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Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (1914 - 2000), [[Stage Names|better known as]] '''Hedy Lamarr''', was an Austrian actress active in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s. One of her first starring roles was in the dialog-light film ''Ekstase'', which featured a long scene of Lamarr fully nude. While the [[Hays Code]] made a repeat performance in America impossible, the reputation as a dark and glamorous [[Ms. Fanservice]] did follow her. Subsequent films included an adaptation of [[John Steinbeck (Creator)|John Steinbeck]]'s ''Tortilla Flat'' and the [[Cecil B De Mille|Cecil B. DeMille]] film ''Samson and Delilah''.

Lamarr was also [[Hot Scientist|very mathematically talented]]; her most notable non-movie achievement was inventing, along with composer George Antheil, a form of radio frequency hopping that is the basis for components of wi-fi and cordless phones today. Or as [[Cracked.com]] put it, she's the world's sexiest mad scientist. If you're reading this page on a smartphone screen, thank Ms. Lamarr for making that possible.

* ''Algiers'', as Gaby (1938) -- She was the girl whom [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYN27_JDDMU Pepe le Moko] would have asked to come with him to the Casbah, [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|if he had ever actually said the line]].

* [[Cecil B De Mille|Cecil B. DeMille]]'s ''Samson and Delilah'', as Delilah (1949) -- Opposite Victor Mature. This was the film that prompted [[The Marx Brothers|Groucho Marx]]'s famous [[Deadpan Snarker|quip]]: "I never go to see a picture where the guy's tits are bigger than the [[Big Applesauce|goil]]'s."

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