Hedy Lamarr (English: Hedy Lamarr, full name at birth – Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, born – November 9, 1914, Vienna, Austria; died – January 19, 2000, Florida) was a beautiful actress as well as an inventor. The technologies used today like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, CDMA were invented by the very beautiful actress Hedy Lamarr. His controversial 1933 film “Stacey” brought him into the hearts of people overnight. This craze for Hedy Lamarr remained prevalent among the people till 1950.
Hedy Lamarr was born in Austria. He had a brilliant career in cinema and this is what brought him fame. She was a shining star of Hollywood. Hedy Lamarr married six times. At birth she was named ‘Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler’. She was born into a wealthy Jewish family. He was born in Vienna, Austria. First of all she married an arms dealer industrialist. He was not happy with his then just beginning acting career. They gave him the opportunity to become a host for his friends and colleagues. His friends included many Nazis.
Hedy Lamarr could not survive in this job and secretly ran away to Paris and then to London. Here he met the legendary Louis B. Mayer, who was the head of MGM Studios. They promoted her in Hollywood and as the most beautiful woman in the world. He worked in many films and achieved success.
His success in more than 30 films made him famous, but his real fame came from being an inventor. Hedy Lamarr developed a guidance system for the Allies. This guidance system was for torpedoes. He had invented this guidance system so that the enemy could not jam those torpedoes by switching the frequency. Elements of his discoveries can be seen in today’s Bluetooth and WiFi technologies.
Hedy Lamarr took a break from acting after her first marriage in 1933 and entered the field of technical sciences. During the Second World War, he considered jamming of the Allied radios a major problem and along with George Enthal discovered the technology of spreading the spectrum. Although it was not used in the World War, it later led to the invention of WiFi, Bluetooth and CDMA technology. In appreciation of his work, he was inducted into the “National Inventor Hall” in 2014.
