Hedy Lamarr - Wikipedia
Hedy Lamarr (/ ˈ h eɪ d i /), born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000), was an Austrian-American actress, inventor, and film producer. She was part of 30 films in an acting career spanning 28 years, and co-invented an early version of frequency-hopping spread spectrum.. Lamarr was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, and acted in a number of Austrian, German, and ...