Name
Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Birth date
November 9, 1914
Death place
Casselberry, Florida, U.S.
Death date
January 19, 2000
(aged 85)Occupation
actress, inventor, film producer
Active Years
1930−1958
Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000), was an Austrian actress, inventor, and film producer. She was part of 30 films in an acting career spanning 28 years, and co-invented an early version of frequency-hopping spread spectrum.
Selected filmography[]
- Ecstasy (1933)
- Algiers (1938)
- Boom Town (1940)
- Come Live with Me (1941)
- Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
- The Strange Woman (1946)
- Samson and Delilah (1949)