First Name
Hedy
Last Name
Lamarr
Birthday
1913-11-09
Height
67
Build
Slim
Eye Color
Green
Hair Color
Brown - Dark
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria
Zodiac Sign
Scorpio
Died
2000-01-19
Place of Death
Orlando, Florida
Cause of Death
Natural Causes
Ethnicity
White
Religion
Jewish
Claim to Fame
Algiers (1938) and Samson and Delilah (1949)
Nationality
Austrian
Gender
Female
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Role ID
Actor/Actress, Soundtrack, Producer
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Profile Bio Text
On November 9, 1913, Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler was born in Vienna, Austria, to a banker and his wife. Hedwig, who obviously became Hedy, had a rather calm childhood, but it was cinema that fascinated her. By the time she was a teenager she decided to drop out of school and seek fame as an actress. Her first role was a bit part in the German film Geld auf der Straße (1930) (aka "Money on the Street") in 1930. She was attractive and talented enough to be in three more German productions in 1931, but it would be her fifth film that catapulted her to worldwide fame. In 1932 she appeared in a German film called Ekstase (1933) (US title: "Ecstasy") and had made the gutsy move to be nude. It`s the story of a young girl who is married to a gentleman much older than she, but she winds up falling in love with a young soldier. The film`s nude scenes created a sensation all over the world. The scenes, very tame by today`s standards, caused the film to be banned by the US government at the time. Hedy soon married Fritz Mandl, a munitions manufacturer and a prominent Austrofascist (not the same as Nazi). He attempted to buy up all the prints of "Ecstasy" he could lay his hands on (Italy`s dictator, Benito Mussolini, had a copy but refused to sell it to Mandl), but to no avail (there are prints floating around the world today). The notoriety of the film brought Hollywood to her door. She was brought to the attention of MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer, who signed her to a contract (a notorious prude when it came to his studio`s films, Mayer signed her against his better judgment, but the money he knew her notoriety would bring in to the studio overrode any "moral" concerns he may have had). However, he insisted she change her name and make good, wholesome films. Hedy made her American film debut as Gaby in Algiers (1938). This was followed a year later by Lady of the Tropics (1939). In 1942 she landed the plum role of Tondelayo in the classic White Cargo (1942). After World War II her career began to decline and MGM decided it would be in the interest of all concerned if her contract were not renewed. Unfortunately for Hedy, she turned down the leads in both Gaslight (1940) and Casablanca (1942), both of which would have cemented her standing in the minds of the American public. In 1949 she appeared as Delilah opposite Victor Mature`s Samson in Cecil B. DeMille`s epic Samson and Delilah (1949). This proved to be Paramount Pictures` most profitable movie to date, bringing in $12 million in rental from theaters. The film`s success led to more parts, but it was not enough to ease her financial crunch. She was to make only six more films between 1949 and 1957, the last being The Female Animal (1958). Hedy then retired to Florida, where she died on January 19, 2000.
Couple Profile Source
www.imdb.com/name/nm0001443/bio
Official Websites
www.hedylamarr.com/
Full Name at Birth
Hedwig Eva Marie Keisler
Page Display = 2 (Legacy)
1
Bust (inches)
33
Waist (inches)
23
Hips (inches)
35
Cup Size
B
Count - Awards
1
Friend
Ann Sothern, Myrna Loy (First to greet and throw a party for the newly arrived Hedy,), Ginger Rogers, Ilona Massey, Carole Mathews
Favorite Places
Austria
Favorite Foods
Strawberries
Books Authored
Ecstasy and Me:My Life as a Woman [1967] (Fawcett Crest Book)
Biography (Print)
What Almost Happened to Hedy Lamarr [2008] (Devra Z. Hill), The Films of Hedy Lamarr [1990] (Christopher Young), Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film [2010] (Ruth Barton)
Biographical Movie
Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star [2006], Calling Hedy Lamarr [2004]
Age
86
Friend
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Ann Sheridan, Bette Davis, Erich Maria Remarque, Greer Garson, Walter Wagner, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Constance Bennett, Darryl F. Zanuck, Virginia Fox, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Judy Garland, Robert Sterling, William Powell, Bob Hope, A.C. Lyles, Marlene Dietrich, Hugh Hefner
Wikipedia Text
Hedy Lamarr (9 November 1913 – 19 January 2000) was an Austrian-American actress and mathematician, celebrated for her great beauty, who was a major contract star of MGM's "Golden Age." When she worked with Max Reinhardt in Berlin, he called her the "most beautiful woman in Europe" due to her "strikingly dark exotic looks," a sentiment widely shared by her audiences and critics. She gained fame after starring in Gustav Machatý's Ecstasy, a film which featured closeups of her character during orgasm in one scene, as well as full frontal nude shots of her in another scene, both very unusual for the socially conservative period in which the bulk of her career took place.
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Eva Marie
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Actress
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Beautiful Face
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