Hedy Lamarr
Acting
Biography
Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born actress and technology inventor. She was a film star during Hollywood's Golden Age. After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, including the controversial Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, and secretly moved to Paris. Traveling to London, she met Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio head Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a movie contract in Hollywood. She became a film star with her performance in Algiers (1938). Her MGM films include Lad…
Also known as
Hedy Kiesler · Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler · Хеди Ламарр · Хеди Кислер · هدی لامار
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV
What's My Line?
1950 · TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · TV
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Movie
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003 · Movie
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 · Movie
The Strange Woman
1946 · Movie
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
Boom Town
1940 · Movie
Money on the Street
1930 · Movie