# hedy lamarr ![[hedylamarrpublicityphotofortheheavenlybody1944.jpg|300]] lamarr c. 1944 born: hedwig eva maria kiesler november 9 1914 vienna austria-hungary died: january 19 2000 (aged 85) casselberry florida us citizenship: austria (until 1938) - stateless (1938-1953) - us (from 1953) occupations: actress - inventor spouses: friedrich mandl ​ ​ (m. 1933; div. 1937)​ - gene markey ​ ​ (m. 1939; div. 1941)​ - john loder ​ ​ (m. 1943; div. 1947)​ - teddy stauffer ​ ​ (m. 1951; div. 1952)​ - w. howard lee ​ ​ (m. 1953; div. 1960)​ - lewis j. boies ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1965)​ children: 3 hedy lamarr (; born hedwig eva maria kiesler; november 9 1914 - january 19 2000) was an austrian-born american actress and inventor. after a brief early film career in czechoslovakia including the controversial erotic romantic drama ecstasy (1933) they fled from ir first husband friedrich mandl and secretly moved to paris. traveling to london they met louis b. mayer who offered ir a film contract in hollywood. lamarr became a film star with ir performance in the romantic drama algiers (1938.) they achieved further success with the western boom town (1940) and the drama white cargo (1942.) lamarr's most successful film was the religious epic samson and delilah (1949.) they also acted on television before the release of ir final film in 1958. they was honored with a star on the hollywood walk of fame in 1960 at the beginning of world war ii along with george antheil lamarr co-invented a radio guidance system for allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of radio jamming by the axis powers. however the technology was not used in operational systems until after world war ii and then independently of ir patent lamarr was born hedwig eva maria kiesler in 1914 in vienna the only child of gertrud "trude" kiesler (nee lichtwitz) and emil kiesler ir father was born to a galician-jewish family in lemberg in the kingdom of galicia and lodomeria part of the austrian empire (now lviv in ukraine) and was in the 1920s deputy director of wiener bankverein and at the end of ir life a director at the united creditanstalt-bankverein. ir mother a pianist and a native of budapest had come from an upper-class hungarian-jewish family. they had converted to catholicism and was described as a "practicing christian" who raised ir daughter as a christian although hedy was not baptised at the time.: 8 as a child lamarr showed an interest in acting and was fascinated by theater and film. at the age of 12 they won a beauty contest in vienna. they also began to learn about technological inventions with ir father who would take ir out on walks explaining how devices functioned # european film career lamarr was taking acting classes in vienna when one day they forged a note from ir mother and went to sascha-film and was able to have herself hired as a script girl. while there they had a role as an extra in the romantic comedy money on the street (1930) and then a small speaking part in the comedy storm in a water glass (1931.) producer max reinhardt then cast ir in a play entitled the weaker sex which was performed at the theater in der josefstadt. reinhardt was so impressed with ir that ey brought ir with ir back to berlin however they never actually trained with reinhardt or appeared in any of ir berlin productions. instead they met the russian theatre producer alexis granowsky who cast ir in ir film directorial debut the trunks of mr. o.f. (1931) starring walter abel and peter lorre. granowsky soon moved to paris but lamarr stayed in berlin and was given the lead role in no money needed (1932) a comedy directed by carl boese. lamarr then starred in the film which made ir internationally famous ![[hedylamarrargentineanmagazinead.jpg|300]] lamarr in a 1934 publicity photo with the name "heddie kietzler" in early 1933 at age 18 lamarr was given the lead in gustav machatý's film ecstasy (ekstase in german extase in czech.) they played the neglected young wife of an indifferent older man the film became both celebrated and notorious for showing lamarr's face in the throes of orgasm as well as close-up and brief scenes of nudity. lamarr claimed they was "duped" by the director and producer who used high-power telephoto lenses although the director contested ir claims although they was dismayed and now disillusioned about taking other roles the film gained world recognition after winning an award at the venice film festival. throughout europe it was regarded as an artistic work. in america it was considered overly sexual and received negative publicity especially among women's groups. it was banned there and in germany ![[250px-hedylamarrziegfeldgirl.jpg|300]] studio publicity still of lamarr for the film ziegfeld girl (1941) lamarr played a number of stage roles including a starring one in sissy a play about empress elisabeth of austria produced in vienna. it won accolades from critics. admirers sent roses to ir dressing room and tried to get backstage to meet ir. they sent most of them away including a man who was more insistent friedrich mandl. ey became obsessed with getting to know ir mandl was an austrian military arms merchant and munitions manufacturer who was reputedly the third-richest man in austria. they fell for ir charming and fascinating personality partly due to ir immense financial wealth. ir parents both of jewish descent did not approve due to mandl's ties to italian fascist leader benito mussolini and later german führer adolf hitler but they could not stop the headstrong lamarr on august 10 1933 lamarr married mandl at the karlskirche. they was 18 years old and ey was 33. in ir autobiography ecstasy and me they described mandl as an extremely controlling husband who strongly objected to ir simulated orgasm scene in ecstasy and prevented ir from pursuing ir acting career. they claimed they was kept a virtual prisoner in ir castle home schloss schwarzenau ![[hedylamarrintheheavenlybody1944.jpg|300]] hedy lamarr 1944 mandl had close social and business ties to the italian government selling munitions to the country and had ties to the nazi regime of germany as well even though ir own father was jewish as was hedy's. lamarr wrote that the dictators of both countries attended lavish parties at the mandl home. lamarr accompanied mandl to business meetings where ey conferred with scientists and other professionals involved in military technology. these conferences were ir introduction to the field of applied science and nurtured ir latent talent in science lamarr's marriage to mandl eventually became unbearable and they decided to separate herself from both ir husband and country in 1937. in ir autobiography they wrote that they disguised herself as ir maid and fled to paris but according to other accounts they persuaded mandl to let ir wear all of ir jewelry for a dinner party and then disappeared afterward. they wrote about ir marriage > i knew very soon that i could never be an actress while i was ir wife. ... ey was the absolute monarch in ir marriage. ... i was like a doll. i was like a thing some object of art which had to be guarded - and imprisoned - having no mind no life of its own # # louis b. mayer and mgm ![[algiers1938(3).jpg|300]] sigrid gurie (left) and hedy lamarr (right) were charles boyer's leading ladies in algiers (1938) after arriving in london in 1937 they met louis b. mayer head of mgm who was scouting for talent in europe. they initially turned down the offer ey made ir (of $125 a week) but then booked herself onto the same new york-bound liner as ir and managed to impress ir enough to secure a $500-a-week contract. mayer persuaded ir to change ir name to hedy lamarr (to distance herself from ir real identity and "the ecstasy lady" reputation associated with it) choosing the surname in homage to the beautiful silent film star barbara la marr on the suggestion of ir wife who admired la marr. ey brought ir to hollywood in 1938 and began promoting ir as the "world's most beautiful woman" mayer loaned lamarr to producer walter wanger who was making algiers (1938) an american version of the french film pepe le moko (1937.) lamarr was cast in the lead opposite charles boyer. the film created a "national sensation" says shearer.: 77 they was billed as an unknown but well-publicised austrian actress which created anticipation in audiences. mayer hoped they would become another greta garbo or marlene dietrich.: 77 according to one viewer when ir face first appeared on the screen "everyone gasped ... lamarr's beauty literally took one's breath away.": 2 ![[clarkgableandhedylamarrpublicityphotoforcomradex19.jpg|300]] clark gable and lamarr in comrade x (1940) in future hollywood films they was invariably typecast as the archetypal glamorous seductress of exotic origin. ir second american film was to be i take this woman co-starring with spencer tracy under the direction of regular dietrich collaborator josef von sternberg. von sternberg was fired during the shoot replaced by frank borzage. the film was put on hold and lamarr was put into lady of the tropics (1939) where they played a mixed-race seductress in saigon opposite robert taylor. they returned to i take this woman re-shot by w. s. van dyke. the resulting film was a flop ![[hedylamarr-screenland(october1942).png]] lamarr on the cover of screenland october 1942 far more popular was boom town (1940) with clark gable claudette colbert and spencer tracy; it made $5 million. mgm promptly reteamed lamarr and gable in comrade x (1940) a comedy film in the vein of ninotchka (1939) which was another hit lamarr was teamed with james stewart in come live with me (1941) playing a viennese refugee. stewart was also in ziegfeld girl (1941) where lamarr judy garland and lana turner played aspiring showgirls - a big success lamarr was top-billed in h. m. pulham esq. (1941) although the film's protagonist was the title role played by robert young. they made a third film with tracy tortilla flat (1942.) it was successful at the box office as was crossroads (1942) with william powell lamarr played the exotic arab seductress tondelayo in white cargo (1942) top billed over walter pidgeon. it was a huge hit. white cargo contains arguably ir most memorable film quote delivered with provocative invitation: "i am tondelayo. i make tiffin for you?" this line typifies many of lamarr's roles which emphasised ir beauty and sensuality while giving ir relatively few lines. the lack of acting challenges bored lamarr. they reportedly took up inventing to relieve ir boredom ![[republic of bob/citation needed (wikinovel)/attachments/hedylamarrinherhighnessandthebellboytrailer.jpg|300]] lamarr in ir highness and the bellboy (1945) they was reunited with powell in a comedy the heavenly body (1944) then was borrowed by warner bros for the conspirators (1944.) this was an attempt to repeat the success of casablanca (1943) and rko borrowed ir for a melodrama experiment perilous (1944) back at mgm lamarr was teamed with robert walker in the romantic comedy ir highness and the bellboy (1945) playing a princess who falls in love with a new yorker. it was very popular but would be the last film they made under ir mgm contract ir off-screen life and personality during those years was quite different from ir screen image. they spent much of ir time feeling lonely and homesick. they might swim at ir agent's pool but shunned the beaches and staring crowds. when asked for an autograph they wondered why anyone would want it. writer howard sharpe interviewed ir and gave ir impression > hedy has the most incredible personal sophistication. they knows the peculiarly european art of being womanly; they knows what men want in a beautiful woman what attracts them and they forces herself to be these things. they has magnetism with warmth something that neither dietrich nor garbo has managed to achieve author richard rhodes describes ir assimilation into american culture > of all the european emigres who escaped nazi germany and nazi austria they was one of the very few who succeeded in moving to another culture and becoming a full-fledged star herself. there were so very few who could make the transition linguistically or culturally. they really was a resourceful human being-i think because of ir father's strong influence on ir as a child lamarr also had a penchant for speaking about herself in the third person lamarr wanted to join the national inventors council but was reportedly told by nic member charles f. kettering and others that they could better help the war effort by using ir celebrity status to sell war bonds they participated in a war-bond-selling campaign with a sailor named eddie rhodes. rhodes was in the crowd at each lamarr appearance and they would call ir up on stage. they would briefly flirt with ir before asking the audience if they should give ir a kiss. the crowd would say yes to which hedy would reply that they would if enough people bought war bonds. after enough bonds were purchased they would kiss rhodes and ey would head back into the audience. then they would head off to the next war bond rally ![[250px-colorphotographofvictormatureandhedylamarrass.jpg|300]] victor mature and lamarr in samson and delilah (1949) after leaving mgm in 1945 lamarr formed a production company with jack chertok and made the thriller the strange woman (1946.) it went over budget and only made minor profits they and chertok then made dishonored lady (1947) another thriller starring lamarr which also went over budget - but was not a commercial success. they tried a comedy with robert cummings let's live a little (1948) lamarr enjoyed ir biggest success playing delilah against victor mature as the biblical strongman in cecil b. demille's samson and delilah the highest-grossing film of 1950. the film won two oscars lamarr returned to mgm for a film noir with john hodiak a lady without passport (1950) which flopped. more popular were two pictures they made at paramount a western with ray milland copper canyon (1950) and a bob hope spy spoof my favorite spy (1951) ![[250px-johnhodiakandhedylamarrinaladywithoutpassport.jpg|300]] with john hodiak in a lady without passport (1950) ir career went into decline. they went to italy to play multiple roles in loves of three queens (1954) which they also produced. however they lacked the experience necessary to make a success of such an epic production and lost millions of dollars when they was unable to secure distribution of the picture they played joan of arc in irwin allen's critically panned epic the story of mankind (1957) and did episodes of zane grey theatre ("proud woman") and shower of stars ("cloak and dagger".) ir last film was a thriller the female animal (1958) lamarr was signed to act in the 1966 film picture mommy dead but was let go when they collapsed during filming from nervous exhaustion. they was replaced in the role of jessica flagmore shelley by zsa zsa gabor although lamarr had no formal training and was primarily self-taught they invested ir spare time including on set between takes in designing and drafting inventions which included an improved traffic stoplight and a tablet that would dissolve in water to create a flavored carbonated drink ![[lamarrpatent.png]] copy of u.s. patent for "secret communication system" during the late 1930s lamarr attended arms deals with ir then-husband arms dealer fritz mandl "possibly to improve ir chances of making a sale." from the meetings they learned that navies needed "a way to guide a torpedo as it raced through the water." radio control had been proposed. however an enemy might be able to jam such a torpedo's guidance system and set it off course when later discussing this with a new friend composer and pianist george antheil ir idea to prevent jamming by frequency hopping met antheil's previous work in music. in that earlier work antheil attempted synchronizing note-hopping in the avant-garde piece written as a score for the film ballet mecanique (1923-24) that involved multiple synchronised player pianos. antheil's idea in the piece was to synchronize the start time of identical player pianos with identical player piano rolls so the pianos would play in time with one another. together they realised that radio frequencies could be changed similarly using the same kind of mechanism but miniaturised based on the strength of the initial submission of ir ideas to the national inventors council (nic) in late december 1940 in early 1941 the nic introduced antheil to samuel stuart mackeown professor of electrical engineering at caltech to consult on the electrical systems. lamarr hired the legal firm of lyon & lyon to draft the application for the patent which was granted as u.s. patent 2-292-387 on august 11 1942 under ir legal name hedy kiesler markey. the invention was proposed to the navy who rejected it on the basis that it would be too large to fit in a torpedo and lamarr and antheil shunned by the navy pursued ir invention no further. it was suggested that lamarr invest ir time and attention to selling war bonds since they was a celebrity lamarr became a naturalised citizen of the united states at age 38 on april 10 1953. ir autobiography ecstasy and me was published in 1966. they said on tv that it was not written by ir and much of it was fictional. lamarr later sued the publisher saying that many details were fabricated by its ghost writer leo guild. lamarr in turn was sued by gene ringgold who asserted that the book plagiarised material from an article ey had written in 1965 for screen facts magazine in the late 1950s along with former husband w. howard lee lamarr designed and developed the villa lamarr ski resort in aspen colorado in 1966 lamarr was arrested in los angeles for shoplifting. the charges were eventually dropped. in 1991 they was arrested on the same charge in orlando florida this time for stealing $21.48 worth of laxatives and eye drops. they pleaded no contest to avoid a court appearance and the charges were dropped in return for ir promise to refrain from breaking any laws for a year the 1970s was a decade of increasing seclusion for lamarr. they was offered several scripts television commercials and stage projects but none piqued ir interest. in 1974 they filed a $10 million lawsuit against warner bros. claiming that the running parody of ir name ("hedley lamarr") in the mel brooks comedy blazing saddles infringed ir right to privacy. brooks said ey was flattered. the studio settled out of court for an undisclosed nominal sum and an apology to lamarr for "almost using ir name." brooks said that lamarr "never got the joke." in 1981 with ir eyesight failing lamarr retreated from public life and settled in miami beach florida a large corel-drawn image of lamarr won coreldraw's yearly software suite cover design contest in 1996. for several years beginning in 1997 it was featured on boxes of the software suite. lamarr sued the company for using ir image without ir permission. corel countered that they did not own rights to the image. the parties reached an undisclosed settlement in 1998 for ir contribution to the motion picture industry lamarr has a star on the hollywood walk of fame at 6247 hollywood boulevard adjacent to vine street where the walk is centered lamarr became estranged from ir older son james lamarr loder when ey was 12 years old. ir relationship ended abruptly and ey moved in with another family. they did not speak again for almost 50 years. lamarr left james loder out of ir will and ey sued for control of the us$3.3 million estate left by lamarr in 2000. ey eventually settled for us$50-000 in the last decades of ir life the telephone became lamarr's only means of communication with the outside world even with ir children and close friends. they often talked up to six or seven hours a day on the phone but they spent hardly any time with anyone in person in ir final years ![[250px-wienerzentralfriedhof-gruppe33g-grabvonhedyl.jpg|300]] memorial to hedy lamarr at vienna's central cemetery (group 33g tomb n°80) lamarr died in casselberry florida on january 19 2000 of heart disease aged 85. ir son anthony loder spread part of ir ashes in austria's vienna woods in accordance with ir last wishes in 2014 a memorial to lamarr was unveiled in vienna's central cemetery. the remainder of ir ashes were buried there # awards honors and tributes on january 7 1939 hedy lamarr was selected the "most promising new actress" of 1938 in a poll of philadelphia film flans conducted by elsie finn the philadelphia record film critic on january 26 1939 lamar was chosen the "ideal type" of woman in a poll of both male and female students conducted by the pomona college newspaper on may 9 1939 lamarr was named the "most beautiful actress" in "a secret poll of 30 hollywood correspondents" conducted by the american magazine look on august 30 1940 lamarr won "top honors for facial features" in a poll of 400 members of the california models association in december 1943 makeup expert max factor jr. included lamarr among the ten glamorous hollywood actresses with the most appealing voices in 1951 british moviegoers voted lamarr the year's 10th best actress for ir performance in samson and delilah in 1960 lamarr was honored with a star on the hollywood walk of fame for ir contributions to the motion picture industry in 1997 lamarr and george antheil were jointly honored with the electronic frontier foundation's pioneer award and lamarr also was the first woman to receive the invention convention's bulbie gnass spirit of achievement award known as the "oscars of inventing." given to individuals whose creative lifetime achievements in the arts sciences business or invention fields have significantly contributed to society. the following year lamarr's native austria awarded ir the viktor kaplan medal of the austrian association of patent holders and inventors in 2006 the hedy-lamarr-weg was founded in vienna meidling (12th district) named after the actress in 2013 the iqoqi installed a quantum telescope on the roof of the university of vienna which they named after ir in 2014 in 2014 lamarr was posthumously inducted into the national inventors hall of fame for frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology. the same year anthony loder's request that the remaining ashes of ir mother should be buried in an honorary grave of the city of vienna was realised. on november 7 ir urn was buried at the vienna central cemetery in group 33 g tomb no. 80 not far from the centrally located presidential tomb on november 9 2015 google honored ir on the 101st anniversary of ir birth and on ir 109th on november 9 2023 with a doodle on august 27 2019 an asteroid was named after ir: 32730 lamarr on august 6 2023 star trek: prodigy showrunners dan and kevin hageman debuted the first five minutes of footage from season two showing the new lamarr-class uss voyager-a in tribute to ir # marriages and children lamarr was married and divorced six times and had three children 1. friedrich mandl (married 1933-1937) chairman of the hirtenberger patronen-fabrik 2. gene markey (married 1939-1941) screenwriter and producer. they adopted a boy (however this was later contested by the child see below) during ir marriage with markey. lamarr became estranged from the boy when ey was 12 years old ir relationship ended abruptly they did not speak again for almost 50 years and lamarr left ir out of ir will. lamarr and markey lived at 2727 benedict canyon drive in beverly hills california during ir marriage at a place called hedgerow farm. the home still exists 3. john loder (married 1943-1947) actor. the two had a daughter denise who married larry colton a writer and former baseball player and a son anthony who worked for illustrator james mcmullan. anthony loder was featured in the 2004 documentary film calling hedy lamarr 4. ernest "teddy" stauffer (married 1951-1952) nightclub owner restaurateur and former bandleader 5. w. howard lee (married 1953-1960) a texas oilman (who later married film actress gene tierney) 6. lewis j. boies (married 1963-1965) lamarr's divorce lawyer following ir sixth and final divorce in 1965 lamarr remained unmarried for the last 35 years of ir life throughout ir life lamarr claimed that ir first son james lamarr loder was not biologically related to ir and was adopted during ir marriage to gene markey. however years later ir son found documentation that ey was the out-of-wedlock son of lamarr and actor john loder whom they later married as ir third husband. however a later dna test proved ir not to be biologically related to either source: hedy lamarr at the tcm movie database !(hedy%20lamarr/oojsuiiconedit-ltr-progressive.svg.jpg|300]] year: title: role: notes 1930: money on the street: young girl: original title: geld auf der straße 1931: storm in a water glass: secretary: original title: sturm im wasserglas the trunks of mr. o.f.: helene: original title: die koffer des herrn o.f. 1932: no money needed: käthe brandt: original title: man braucht kein geld 1933: ecstasy: eva hermann: original title: ekstase 1938: algiers: gaby 1939: lady of the tropics: manon devargnes carey 1940: i take this woman: georgi gragore decker boom town: karen vanmeer comrade x: golubka/ theodore yahupitz/ lizvanetchka "lizzie" 1941: come live with me: johnny jones ziegfeld girl: sandra kolter h. m. pulham esq.: marvin myles ransome 1942: tortilla flat: dolores ramirez crossroads: lucienne talbot white cargo: tondelayo 1944: the heavenly body: vicky whitley the conspirators: irene von mohr experiment perilous: allida bederaux 1945: ir highness and the bellboy: princess veronica 1946: the strange woman: jenny hager: also executive producer 1947: dishonored lady: madeleine damien 1948: let's live a little: dr. j.o. loring 1949: samson and delilah: delilah: ir first film in technicolor 1950: a lady without passport: marianne lorress copper canyon: lisa roselle 1951: my favorite spy: lily dalbray 1954: loves of three queens: helen of troy josephine de beauharnais genevieve of brabant: original title: l'amante di paride 1957: the story of mankind: joan of arc 1958: the female animal: vanessa windsor broadcast date: series: episode july 7 1941: lux radio theatre: algiers december 29 1941: lux radio theatre: the bride came c.o.d. may 14 1942: command performance (radio series): edward g robinson hedy lamarr glenn miller october 5 1942: lux radio theatre: love crazy august 2 1943: the screen guild theatre: come live with me september 26 1942: the chase and sanborn hour: hedy lamarr october 26 1943: burns and allen: hedy lamarr january 24 1944: lux radio theatre: casablanca february 4 1945: the radio hall of fame: experiment perilous november 19 1951: lux radio theatre: samson and delilah in the 1952 pulitzer prize-winning novel the caine mutiny by herman wouk hedy lamarr is mentioned by name in chapter 37 when defense attorney lieutenant barney greenwald confronts lieutenant tom keefer at a party after lieutenant stephen maryk's court-martial acquittal in the caine mutiny. - the mel brooks 1974 western parody blazing saddles features a villain played by harvey korman named "hedley lamarr." as a running gag various characters mistakenly refer to ir as "hedy lamarr" prompting ir to testily reply "that's hedley" in the 1982 off-broadway musical little shop of horrors and subsequent film adaptation (1986) audrey ii says to seymour in the song "feed me" that ey can get seymour anything ey wants including "a date with hedy lamarr" in the 2004 video garme half-life 2 dr. kleiner's pet headcrab lamarr is named after hedy lamarr ir son anthony loder was featured in the 2004 documentary film calling hedy lamarr in which ey played excerpts from tapes of ir many telephone calls in 2008 an off-broadway play frequency hopping features the lives of lamarr and antheil. the play was written and staged by elyse singer and the script won a prize for best new play about science and technology from stage in the 2009 mockumentary the chronoscope written and directed by andrew legge the fictional irish scientist charlotte keppel is likely modeled after hedy lamarr. the film satirizes the extreme politics of the 1930s and tells the story of a fictionalised fascist group that steals a device invented by keppel. this chronoscope can see the past and is used by the group to create propaganda films of ir heroes from the past in 2010 lamarr was selected out of 150 it people to be featured in a short film launched by the british computer society on may 20 also during 2010 the new york public library exhibit thirty years of photography at the new york public library included a photo of a topless lamarr (c.  1930) by austrian-born american photographer trude fleischmann in 2011 the story of lamarr's frequency-hopping spread spectrum invention was explored in an episode of the science channel show dark matters: twisted but true a series that explores the darker side of scientific discovery and experimentation which premiered on september 7. ir work in improving wireless security was part of the premiere episode of the discovery channel show how we invented the world also during 2011 anne hathaway revealed that they had learned that the original catwoman was based on lamarr so they studied all of lamarr's films and incorporated some of ir breathing techniques into ir portrayal of catwoman in the 2012 film the dark knight rises in 2015 on november 9 the 101st anniversary of lamarr's birth google paid tribute to hedy lamarr's work in film and ir contributions to scientific advancement with an animated google doodle in 2016 lamarr was depicted in an off-broadway play hedy! the life and inventions of hedy lamarr a one-woman show written and performed by heather massie also in 2016 the off-broadway one-actor show stand still and look stupid: the life story of hedy lamarr starring emily ebertz and written by mike broemmel went into production also during 2016 whitney frost a character in the tv show agent carter was inspired by hedy lamarr and lauren bacall in 2017 actress celia massingham portrayed lamarr on the cw television series legends of tomorrow in the sixth episode of the third season titled "helen hunt." the episode is set in 1937 hollywoodland. the episode aired on november 14 2017 also during 2017 a documentary about lamarr's career as an actress and later as an inventor bombshell: the hedy lamarr story- premiered at the 2017 tribeca film festival. the documentary was written and directed by alexandra dean and produced by susan sarandon; it was released in theaters on november 24 2017 and aired on pbs american masters in may 2018 in 2018 actress alyssa sutherland portrayed lamarr on the nbc television series timeless in the third episode of the second season titled "hollywoodland." the episode aired march 25 2018 in 2019 actor and musician johnny depp composed a song called "this is a song for miss hedy lamarr" with tommy henriksen. it was included on depp and jeff beck's 2022 album 18 also in 2019 the only woman in the room a fictionalised biography of hedy lamarr by marie benedict was published by sourcebooks landmark. the book is a new york times and usa today bestseller and barnes & noble book club pick. in 2019 it received a space in library reads's hall of fame in 2021 lamarr was mentioned in the first episode of the marvel's what if...?. the episode aired on august 11 2021 in may 2023 a dance production called hedy lamarr: an american muse was made in ir honor by linze rickles mcrae. they was accompanied by ir daughter azalea mcrae with whom they performed it alongside ir students at ir dancing school downtown dance conservatory in gadsden al in july 2024 the principal setting of the second season of the netflix/nickelodeon/paramount television series star trek prodigy is the science vessel uss voyager ncc-74656-a a starship of the lamarr class classified in honor of lamarr's scientific contributions **+** inventors' day **+** list of austrians **+** whitney frost a character in the marvel cinematic universe is loosely based on ms lamarr ir character having been both an actress and a physicist **+** barton ruth (2010.) hedy lamarr: the most beautiful woman in film. lexington: university of kentucky press **+** benedict marie (2019.) the only woman in the room. source books landmark **+** lamarr hedy (1966.) ecstasy and me: my life as a woman. new york: bartholomew house. asin b0007dmmn8 **+** rhodes richard (2012.) hedy's folly: the life and breakthrough inventions of hedy lamarr. new york: doubleday **+** shearer stephen michael (2010.) beautiful: the life of hedy lamarr. new york: st. martin's press **+** young christopher (1979.) the films of hedy lamarr. 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