Hedy Lamarr Timeline

Born

Nov 9, 1914

Hedy Lamarr was born in Vienna, Austria. Her original name was Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler.

Starred in her first movie - Geld auf der Straβe “Money on the Street”

Nov 11, 1930

Married Fritz Mandl

1933

Fritz Mandl was a fan of Hedy and was also a wealthy arms manufacturer and a fascist.

Starred in controversial movie "Ecstasy"

1936

Ran away from Fritz Mandl to America

1937

Hedy said that Mandl was controlling and she had to pretend to be happy around him for the public so she ran away when she had the chance.

Dated Howard Hughes

1937

Hughes built airplanes and admired Lamarr for her tinkering skills. He wanted to make the fastest planes and sell them to the airforce. Lamarr bought a book of fish and birds and looked at the fastest of each and made a planes wings based off of those animals.

James Lamarr Markey is born

1939

Hedy's first child is born, and her only child with her second husband Gene Markey.

Awarded for the "secret communication system” with co-inventor George Antheil

Aug 11, 1942

It was rejected by the Navy but would later be a component in satellites and cell phones.

Dennis Loder is born

1945

Hedy Lamarr's second child is born.

Anthony Loder is born.

Mar 1, 1947

Hedy Lamarr's third child is born, and second child with John Loder.

Became an American citizen

1953

Sued Mel Brooks

1974

Mel Brooks named a character "Hedley Lamarr" in his movie "Blazing Saddles".

WIFI comes out

1997

Hedy Lamarr helped in the invention of WIFI because she made the Secret Communication System during WWll.

Death

Jan 19, 2000

Hedy Lamarr died near Orlando, Florida, US. She had a total of 6 ex-husbands before she died.

The movie "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story" comes out

Apr 23, 2017

This movie told the life of Hedy Lamarr