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That's ''[[Blazing Saddles|HEDL-]]'' no wait, never mind!
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 [[
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.
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* ''Dishonored Lady'', as Madeleine Damien (1947)
* ''Let's Live a Little'', as Dr. J.O. Loring (1948)
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* ''Copper Canyon'', as Lisa Roselle (1950)
* ''My Favorite Spy'', as Lily Dalbray (1951) -- Opposite Bob Hope
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