As an actress, she was known as the “most beautiful woman in the world” during the 1940s. Lamarr was also a technological ...

Credit: [Public Domain] via Wikicommons Called “the most beautiful woman in the world,” actor Hedy Lamarr was renowned for her looks. But she had a brilliant, inventive mind that she rarely got credit ...

Hedy Lamarr’s early life was the stuff of movies: As a teenage starlet, she became the face of “Ecstasy,” one of the most controversial films of its day. Lamarr then booked herself a modest ...

Austrian-born actress and scientist Hedy Lamarr left her mark during MGM’s ‘Golden Age’ and on the world of communications technology. Born on Nov. 9, 1914, in Vienna, Austria, La… ...

Opening in theaters Nov. 24, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story details the life of one of Hollywood's most glamorous actors of the 1930s, a woman who was never generally acknowledged as much more ...

Cris Kennedy will present a lecture "Hedy Lamarr – Hollywood Inventor" for National Science Week at the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, on Wednesday August 16, at 6pm. Free admission.

Once considered the most beautiful woman in the world, 1940s film star Hedy Lamarr worked on experiments at night, one of which has become the basis for modern-day communications like WiFi and GPS.

Hedy Lamarr was more than a beautiful actress; she also was an inventor who played a role in the Allies’ World War II victory. Google Doodle honors her Monday.

Hedy Lamarr’s early life was the stuff of movies: As a teenage starlet, she became the face of “ Ecstasy,” one of the most controversial films of its day.By 18, she was the Jewish trophy ...