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Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000

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Personal name headingLamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000
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Variant(s)Kiesler, Hedwig, 1913-2000
Kiesler, Hedy, 1913-2000
Mandl, Hedy, 1913-2000
Markey, Hedy Kiesler, 1913-2000
Loder, Hedy, 1913-2000
Stauffer, Hedy, 1913-2000
Lee, Hedy, 1913-2000
Boies, Hedy, 1913-2000
Biography/History noteHedy Lamarr (1913-2000) was an Austrian American actress and communications technology innovator.
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1913-11-09
Death date2000-01-19
Place of birthVienna, Austria
Place of deathAltamonte Springs (Fla.)
Profession or occupationMotion picture actors and actresses
Inventor
Found inAlgiers [MP] c1938: t.p. (starring Hedy Lamarr)
Halliwell's Filmgoer's companion, 1983 (Hedy Lamarr; real name Hedwig Kiesler; b. 1913)
LC in OCLC, 12-8-85 (hdg.: Lamarr, Hedy, 1915- )
Young, C. Films of Hedy Lamarr, 1978: p. 11 (Hedy Lamarr; b. Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler on Nov. 9, 1914 in Vienna, Austria)
KoĢˆrte, P. Hedy Lamarr, c2000: t.p. (Hedy Lamarr) p. 61, etc. (b. as Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, Nov. 9, 1914, in Vienna, although many sources give yr. of birth as 1913; Hedy Lamarr herself gives date as Nov. 9, 1915, in "Ecstasy and me"; Hedy Kiesler; first married to Fritz Mandl, Aug. 10, 1933; married 2nd husband, Gene Markey, Mar. 5, 1939; divorced 1940; married John Loder, May 27, 1943; divorced 1947; married Teddy Stauffer, June 12, 1951, which ended after one yr.; became Amer. citizen, Apr. 10, 1953; married W. Howard Lee, Dec. 22, 1953; divorced 1960; married Lewis J. Boies, Mar. 4, 1963; divorced June 1965; Hedy Boies; Aug. 11, 1942, received patent for "secret communication system," signed "Hedy Kiesler Markey") p. 4 of cover (b. Nov. 14, 1913 [sic])
Internet movie database, May 31, 2006 (Hedy Lamarr; b. Nov. 9, 1913, Vienna; d. Jan. 19, 2000, Altamonte Springs, Fla.)
Britannica online, May 31, 2006 (Lamarr, Hedy; b. Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, Nov. 9, 1913, Vienna; d. Jan. 19, 2000, near Orlando, Fla.)
Wikipedia WWW site, May 31, 2006 (Hedy Lamarr; b. Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, Nov. 9, 1913, Vienna; d. Jan. 19, 2000, Altamonte Springs, Fla.; actress and communications technology innovator)
Associated languageeng