Actress, Inventor. She was an Austrian-born American actress of the 20th century. Born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, the daughter of a prominent Jewish Viennese banker, she gained stardom as a teen for running nude through the woods in the 1933 award-winning Czech film "Ecstasy." She married a 13-year-older yet wealthy arms manufacturer, Fritz Mandl. After three years of marriage, and fearing the anti-Semitic threats of German Dictator Adolph Hitler, she left her husband and homeland of Austria in 1937. In London she met Louis B. Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Motion Picture Studios, who signed her to a contract, and sent her to Hollywood. At a dinner party given by Janet Gaynor, she met composer George Antheil. Shortly after this meeting, Hedy Lamarr and Antheil invented and patented a secret communications system, U.S. Patent 2,292,387. The patent application was dated June 10, 1941 and was approved on August 11, 1942, under her married name of "Hedy Kiesler Markey." The purpose of the system was to provide reliable and jam proof control of long-range torpedoes. The system involved the use of the frequency hopping principles of Spread Spectrum radio. However, it was 20 years before it was put to effective use by the United States Navy in torpedo guidance systems, and 40 years before it was permitted by the FCC to be used in commercial radios. This invention became the basis for today's WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems. For this invention, she and Antheil were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014. At the age of 38, in 1953, Hedy Lamarr became a naturalized United States citizen. Her remains were cremated and upon her request, her ashes were scattered in Austria's Vienna Woods. In 2014 a memorial to Lamarr was unveiled in Vienna's Central Cemetery. In March of 2023, a historical marker was unveiled near her Florida home by members of local historical societies including the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation of Boynton Beach. Besides Fritz Mandl, she married five more times, was divorced for 35 years at her death, and had three children. Among her award nominations, she received the 1949 Gold Apple Award for being the Least Cooperative Actress. In 1960 she received a Star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. She had roles in at least 30 films.
Actress, Inventor. She was an Austrian-born American actress of the 20th century. Born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, the daughter of a prominent Jewish Viennese banker, she gained stardom as a teen for running nude through the woods in the 1933 award-winning Czech film "Ecstasy." She married a 13-year-older yet wealthy arms manufacturer, Fritz Mandl. After three years of marriage, and fearing the anti-Semitic threats of German Dictator Adolph Hitler, she left her husband and homeland of Austria in 1937. In London she met Louis B. Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Motion Picture Studios, who signed her to a contract, and sent her to Hollywood. At a dinner party given by Janet Gaynor, she met composer George Antheil. Shortly after this meeting, Hedy Lamarr and Antheil invented and patented a secret communications system, U.S. Patent 2,292,387. The patent application was dated June 10, 1941 and was approved on August 11, 1942, under her married name of "Hedy Kiesler Markey." The purpose of the system was to provide reliable and jam proof control of long-range torpedoes. The system involved the use of the frequency hopping principles of Spread Spectrum radio. However, it was 20 years before it was put to effective use by the United States Navy in torpedo guidance systems, and 40 years before it was permitted by the FCC to be used in commercial radios. This invention became the basis for today's WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems. For this invention, she and Antheil were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014. At the age of 38, in 1953, Hedy Lamarr became a naturalized United States citizen. Her remains were cremated and upon her request, her ashes were scattered in Austria's Vienna Woods. In 2014 a memorial to Lamarr was unveiled in Vienna's Central Cemetery. In March of 2023, a historical marker was unveiled near her Florida home by members of local historical societies including the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation of Boynton Beach. Besides Fritz Mandl, she married five more times, was divorced for 35 years at her death, and had three children. Among her award nominations, she received the 1949 Gold Apple Award for being the Least Cooperative Actress. In 1960 she received a Star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. She had roles in at least 30 films.
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This is a cenotaph marker as her ashes were scattered in Austria's Vienna Woods.
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