Hedy Lamarr Austrian Actress Known for Ziegfeld Girl

Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian actress from Vienna. She died on 19 January 2000 at the age of 85. The recorded cause of death is cardiovascular disease. She was recognised for appearances in Ziegfeld Girl (1941) and Boom Town (1940).

Career

The earliest of her listed screen credits is Gold on the Street, from 1930. Her 1930s credits include Ecstasy (1933) and Algiers (1938). During the 1940s, she worked on Comrade X (1940) and Tortilla Flat (1942). Work from the 1950s includes Samson and Delilah (1950, as Delilah) and Copper Canyon (1950).

In total, 35 films are listed from 1930 to 2017. She is last credited, in her lifetime, on Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975). Beyond acting, the credits show her as writer on 3 titles, including Come Live with Me.

Spencer Tracy appears in three of her listed titles, including I Take This Woman (1940). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Clark Gable (two titles) and James Stewart (two titles). Other notable work credited to her includes Experiment Perilous, The Strange Woman and Secret communication system.

Recognition

She won the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014 for frequency-hopping spread spectrum. Hedy Lamarr also received the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and an EFF Award (1997). In all, Hedy Lamarr won 3 awards.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to Friedrich Mandl (1933 to 1937), Gene Markey (1939 to 1941), John Loder (1943 to 1947), Teddy Stauffer (1951 to 1952), W. Howard Lee (1953 to 1960) and Lewis J. Boies (1963 to 1965). She had 3 children on record.