war effort by using her celebrity status to sell War Bonds. War bonds are a type of Savings bond used by combatant nations to help fund a war effort and as a Monetary policy for controlling Inflation from an She once raised $7,000,000 at just one event.

In May 2008, playwright Elyse Singer was slated to premiere a new play in New York City, Frequency Hopping, about Antheil and Lamarr's frequency-hopping invention. The City of New York See Paul Lehrman's website antheil. org on Antheil for more information.

Death

Lamarr died in Altamonte Springs, Florida (near Orlando) on January 19, 2000. Altamonte Springs is a City in Seminole County Florida, United States. Orlando is a major City in central Florida, USA and is the County seat of Orange County Florida. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Her son Anthony Loder took her ashes to Vienna and spread them in the Wienerwald, according to her wishes. The Vienna Woods ( German Wienerwald) is a low wooded section of the Alps in eastern Lower Austria and Vienna, covering over 1000  [6]

Legacy

In 1998, a vector illustration of Lamarr's face was used by Corel Corporation on the packaging and in the publicity for its CorelDRAW 8 software. Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points lines, Curves and shapes or Polygon (s which are all based Corel Corporation is a Canadian Computer software company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada CorelDRAW is a Vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. Lamarr retained Attorney Michael McDonnell and sued Corel for damages relating to unauthorized use of her likeness. Michael McDonnell is a Florida civil and criminal trial lawyer whose clients have included film legend Hedy Lamarr[http //www The case was resolved in 1999 and settled out of court for an undisclosed sum, under terms that allowed Corel five years of exclusive rights to the image. [7]

In 2003, the Boeing corporation ran a series of recruitment ads featuring Hedy Lamarr as a woman of science. The Boeing Company is a major Aerospace and defense corporation originally founded by William E No reference to her film career was made in the ads. In 2005, the first Inventor's Day in German-speaking countries was held in her honor on November 9, on what would have been her 92nd birthday. Inventor's Day is a day of the year set aside by a Country to recognise the contributions of Inventors Not all countries recognise Inventors's Day. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all

Marriages

Briefly engaged to the actor George Montgomery in 1942,[8] Lamarr was married to:

Filmography

  • Das Geld liegt auf der Straße (Money on the Street, 1930)
  • Die Frau von Lindenau (Storm in a Water Glass, 1931)
  • Die Abenteuer des Herrn O. Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert F. (The Trunks of Mr. O. F. , 1931)
  • Man braucht kein Geld (We Need No Money, 1932)
  • Ekstase / Symphonie der Liebe (Ecstasy, 1933)
  • Algiers (1938)
  • Hollywood Goes to Town (1938) (short subject)
  • Screen Snapshots: Stars at a Charity Ball (1939) (short subject)
  • Lady of the Tropics (1939)
  • I Take This Woman (1940)
  • Boom Town (1940)
  • Comrade X (1940)
  • Come Live with Me (1941)
  • Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
  • H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
  • Tortilla Flat (1942)
  • Crossroads (1942)

Trivia

Quotes

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Electronic Frontier Foundation (11 March 1997). This is a list of Austrian scientists and scientists from the Austria of Austria-Hungary. The following list is a selection of famous Austrians. For full lists of all famous Austrians please view the sublists Inventor's Day is a day of the year set aside by a Country to recognise the contributions of Inventors Not all countries recognise Inventors's Day. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar "Movie Legend Hedy Lamarr to be Given Special Award at EFF's Sixth Annual Pioneer Awards". Press release. A news release, media release, press release or press statement is a written or recorded Communication directed at members of the News Retrieved on 2007-07-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples
  2. ^ a b The ecstasy. The Independent (January 30, 2005). The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2008-02-21. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland
  3. ^ Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Hollywood Walk of Fame directory. Retrieved on 2007-07-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples
  4. ^ IEEE - Hedy Lamarr, 1914 - 2000
  5. ^ MicroTimes: The Birth Of Spread Spectrum
  6. ^ a b Calling Hedy Lamarr, Mischief Films
  7. ^ http://www.theregister.co.uk/1998/12/02/corel_settles_in_lamarr_pic/
  8. ^ "Hedy Lamarr Engaged: Screen Star, 27, to Be Bride of George Montgomery, 25", The New York Times, 25 March 1942, p. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 23
  9. ^ "Hedy Lamarr Adopts Baby Boy", The New York Times, 5 November 1941, p. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 30
  10. ^ Errol Flynn, My Wicked, Wicked Ways (New York: Cooper Square Press, 2003), pages 255-256
  11. ^ Hedy at the Internet Movie Database
  12. ^ Hedy Lamarr, with Leo Guild and Cy Rice, "Ecstasy and Me: My Life as a Woman", NY: Bartholomew House, 1966
  13. ^ "Hedy Lamarr Loses Suit to Halt Book", The New York Times, 27 September 1966, p. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. 74
  14. ^ "Lamarr Autobiography Prompts Plaigarism Suit", The New York Times, February 1967, p. 18

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Persondata
NAMELamarr, Hedy
ALTERNATIVE NAMESKiesler, Hedwig Eva Maria
SHORT DESCRIPTIONActress, inventor
DATE OF BIRTHNovember 9, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTHVienna, Austria
DATE OF DEATHJanuary 19, 2000
PLACE OF DEATHOrlando, Florida
Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Orlando is a major City in central Florida, USA and is the County seat of Orange County Florida.
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