Lamarr's intriguing life — and her tragic end as a recluse — is the subject of the new documentary Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, which screened at the Tribeca Film Festival Ale Russian is a ...

Hedy Lamarr lived the glamorous life of a Golden Age Hollywood actress, starring alongside legends like Clark Gable and Judy Garland in over 18 films during the 1940s. But the Austrian star — widely ...

Two children’s books out this week tell kid-friendly stories of Hedy Lamarr’s contributions to the scientific community: 'Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor,' by Laurie ...

Along with a composer named George Antheil, Lamarr developed the technological concept of frequency hopping to address a crucial problem faced by the Allies during World War II. As an actress who ...

Hedy Lamarr was a reigning Hollywood star during the ‘30s and ‘40s who later seduced audiences as Delilah in the 1950 biblical film “Samson and Delilah,” but “the most beautiful woman in the world” ...

The Hollywood screen legend Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Kiesler, the only child of wealthy, assimilated Jewish parents in Vienna. She grew up imbibing the city’s brilliant cultural life and decadent ...

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 ...

It’s likely that even the most ardent movie fan is not familiar with the name Hedwig Kiesler. It’s even probable that a good share of regular moviegoers don’t know the name Hedy Lamarr. But they’re ...

Born Hedwig Kiesler in Vienna, the late screen siren known as Hedy Lamarr was famous for two things: her glamorous good looks and a scandalous performance, while still a teenager, in “Ekstase” ...

George Antheil was an American composer, avant-garde and inventive, best known for his film score to Ballet méchanique. WNET’s Sue Sinclair wrote about Antheil for a recent post on the new blog ...

In 1940s Hollywood, Hedy Lamarr was dubbed “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World,” yet the Austrian immigrant, as tomorrow’s new documentary “Bombshell” reveals, was so much more. “Any girl can look ...