Hedy Lamarr Quotes


Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.


Citations

Lamarr, Hedy. Ecstasy and Me: My Life as a Woman. Bartholomew House, 1966.

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Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
  • Born: November 9, 1914
  • Died: January 19, 2000
  • Nationality: Austrian
  • Profession: Actress, Inventor, Film Producer

Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born American actress, inventor, and film producer. She appeared in 30 films over a 28-year career in Europe and the United States, and co-invented an early version of frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication, originally intended for torpedo guidance.