Hedy Lamarr: How did a Hollywood starlet invent cellular technology?

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2011

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Hedy Lamarr was an extraordinarily beautiful film star, but she wasn't just another pretty face. In this podcast, Sarah and Deblina recount Hedy's biography and her little-known career as an inventor. Tune in to learn more about Hedy Lamarr.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HowstuffWorks.com.
0:42.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Faradowty, and I'm DeBlana Chalker Bordy.
0:46.7	And when you think about old Hollywood and the most beautiful actresses of all time,
0:51.7	there are probably a lot of well-known names that immediately come to mind.
0:55.7	For example, maybe Ava Gardner, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn is my personal favorite.
1:02.7	I just saw Roman Holiday.
1:04.7	A great one.
1:05.7	And so pretty in that, it's like the first thing you notice.
1:09.7	But it was actually an actress who's probably lesser known today,
1:12.7	Heady Lamar, who was billed as the most beautiful girl in the world during the 1930s.
1:18.7	In the introduction to Stephen Michael Sheer's recent biography, Beautiful,
1:23.7	The Life of Heady Lamar, there's a description of the author's mother's experience
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