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Hedy Lamarr (1913–2000)

Actress | Soundtrack | Producer

The woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films was born Hedwig Eva Kiesler in Vienna, Austria, and was a student of theater director Max Reinhardt in Berlin. She began her career in 1930 in Czech and German films. It was the Czech production Ecstasy... See full bio »

Born:

Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler
in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Died:

(age 86) in Orlando, Florida, USA
Hedy Lamarr circa 1938 Hedy Lamarr C. 1938 Hedy Lamarr
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Filmography

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1958 The Female Animal
Vanessa Windsor
 
1957 The Story of Mankind
Joan of Arc
 
1957 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Consuela Bowers
– Proud Woman (1957) … Consuela Bowers
 
1957 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (scenes deleted)
 
1957 Shower of Stars (TV series)
– Cloak and Dagger (1957)
 
1954 L'eterna femmina
 
1954 Loves of Three Queens
Hedy Windsor / Elana di Troia / Empress Josephine / …
 
1954 I cavalieri dell'illusione
Imperatrice Giuseppina/Genoveffa di Brabante/Hedy Windsor
 
1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Guest star
– Episode #2.41 (1952) … Guest star
 
1951 My Favorite Spy
Lily Dalbray
 
1950 Copper Canyon
Lisa Roselle
 
1950 A Lady Without Passport
Marianne Lorress
 
1949 Samson and Delilah
Delilah
 
1948 Let's Live a Little
Dr. J.O. Loring
 
1947 Dishonored Lady
Madeleine Damien
 
1946 The Strange Woman
Jenny Hager
 
1945 Her Highness and the Bellboy
Princess Veronica
 
1944 Experiment Perilous
Allida Bederaux
 
1944 The Conspirators
Irene Von Mohr
 
1944 The Heavenly Body
Vicky Whitley
 
1942 White Cargo
Tondelayo
 
1942 Crossroads
Lucienne Talbot
 
1942 Tortilla Flat
Dolores Ramirez
 
1941 H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Marvin Myles Ransome
 
1941 Ziegfeld Girl
Sandra Kolter
 
1941 Come Live with Me
Johnny Jones
 
1940 Comrade X
Theodore
 
1940 Boom Town
Karen Vanmeer
 
1940 I Take This Woman
Georgi Gragore
 
1939 Lady of the Tropics
Manon DeVargnes
 
1938 Algiers
Gaby
 
1933 Ecstasy
Eva Hermann (as Hedy Kiesler)
 
1932 Man braucht kein Geld
Käthe Brandt (as Hedy Kiesler)
 
1931 Die Koffer des Herrn O.F.
Helene - Tochter des Bürgermeisters (as Hedy Kiesler)
 
1931 Storm in a Water Glass
Secretary (as Hedy Kiesler)
 
1930 Geld auf der Straße
Young Girl at Night Club Table (as Hedwig Kiesler)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1951 My Favorite Spy (performer: "JUST A MOMENT MORE")
 
1942 White Cargo (performer: "Ma Blushin' Rosie" 1900 - uncredited)
 
1941 H.M. Pulham, Esq. (performer: "Three O'Clock in the Morning" 1922 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1954 Loves of Three Queens (producer)
 
1946 The Strange Woman (executive producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1939 Stanley and Livingstone (stand-in: Nancy Kelly - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (22 titles)
1969-1970 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 2 June 1970 (1970) … Herself
– Episode dated 18 August 1969 (1969) … Herself - Guest
 
1969 Personality (TV series)
On film
– Episode dated 15 August 1969 (1969) … On film
 
1969 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode #1.29 (1969) … Herself - Guest
 
1969 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 12 August 1969 (1969) … Herself - Guest
 
1969 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode #3.4 (1969) … Herself - Guest
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Herself - Guest Host
– Episode #2.11 (1965) … Herself - Guest Host
 
1964 The Celebrity Game (TV series)
Herself - Celebrity Panelist
– Episode dated 3 May 1964 (1964) … Herself - Celebrity Panelist
 
1962 Stump the Stars (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist
– Hedy Lamarr (1962) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
1962 The Tonight Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 23 April 1962 (1962) … Herself
 
1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1957-1958 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist / Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 5 January 1958 (1958) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 31 March 1957 (1957) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1957 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest Star
– Episode #4.3 (1957) … Herself - Guest Star
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Match Game Wife
– Episode #2.45 (1957) … Herself - Match Game Wife
 
1957 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Guest Star
– Episode dated 10 April 1957 (1957) … Guest Star
 
1957 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Guest Star
– Episode dated 30 March 1957 (1957) … Guest Star
 
1952-1953 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Actress
– Episode #3.25 (1953) … Herself - Actress
– Episode #3.15 (1952) … Herself - Actress
– Episode #2.37 (1952) … Herself - Actress
 
1950 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.1 (1950) … Herself
 
1948 Camera Angles (documentary short)
Cameo
 
1943 Show-Business at War (documentary short)
Herself
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
Herself
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 10 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1938 Hollywood Goes to Town (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (33 titles)
2012 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
2012 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
 
2010 Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention (TV series)
 
2005-2010 The Naked Archaeologist (TV series)
 
2006 Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star (documentary)
Herself
 
2005 War Stories with Oliver North (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen (documentary)
 
2004 Calling Hedy Lamarr (documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Ziegfeld Girl Intro (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 Celebrity Naked Ambition (TV documentary)
 
1998 Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 The Casting Couch (video documentary)
 
1994 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Herself
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Performer in Clip from 'Ziegfeld Girl' (uncredited)
 
1991 O Espectador que o Cinema Esqueceu (short)
 
1990 Instant Karma
Movie Goddess
 
1988 Going Hollywood: The War Years (documentary)
Herself
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1982 Showbiz Goes to War (TV movie)
 
1982 History of the Erotic Cinema (video)
Herself
 
1977 Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front (documentary)
Herself
 
1977 That's Action (documentary)
Herself
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'White Cargo' (uncredited)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
 
1973 The World at War
Herself (uncredited)
 
1967 Mondo Hollywood (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1948 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Party (short)
Herself
 
1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (documentary short)
Herself
 
1940 The Miracle of Sound (documentary short)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(7/13/42) Radio: Appeared in a "Lux Radio Theater" production of "H.M. Pulham, Esq."

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 9 Print Biographies  | 8 Articles  | 17 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Hedwig Kiesler | Hedy Kiesler

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

My problem is, I'm a hell of a nice dame, The most horrible whores are famous. I did what I did for love. The others did it for money. See more »

Trivia:

Was cast in the picture Picture Mommy Dead, but fired on February 3, 1966, when she didn't show up for the first day of shooting. See more »

Nickname:

The Most Beautiful Woman In Films See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio