Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman In Film
Scientist Biography: Hedy Lamarr
She is most easily recognized as ‘the most beautiful woman in film’ during the Golden Age of film. She was incredibly beautiful and talented, but Hedy Lamarr was much more than a pretty face. She was also extremely intelligent, creative, driven, and hardworking. She made some of her own movies, and beyond Hollywood she spent much of her time helping support the World War II effort. Lamarr did amazing things in her lifetime and proved to be a very well rounded individual. Hedy Lamarr was born on November 9th, 1914 in Vienna, Austria. Her real name was Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler. She was the only child of Gertrude and Emil Kiesler. Her mother gave up her career as a concert pianist in order to raise her. Her father was the bank director of the Bank of Vienna, and though he was a busy man he made time to spend with his daughter. The traveled all across Europe, from the Irish lake districts, to the Swiss Alps, to the Paris boulevards. Hedy Lamarr’s parents wanted the best for her. They began her education what she was just …show more content…
Mayer. Mayer became her agent, whom she signed an MGM contract with and soon began her career in acting again. Mayer was the one to officially turn Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler to Hedy Lamarr, in name at least. Soon Lamarr found a home in Hollywood, where she would star in many films, including Algiers in 1938, I take this Woman, Boom Town, and Comrade X in 1940, Come Live With Me and Zeigfeld Girl in 1941, Crossroads and Tortilla Flat in 1942, and the Heavenly Body in 1944. While she was in Hollywood, Lamarr met her second and third husbands. Her second husband was a scriptwriter named Gene Markey, they married in Mexico in 1939 and were married for two years. During which they adopted a son, James Lamarr Markey. Her third husband she married in 1943, British actor, John Loder. In 1945 they had a daughter named Denish Loder, and in 1947 they had a son named Anthony
She is most easily recognized as ‘the most beautiful woman in film’ during the Golden Age of film. She was incredibly beautiful and talented, but Hedy Lamarr was much more than a pretty face. She was also extremely intelligent, creative, driven, and hardworking. She made some of her own movies, and beyond Hollywood she spent much of her time helping support the World War II effort. Lamarr did amazing things in her lifetime and proved to be a very well rounded individual. Hedy Lamarr was born on November 9th, 1914 in Vienna, Austria. Her real name was Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler. She was the only child of Gertrude and Emil Kiesler. Her mother gave up her career as a concert pianist in order to raise her. Her father was the bank director of the Bank of Vienna, and though he was a busy man he made time to spend with his daughter. The traveled all across Europe, from the Irish lake districts, to the Swiss Alps, to the Paris boulevards. Hedy Lamarr’s parents wanted the best for her. They began her education what she was just …show more content…
Mayer. Mayer became her agent, whom she signed an MGM contract with and soon began her career in acting again. Mayer was the one to officially turn Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler to Hedy Lamarr, in name at least. Soon Lamarr found a home in Hollywood, where she would star in many films, including Algiers in 1938, I take this Woman, Boom Town, and Comrade X in 1940, Come Live With Me and Zeigfeld Girl in 1941, Crossroads and Tortilla Flat in 1942, and the Heavenly Body in 1944. While she was in Hollywood, Lamarr met her second and third husbands. Her second husband was a scriptwriter named Gene Markey, they married in Mexico in 1939 and were married for two years. During which they adopted a son, James Lamarr Markey. Her third husband she married in 1943, British actor, John Loder. In 1945 they had a daughter named Denish Loder, and in 1947 they had a son named Anthony