KAREN GRIGSBY BATES: Here's something you might not have known about World War II. One of the most popular Hollywood actresses of the era was also developing weapons systems for the U.S. Navy. Today ...

For years we've been hearing that Hedy Lamarr, one of the most beautiful women of Hollywood's classic era, invented the ``frequency hopping'' technology that's integral to modern weaponry and ...

Austrian-born actress Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) is known for her beauty and acting abilities, A Golden Era leading lady who starred in such films as Cecille B. DeMille’s Oscar-winning Samson and Delilah ...

The famously beautiful actress Hedy Lamarr set movie screens ablaze in the 1940s and ’50s, but what few knew was that her true calling was as an inventor: Credit Lamarr with the Wi-Fi technology ...

Gadsden’s own Downtown Dance Conservatory — which has performed ballets all over the country and internationally — is going to be at home May 19-21. They will be performing “Hedy Lamarr: An American ...

Rachel Weisz is eyeing the lead role in Face Value, an independent film about 1940s Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr, says The Hollywood Reporter. Austrian-born Lamarr, whose most famous role is in Cecil ...

As we've mentioned before, someone at Marvel — Stan Lee or Al Sulman, perhaps? — was a big fan of actress/inventor Hedy Lamarr. Of course, Marvel was not the only comic book publisher with comics ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Captivating moments from the films of Hedy Lamarr. Beautiful and clever (she invented spread spectrum telephony) - a most ...

Hedy Lamarr, inventor -- A charming Austrian girl -- Bad boy of music -- Mechanisms -- Between times -- Leaving Fritz -- Cinemogling -- Frequency hopping -- Flashes of genius -- Red-hot apparatus -- O ...

Renaissance woman Hedy Lamarr was born on this day 100 years ago. Not only was she a major screen actress, she was also an inventor. NPR's Karen... Remembering Hedy Lamarr: Actress, Weapons Systems ...