Hedy Lamarr "I wouldn't tell anyone who wants something from someone else to pretend not to want it. People are wicked. If you give them a lot of affection, they turn their back on you." Index • • • • • Historical background. Life and andecdotes. Invents. Awards Draw my life Life She was born in Viena the 9 of November of 1914. Was a cinema actress and inventor. She was an only daughter. At school, she stood out for her intellectual brilliance, being considered by her teachers as gifted. At home, she grew up listening to her mother's performances on the piano and she herself, from a young age, played this instrument to perfection. Complex and restless, she dropped out of engineering studies, determined to fulfill her dream of being an actress. Her discoverer, the businessman and theater and film director Max Reinhardt, took her to Berlin to train in acting, after which they returned to Vienna to start working in the film industry. Anecdotes. • Lamarr received a lot of attention from her father, bank manager and curious man, who inspired her to look at the world with wide eyes. He often took her on long walks where he talked about the inner workings of different machines, such as the printing press or trams. • The movie that led her to stardom in 1932 couldn't have been more controversial. Ecstasy, filmed in Czechoslovakia under the direction of Gustav Machaty, was the first film to show the face of an actress, completely naked, during an orgasm. It was branded a sex scandal and its projection in movie theaters was banned. Censors and condemnations rained down on him, including from the Vatican. • Her husband was extremely jealous and tried to get hold of all the copies of Ecstasy. He only allowed her to undress or bathe if he was present and forced her to accompany him to all social events and business dinners so as not to lose sight of her. Invents Lamarr laid the foundations for security in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS devices (essential for autonomous cars), mobile phones and military technology thanks to a revolutionary invention: frequency hopping. An invention that was stolen by Germany. Awards • In 1939, Lamarr was selected as • In 1997, Lamarr and George Antheil were the "Most Promising New jointly honored with the Pioneer Award from Actress" of 1938 in an area voter the Electronic Frontier Foundation and poll conducted by the Lamarr was also the first woman to receive Philadelphia Record film critic. the BULBIE Gnass Spirit of Achievement British moviegoers voted Hedy Award from the Invention Convention, Lamarr the 10th best actress of known as the "Oscars of inventing." the year, for her performance in Samson and Delilah in 1951. • In 2014, Lamarr was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum Technology. Draw my life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Rn6q4o_ko