Hedy Lamarr
1944 Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born American film actress and inventor. She has been described as one of the greatest movie actresses of all time.
She met MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer in London (1937), he offered her a movie contract in Hollywood and she became a film star with her performance in 'Algiers' (1938). According to one viewer, when her face first appeared on the screen, "everyone gasped ... Hedy Lamarr's beauty literally took one's breath away".
Her MGM films include Lady of the Tropics (1939), Boom Town (1940), H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) and White Cargo (1942). Her greatest success was as Delilah in Cecil B. DeMille's Bible-inspired 'Samson and Delilah' (1949).
At the beginning of World War II, she and avant-garde composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes ... (Wikipedia)
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