Today marks the 101st birthday of Hollywood legend Hedy Lamarr, who was once named 'the most beautiful woman in the world.' Lamarr was dismissive of such stuff. "Any girl can be glamorous," she said. "All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
Once called the "most beautiful woman in the world," Hedy Lamarr was a coveted Hollywood star and daring sex symbol. She romanced Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart and Spencer Tracey on the big screen, and was the first
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Lamarr, on what would have been her 101st birthday, was honored Monday with an animated doodle on Google's search page. The jazzy clip pays homage to her remarkable double career — actress by day, inventor by night — and introduces the late star to a
Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Kiesler in Vienna in either 1913 or 1914. Her fame, if not her career, was made when she appeared in 1933's Ekstase, which featured both a nude swimming scene and a long, lingering close-up of Lamarr's face as she