Name: Hedy Lamarr The Hollywood Bombshell Who Fought Nazis and Made Cell Phones Possible
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Hedy Lamarr led a pretty nonconventional life

From fleeing a life in Nazi-occupied Austria

and a Nazi-loving husband, to helping create technology

for the US military, Hedy was more than just a pretty face.

Today we're exploring the badass life of Hedy Lamarr.

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Hedy Lamarr was born into an affluent family

in Vienna, Austria during the heyday of Viennese

and her mother was a gifted concert pianist.

was a real hotbed for geniuses, nurturing

the brains of Sigmund Freud and artist Gustave Klimt,

Hedy's education reflected her higher social standing.

before eventually attending a finishing school.

She left school to pursue a life on the stage and screen,

Lamarr was first married in 1933 at the young age

of 18 years old, to an extremely wealthy man

Lamarr claimed that the stone cold charmer kept her

Fritz's wealth was made from that sweet, sweet arms

manufacturing money, a lucrative business in Europe

Unfortunately, he was also on the wrong side of history.

This bona fide catch was a big old fan of Benito Mussolini

As she saw into the reality of her marriage

to a Hitler sympathizer and the increasingly dangerous

knew it was time to get the hell out of there.

Lamarr executed an elaborate, dramatic escape from Fritz.

Her plan sounded like something that was lifted

dressing up as one of the maids, fleeing to Paris,

to London, a place where Fritz couldn't follow her.

Still, this is half as crazy as Katie Holmes

Hedy Lamarr walked, so Katie Holmes could run.

Before she became Ms. Lamarr, well-known Hollywood actress,

Hedy used her maiden name by birth, Hedy Kiesler,

She changed her name when she moved to the United States,

setting her sights for Tinseltown as soon as she

While in London, she met with Louis B. Mayer, one of the Ms

And as a co-founder of the famed MGM movie studio,

he was one of the most powerful men in Hollywood.

Mayer offered her a six-month contract on the spot in London,

but lowballed her significantly at an insulting $150 a week.

Even by 1930s standards, that's laughable.

Mayer was taking back to America to convince him of this

She spent their many days on the ocean, laying on the charm

to Mayer, and probably making for a ruined vacation

for a man just trying to cross the sea in peace.

to a contract, almost three times the amount originally

It was Mayer who suggested she change her name, using

to the former starlet Barbara Lamarr, who tragically died

young in 1926, but not by being thrown overboard

Hedy eventually made her way to America and Hollywood

just like Steve Rogers in the first Captain America movie.

Her presence at these events was a big draw,

Lamarr raised a reported $7 million in one night.

it could to support the war efforts during World War II,

whether it was hocking war bonds or putting on killer USO

contributed to defeating the Axis in other ways.

In 1940, she enlisted the help of composer George Antheil,

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