Hedy Lamarr, a famous Hollywood actress, was also a brilliant inventor. Hedy escaped Nazi Europe and developed a ...

Discover how Hollywood legend Hedy Lamarr co-invented a groundbreaking wireless technology that later helped inspire Wi-Fi, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: It was 104 years ago today that screen legend Hedy Lamarr was born in Vienna beginning a bittersweet, one-of-a-kind ...

Austrian-born silver screen actress Hedy Lamarr became a sex symbol in the golden age of Hollywood, with a career that included the 1933 Czech film “Ecstasy,” in which she appeared (tastefully) in the ...

Born Hedwig Kiesler in Vienna, the late screen siren known as Hedy Lamarr was famous for two things: her glamorous good looks and a scandalous performance, while still a teenager, in "Ekstase" ...

Nazis, sex, groundbreaking inventions, escape in disguise — sounds like the plot for the next Hollywood hit. Or, you know, real events from Hedy Lamarr’s life. The Jewish actress and inventor, who ...

Actress Hedy Lamarr, seen in a white fox fur jacket in this 1938 portrait, is the subject of a new documentary. (Diltz/RDA/Everett Collection/Zeitgeist Films) Review by Michael O'Sullivan Born Hedwig ...