Hedy Lamarr was born November 9. 1941. She was an Austrian and American film actress and inventor. She fled from her husband, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer after the production of a film in Germany. She secretly moved to Paris where she met MGM head Louis Mayers. He offered her a movie contract from 1930 to 1950.
Lamarr appeared in numerous popular feature films, including Algiers (1938), I Take This
Woman (1940), Comrade X (1940), Come Live With Me (1941), H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), and
Samson and Delilah (1949).
Lamarr and composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for allied torpedoes which used spectrum technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the axis power. Although their invention was no used in WWII, it was
Lamarr appeared in numerous popular feature films, including Algiers (1938), I Take This
Woman (1940), Comrade X (1940), Come Live With Me (1941), H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), and
Samson and Delilah (1949).
Lamarr and composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for allied torpedoes which used spectrum technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the axis power. Although their invention was no used in WWII, it was