Hedy Lamarr was ridiculously lovely. Both Catwoman and Snow White were based on her look. As a teenager, Lamarr was cast in the controversial Czechoslovakian film Ecstasy, where she ran naked through ...
Hedy Lamarr was known to most people as the striking star of films like Algiers, Ziegfeld Girl, and Samson and Delilah – the kind of actor whose presence seemed to fill a theater on its own. Off ...
Hedy Lamarr was often called “the most beautiful woman in the world.” Really, she was so much more than just a pretty face. There was her illustrious Hollywood career and her second act as the ...
A temptress on the silver screen in the 1930s and ’40s, she later became an inventor. By Richard Severo This obituary was originally published on Jan. 20, 2000. It is being republished for a package ...
I have to confess: I don’t know much about Hedy Lamarr. I’m hazy on the lives of even current celebrities. The 1940s actress was waaaay before my time. But a new documentary — “Bombshell: The Hedy ...
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