History Creator / HedyLamarr

* ''Film/BoomTown'' as Karen (1940)
* ''Comrade X'', as Golubka, aka Theodore Yahupitz and Lizvanetchka (1940)

In 1937, Lamarr fled from her then-husband Friedrich Mandl, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, secretly moving to Paris and then on to London. There, she met Louis B. Mayer, the head of Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, who offered her a Hollywood movie contract, where he began promoting her as "the world's most beautiful woman". Subsequent films included an adaptation of Creator/JohnSteinbeck's ''Tortilla Flat'' and the Creator/CecilBDeMille film ''Literature/SamsonAndDelilah'', which was said to be her personal favorite of all her films and arguably the film for which she is best remembered. Sadly, her career went into decline after that particular high point (it was the highest grossing film of the year for Paramount), and a decade later she retired from Hollywood.

* [[Creator/CecilBDemille Cecil B. DeMille]]'s ''Literature/SamsonAndDelilah'', as Delilah (1949) -- Opposite Creator/VictorMature. This was the film that prompted Creator/GrouchoMarx's famous [[DeadpanSnarker quip]]: "I never go to see a picture where the guy's tits are bigger than the [[BigApplesauce goil]]'s."

* FemmeFatale: Most notably in ''Algiers'', in which she lures Creator/CharlesBoyer to his doom. And of course Delilah in ''Samson and Delilah''.

* The ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' episode "Helen Hunt" has the evil plot of the week be to bring Helen of Troy to 1937 Hollywood, where her legendary beauty causes her to be cast in Lamarr's place, derailing the rest of her life so that her frequency hopping technique and all the other technology built on it will cease to exist. [[ComicBook/FirestormDCComics Professor Stein]] ([[FreakyFridayFlip who is in Jefferson's body thanks to an accident]]) gets very hot under-the-collar for her, as he'd been his designated "free pass", never expecting to actually meet her.

Lamarr wasn't just an actress, however. She was also [[HotScientist very mathematically talented]]; her most notable non-screen achievement was inventing (with composer George Antheil) a form of radio frequency-hopping that is the basis for components of wi-fi and cordless phones today. Her idea was that it could be used by the Allies during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII to track German torpedoes, but the Navy Department wasn't interested at the time; as Lamarr's biographer noted, the Navy Department during the war didn't even listen to suggestions from its own officers, let alone a Hollywood star.[[note]]It did, however, adopt the technology after the war.[[/note]] Nevertheless, as Website/{{Cracked}}.com put it, she was basically the world's sexiest MadScientist.

Lamarr wasn't just an actress, however. She was also [[HotScientist very mathematically talented]]; her most notable non-screen achievement was inventing (with composer George Antheil) a form of radio frequency-hopping that is the basis for components of wi-fi and cordless phones today. At the time of invention, it was used by the Allies during the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII to track German torpedoes. As Website/{{Cracked}}.com put it, she was basically the world's sexiest MadScientist. In terms of personality, she was remembered for having a strong-willed character and [[DeadpanSnarker a sarcastic wit]]. According to her 2010 bio ''Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman In Film'', [[ThirdPersonPerson she also had a peculiar habit of speaking about herself in the third person]].

Lamarr was married six times and had three children. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1953, and after ending her film career in 1958 spent the later decades of her life in virtual seclusion.

Lamarr wasn't just an actress, however. She was also [[HotScientist very mathematically talented]]; her most notable non-screen achievement was inventing (with composer George Antheil) a form of radio frequency-hopping that is the basis for components of wi-fi and cordless phones today. At the time of invention, it was used by the Allies during the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII to track German torpedoes. As Website/{{Cracked}}.com put it, she was basically the world's sexiest MadScientist. In terms of personality, she was remembered for having a strong-willed character and [[DeadpanSnarker a sarcastic wit]]. According to her 2010 bio ''Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman In Film'', [[ThirdPersonPerson she also had a peculiar habit of speaking about herself in the third person]]. She was married six times and had three children.

Lamarr was also [[HotScientist very mathematically talented]]; her most notable non-movie achievement was inventing, along with composer George Antheil, a form of radio frequency hopping that is the basis for components of wi-fi and cordless phones today. At the time of invention, it was used by the Allies during the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII to track German torpedoes. Or as Website/{{Cracked}}.com put it, she's the world's sexiest MadScientist. In terms of personality, she was remembered for having a strong-willed character and [[DeadpanSnarker a sarcastic wit]]. According to her 2010 bio ''Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman In Film'', [[ThirdPersonPerson she also had a peculiar habit of speaking about herself in the third person]].

She was born into a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, and acted in a number of Austrian, German, and Czech films in her brief early film career, including the controversial ''Film/{{Ecstasy}}'' in 1933. One of her first starring roles, it featured featured a long scene of her fully nude. While UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode made a repeat performance in America impossible, the reputation as a dark and glamorous MsFanservice did follow her.

In 1937, she fled from her husband Friedrich Mandl, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, secretly moving to Paris and then on to London. There, she met Louis B. Mayer, head of Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, who offered her a Hollywood movie contract, where he began promoting her as "the world's most beautiful woman". Subsequent films included an adaptation of Creator/JohnSteinbeck's ''Tortilla Flat'' and the Creator/CecilBDeMille film ''Literature/SamsonAndDelilah'', which was said to be her personal favorite of all her films and arguably the film for which she is best remembered. Sadly, her career went into decline after that particular high point (it was the highest grossing film of the year for Paramount), and a decade later she retired from Hollywood.

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She was born in a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, and acted in a number of Austrian, German, and Czech films in her brief early film career, including the controversial ''Film/{{Ecstasy}}'' in 1933. One of her first starring roles, it featured featured a long scene of her fully nude. While UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode made a repeat performance in America impossible, the reputation as a dark and glamorous MsFanservice did follow her.

In 1937, she fled from her husband Friedrich Mandl, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, secretly moving to Paris and then on to London. There, she met Louis B. Mayer, head of Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, who offered her a Hollywood movie contract, where he began promoting her as "the world's most beautiful woman". Subsequent films included an adaptation of Creator/JohnSteinbeck's ''Tortilla Flat'' and the Creator/CecilBDeMille film ''Film/SamsonAndDelilah'', which was said to be her personal favorite of all her films and arguably the film for which she is best remembered. Sadly, her career went into decline after that particular high point (it was the highest grossing film of the year for Paramount), and a decade later she retired from Hollywood.

* [[Creator/CecilBDemille Cecil B. DeMille]]'s ''Film/SamsonAndDelilah'', as Delilah (1949) -- Opposite Creator/VictorMature. This was the film that prompted Creator/GrouchoMarx's famous [[DeadpanSnarker quip]]: "I never go to see a picture where the guy's tits are bigger than the [[BigApplesauce goil]]'s."

* The ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' episode "Helen Hunt" has the evil plot of the week be to bring Helen of Troy to 1937 Hollywood, where her legendary beauty causes her to be cast in Lamarr's place, derailing the rest of her life so that her frequency hopping technique and all the other technology built on it will cease to exist. [[ComicBook/{{Firestorm}} Professor Stein]] ([[FreakyFridayFlip who is in Jefferson's body thanks to an accident]]) gets very hot under-the-collar for her, as he'd been his designated "free pass", never expecting to actually meet her.

* In first episode of ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'', while trying to deactivate a portal Red Skull opened, Howard Stark laments the control panel's labels are in German and regrets not also learning German on his weekend with Lamar.

In 1937, she fled from her husband Friedrich Mandl, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, secretly moving to Paris and then on to London. There, she met Louis B. Mayer, head of Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, who offered her a Hollywood movie contract, where he began promoting her as "the world's most beautiful woman". Subsequent films included an adaptation of Creator/JohnSteinbeck's ''Tortilla Flat'' and the Creator/CecilBDeMille film ''Samson and Delilah'', which was said to be her personal favorite of all her films and arguably the film for which she is best remembered. Sadly, her career went into decline after that particular high point (it was the highest grossing film of the year for Paramount), and a decade later she retired from Hollywood.

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* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': Villain Hedley Lamarr (Creator/HarveyKorman) regularly gets his name confused with Hedy's, much to his chagrin. ("THAT'S ''HEDLEY''!") One of Governor William J. Lepetomane's lines to the character -- "This is 1874! You'll be able sue ''her!''" -- proved ironically prescient: Hedy was ''not'' amused and didend up suing Creator/MelBrooks' production company for $10 million for invasion of privacy. They ended up settling out of court for an undisclosed amount.

* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': Villain Hedley Lamarr (Creator/HarveyKorman) regularly gets his name confused with Hedy's, much to his chagrin. ("THAT'S ''HEDLEY''!") One of Governor William J. Lepetomane's lines to the character -- "This is 1874! You'll be able sue ''her!''" -- proved ironically prescient: Hedy ''did'' end up suing Creator/MelBrooks' production company for $10 million for invasion of privacy. They ended up settling out of court for an undisclosed amount.

She was born in a jewish family in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, and acted in a number of Austrian, German, and Czech films in her brief early film career, including the controversial ''Film/{{Ecstasy}}'' in 1933. One of her first starring roles, it featured featured a long scene of her fully nude. While UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode made a repeat performance in America impossible, the reputation as a dark and glamorous MsFanservice did follow her.

Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000), [[StageNames better known as]] Hedy Lamarr, was an Austrian-born Jewish actress in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, active from the 1930s to the '50s.

One of her first starring roles was in the dialogue-light film ''Film/{{Ecstasy}}'', which featured a long scene of Lamarr fully nude. While UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode made a repeat performance in America impossible, the reputation as a dark and glamorous MsFanservice did follow her. Subsequent films included an adaptation of Creator/JohnSteinbeck's ''Tortilla Flat'' and the Creator/CecilBDeMille film ''Samson and Delilah'', which was said to be her personal favorite of all her films and arguably the film for which she is best remembered. Sadly, her career went into decline after that particular high point (it was the highest grossing film of the year for Paramount), and a decade later she retired from Hollywood.

* The ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' episode "Helen Hunt" has the evil plot of the week be to bring Helen of Troy to 1937 Hollywood, where her legendary beauty causes her to be cast in Lamarr's place, derailing the rest of her life so that her frequency hopping technique and all the other technology built on it will cease to exist.

* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': Villain Hedley Lamarr (Creator/HarveyKorman) regularly gets his name confused with Hedy's, much to his chagrin.
--->"THAT'S ''HEDLEY''!
** One of Governor William J. Lepetomane's lines to the character -- "This is 1874! You'll be able sue ''her!''" -- proved ironically prescient: Hedy ''did'' end up suing Creator/MelBrooks' production company for $10 million for invasion of privacy. They ended up settling out of court for an undisclosed amount.

One of her first starring roles was in the dialog-light film ''Film/{{Ecstasy}}'', which featured a long scene of Lamarr fully nude. While UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode made a repeat performance in America impossible, the reputation as a dark and glamorous MsFanservice did follow her. Subsequent films included an adaptation of Creator/JohnSteinbeck's ''Tortilla Flat'' and the Creator/CecilBDeMille film ''Samson and Delilah'', which was said to be her personal favorite of all her films and arguably the film for which she is best remembered. Sadly, her career went into decline after that particular high point (it was the highest grossing film of the year for Paramount), and a decade later she retired from Hollywood.

One of her first starring roles was in the dialog-light film ''Film/{{Ectasy}}'', which featured a long scene of Lamarr fully nude. While UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode made a repeat performance in America impossible, the reputation as a dark and glamorous MsFanservice did follow her. Subsequent films included an adaptation of Creator/JohnSteinbeck's ''Tortilla Flat'' and the Creator/CecilBDeMille film ''Samson and Delilah'', which was said to be her personal favorite of all her films and arguably the film for which she is best remembered. Sadly, her career went into decline after that particular high point (it was the highest grossing film of the year for Paramount), and a decade later she retired from Hollywood.

Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000), [[StageNames better known as]] Hedy Lamarr, was an Austrian-born actress in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, active from the 1930s to the '50s.

One of her first starring roles was in the dialog-light film ''Ekstase'', which featured a long scene of Lamarr fully nude. While UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode made a repeat performance in America impossible, the reputation as a dark and glamorous MsFanservice did follow her. Subsequent films included an adaptation of Creator/JohnSteinbeck's ''Tortilla Flat'' and the Creator/CecilBDeMille film ''Samson and Delilah'', which was said to be her personal favorite of all her films and arguably the film for which she is best remembered. Sadly, her career went into decline after that particular high point (it was the highest grossing film of the year for Paramount), and a decade later she retired from Hollywood.

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-->"THAT'S ''HEDLEY''!