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Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Marie Kiesler in Vienna, Austria, in 1913. She dropped out of school to become an actress. One of her earliest movies was called "Ecstasy" (1933). "Ecstasy" became a worldwide scandal. It, ironically, propelled her to fame because she appeared nude in the film. As a result, she became the biggest sex symbol of her time.
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Actress Hedy Lamarr died on January 18, 2000. Although her loss was felt by fans of the 1940's movie era, where she was declared at the peak of her career to be "The Most Beautiful Woman In The World", her loss was ... felt deeply by wireless techies who considered her one of their own.
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In 1932, Hedy appeared in a German film called ECSTASY and made the gutsy choice to be the first actress to appear nude in a major motion picture. It's the story of a young girl who is married to a gentleman much older than she, but she winds up falling in love with a younger soldier instead. The movie's nude scenes created a sensation all over the world. The scenes, while very tame by today's standards, caused the film to be banned by the US government at the time. Ecstasy was called 'The Most Whispered About Picture In The World.'
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Hedy was increasingly leery of the studio contract system by that time, and turned him down. Warner didn’t like no for an answer so when it came to casting Saratoga Trunk, he seemed to studiously avoid offering it to Hedy. Instead, he offered it to Bette Davis, no, Vivien Leigh, no, and, finally Bergman, who said yes. Hedy was sad about it, but told Louella Parsons that she was charmed that Bergman had taken such pains to look like her in the movie. Ouch. A pity, as Hedy would have been terrific in the part of the Creole adventuress.
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While Hedy was working on her invention she met Louis B. Mayer, who signed her as an actress with MGM studios. Hedy went on to star in such movies as "Samson and Delilah", but she had to keep the fact that she was an inventor a secret. MGM did not want the world to know that their lovely actress was ... a great inventor.
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