- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 9, 1914
- Place of Birth
- Vienna, Austria
- Died
- January 19, 2000
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born actress and technology inventor. She was a film star during Hollywood's Golden Age. After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, including the controversial Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, and secretly moved to Paris. Traveling to London, she met Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio head Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a movie contract in Hollywood. She became a film star with her performance in Algiers (1938). 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 Cecil B. DeMille's Bible-inspired Samson and Delilah (1949). She also acted on television before the release of her final film, The Female Animal (1958). She was honore…
Filmography
movieBeautiful Like a Poem
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieHedy Lamarr: The Invention of a Star
2018
movieBombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
movieStewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017 · Self
movieMarilyn, dernières séances
2008 · archive footage
movieCalling Hedy Lamarr
2006
movieHedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star
2006
movieCelebrity Naked Ambition
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Casting Couch
1995
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movieInstant Karma
1990 · Movie Goddess (Archival)
movieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieShowbiz Goes to War
1982 · (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Blue
1970 · (archive footage)
movieMondo Hollywood
1967
movieThe Female Animal
1958 · Vanessa Windsor
movieThe Story of Mankind
1957 · Joan of Arc
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Consuela Bowers
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Match Game Wife
movieLoves of Three Queens
1954 · Hedy Windsor / Elana di Troia / Empress Josephine / Geneviève de Brabant, Producer
movieThe Fate of Two Queens
1954 · Imperatrice Giuseppina / Genoveffa di Brabante / Hedy Windsor
movieMy Favorite Spy
1951 · Lily Dalbray
movieCopper Canyon
1950 · Lisa Roselle
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
movieA Lady Without Passport
1950 · Marianne Lorress
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieSamson and Delilah
1949 · Delilah
movieLet's Live a Little
1948 · Dr. J.O. "Jo" Loring
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieDishonored Lady
1947 · Madeleine Damien
movieThe Strange Woman
1946 · Jenny Hager, Executive Producer
movieHer Highness and the Bellboy
1945 · Princess Veronica
movieExperiment Perilous
1944 · Allida Bederaux
movieThe Conspirators
1944 · Irene Von Mohr
movieThe Heavenly Body
1944 · Vicky Whitley
movieShow-Business at War
1943 · Self
movieWhite Cargo
1942 · Tondelayo
movieCrossroads
1942 · Lucienne Talbot
movieTortilla Flat
1942 · Dolores Ramirez
movieH.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941 · Marvin Myles Ransome
movieZiegfeld Girl
1941 · Sandra Kolter
movieCome Live with Me
1941 · Johnny Jones
movieComrade X
1940 · Golubka / Theodore Yahupitz / Lizvanetchka 'Lizzie'
movieA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Self
movieBoom Town
1940 · Karen Vanmeer
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self
movieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Self
movieI Take This Woman
1940 · Georgi Gragore
movieLady of the Tropics
1939 · Manon deVargnes Carey, aka Kira Kim
movieHollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Self
movieAlgiers
1938 · Gaby
movieEcstasy
1933 · Eva Hermann
movieWe Need No Money
1931 · Käthe Brandt
movieThe Trunks of Mr. O.F.
1931 · Helene, seine Tochter
movieStorm in a Water Glass
1931 · Secretary
movieMoney on the Street
1930 · Young Girl at Night Club Table