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Hedy Lamarr
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9 November 1914 - 19 January 2000
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Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Kisler). Even the year of birth of the heroine is not known.
(1913 or 1915 according to various sources). She was born in the Austrian capital with the name Hedwig Eva Maria Kisler, went to theater school and early began acting in films. The wave of world fame brought her the Czechoslovak film Ecstasy. The first in the history of feature film ten-minute scene of naked bathing in a forest lake is quite innocent by modern standards, but in 1933 it caused a storm of emotions. The
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Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Kisler). Even the year of birth of the heroine is not known.
(1913 or 1915 according to various sources). She was born in the Austrian capital with the name Hedwig Eva Maria Kisler, went to theater school and early began acting in films. The wave of world fame brought her the Czechoslovak film Ecstasy. The first in the history of feature film ten-minute scene of naked bathing in a forest lake is quite innocent by modern standards, but in 1933 it caused a storm of emotions. The picture was banned for display in a number of countries and released in rental a few years later with censorship bills. In the same year, the parents married their daughter to the Austrian millionaire Fritz Mandl. After four years of unsuccessful marriage, Frau Mandl makes a classic escape from the castle, sprinkling sleeping pills to a maid. On the steamer "Normandy" she goes from London to New York. The actress will not have to walk the doorsteps in Hollywood, the film debut of 1933 was too loud to be forgotten by filmmakers. However, in order not to cause similar associations with the Puritan public of the United States, she is advised to take a pseudonym.
Hedwig Kisler becomes Hedy Lamarr. Right at the "Normandy" she signs a lucrative contract with the founder of the studio MGM Louis Meyer. A new round of career unfolds dizzyingly. In total, Hedy Lamarr earned $30 million from filming. During her career in Hollywood, the actress played in such popular films as “Dangerous Experiment” and the epic film of Cecil de Mill “Samson and Delilah”. Hedy was married six times. In addition to film, Hedy Lamarr was engaged in science. In
In 1942, she patented a system that allows remote control of torpedoes. The value of "jumping frequencies" technology has only been appreciated over the years. Without Lamarr’s invention, military satellites would not be flying and GSM cell phones would not be operating. Hedi Lamar died on January 19, 2000.