Hedy Lamarr was born in Vienna, Austria, on November 9, 1913, was an American-Austrian actress. Young Hedy Lamarr began her acting career in Austrian-German romantic comedy movie Money on the Street (1930) in role as Young Woman at Night Club Table. Hedy breakthrough performance came as Eva Hermann in Czech-Austrian romantic drama film Ecstasy (1933). She made her Hollywood debut in drama movie Algiers (1938) in role as Gaby.
Hedy Lamarr height was 5' 7" іn fееt аnd іnсhеѕ or 170 іn cеntіmеtrеѕ, her weight was 118 іn pоunds or 53.5 іn kіlоgrаmѕ. Her body measurements was bust-waist-hip 33-23-35 in inches or 84-58-89 in cеntіmеtrеѕ, her bra size was 32B with cup size B.
Hedy Lamarr
Photo: Employee(s) of MGM / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Birth Date:
November 9, 1914
Died:
January 19, 2000
Nationality:
United States - Austria
Sun Sign:
Scorpio
Natural hair color:
Dark Brown
Eye Color:
Green
Height:
5 ft 7 in | 170 cm
Weight:
53.5 kg | 118 lbs
Body Measurements:
33-23-35 in | 84-58-89 cm
Bra Size:
32B
Shoe Size:
7.5 US | 38 EU
She was nominated for the Picturegoer Gold Medal Award for Best Actress for her role as Delilah in romantic religious epic film Samson and Delilah (1949).
She won the Photoplay Award for Best Performances of the Month (July) for her role as Dolores Ramirez in romantic comedy film Tortilla Flat (1942).
She won the Photoplay Award for Best Performances of the Month (October) for her role as Princess Veronica in romantic comedy movie Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945).
Comrade X (1940) - Golubka/ Theodore Yahupitz/ Lizvanetchka "Lizzie"
Ziegfeld Girl (1941) - Sandra Kolter
My Favorite Spy (1951) - Lily Dalbray
Boom Town (1940) - Karen Vanmeer
Come Live with Me (1941) - Johnny Jones
Experiment Perilous (1944) - Allida Bederaux
The Heavenly Body (1944) - Vicky Whitley
Studied at Max Reinhardt's theater school at the Deutsches Theater.
She was an only child.
Her birth name was Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler.
Had Hungarian-Jewish and Galician-Jewish ancestry.
She won a beauty contest in Vienna, at the age of 12.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6247 Hollywood Boulevard in 1960.
She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1953.
She invented a radio system for preventing jamming using a system frequency hopping, with a co-inventor George Antheil, patent was granted in 1941.
She was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (2014).
Lamarr died on January 19, 2000, Casselberry, Florida, United States, at age of 85.
She was married to:
Lewis J. Boies (1963-1965)
W. Howard Lee (1953- 1960)
Teddy Stauffer (1951-1952)
John Loder (1943-1947) they had two sons, Denise Loder and Anthony Loder
Gene Markey (1939-1941) they had adopted son, James Lamarr Markey
Fritz Mandl (1933-1937)
She dated Jean-Pierre Aumont (1948-1951), Spencer Tracy (1941-1942), John Howard (1941), Clark Gable (1940), Reginald Gardiner (1938) and Erich Maria Remarque (1937-1938).