About
Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born actress and technology inventor. She was a film star during Hollywood's Golden Age. After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, including the controversial Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, and secretly moved to Paris. Traveling to London, she met Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio head Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a movie contract in Hollywood. She became a film star with her performance in Algiers (1938). 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). She also acted on television before the release of her final film, The Female Animal (1958). She was...
Known for
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
Samson and DelilahMovie • 1949
Ziegfeld GirlMovie • 1941
That's Entertainment! IIIMovie • 1994
Boom TownMovie • 1940
That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie • 1976
EcstasyMovie • 1933
The Strange WomanMovie • 1946
Copper CanyonMovie • 1950
AlgiersMovie • 1938
Come Live with MeMovie • 1941
The Story of MankindMovie • 1957
Dishonored LadyMovie • 1947
Experiment PerilousMovie • 1944
A Lady Without PassportMovie • 1950
CrossroadsMovie • 1942
Tortilla FlatMovie • 1942
Comrade XMovie • 1940