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Hedy Lamarr
Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 9 November 1914
- Died
- 19 January 2000
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Casselberry, Orlando
- Sex or gender
- female
- Father
- Emil Kiesler
- Mother
- Gertrud Kiesler
- Occupation
- inventor, autobiographer, screenwriter, film actor, film producer, musician, model, entertainer, actor
- Citizenship
- Austria, United States
- Native language
- German
- birth name
- Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- described by source
- Deutsches Biographisches Archiv, Dictionary of Women Worldwide, biografiA: Lexikon österreichischer Frauen, Women In Science, pi-vol--issue-1-1946
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- end of work period
- 1958
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- eye color
- black
- hair color
- brown hair
- IPA transcription
- /ˈhɪdi lamaʰ/
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Hedwig Kiesler
- named after
- Barbara La Marr
- notable work
- Ecstasy, Samson and Delilah, Algiers, Experiment Perilous, The Strange Woman, Secret communication system
- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- place of detention
- Sybil Brand Institute
- pseudonym
- Hedy Lamarr
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- significant person
- George Antheil
- start of work period
- 1930
- topic's main category
- Category:Hedy Lamarr
- writing language
- English
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