Frequency: A Hedy Lamarr Story

A Biopic of Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr (9 November 1914 – 19 January 2000) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American film actress and inventor. She was a film star during Hollywood's golden age. After a brief film career in Europe, including Ecstasy (1933), Lamar moved to the United States. She became a film star with her performance in Algiers (1938).[3] 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 Samson and Delilah (1949). She also acted on television before the release of her final film, The Female Animal (1958). She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. At the beginning of World War II, she and avant-garde composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis powers. That invention became the roadmap to the modern technologies like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS

Story added by ezioauditore2002 on August 5, 2025