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Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born film actress and inventor, recognized for both her on-screen talent as well as her pioneering contributions to radio communication technology.

She acted in over 30 movies in Europe and America, spanning the 1930s-50s, during which she was internationally praised for her beauty. Her iconic look is said to have influenced the original comic depictions of Disney’s Snow White as well as Batman’s Catwoman.

During World War II, Lamarr and co-inventor George Anthiel developed a “frequency hopping spread spectrum” technology that manipulated radio frequencies at irregular intervals between transmission and reception, for which they received a patent in 1942. This invention formed a code that would protect classified messages from being intercepted by enemy intelligence, which was later implemented in Naval ships in the 1960s.

Lamarr and Antheil received several awards for their invention, including the Invention Convention’s BULBIE Gnass Spirit of Achievement Award, known as the “Oscars of Inventing,” for which she was the first woman recipient. In 2014, she was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for her pioneering work.

You can learn more about this amazing woman in the PBS documentary “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr story.”
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