HEDY LAMARR HOLLYWOOD STAR & INVENTOR 2020 SHEET MNH

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H E D Y    L A M A R R
GLAMOROUS HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS and INVENTOR
ONE (1) PRISTINE NEVER HINGED (UNMOUNTED) MINT COMPLETE SHEET
Issued 20 Jan. 2020
Scott #2836, Michel #3501, Yvert #3345
HEDY LAMARR (1914-2000), once called the "most glamorous woman in the world", was a successful
screen actress
in Europe from 1931, and in Hollywood, California, from 1937 to 1958.
Her most famous European film was
"Ecstasy"
(1933),  In Hollywood, she co-starred with
Charles Boyer
in
"Algiers"
(1938),
Clark Gable
in
"Boom Town"
and
"Comrade X"
(both in 1940). Also in 1940, she starred with
Spencer Tracy
in
"I Take This Woman"
. In 1941, she made two films with
James Stewart
,
"Come Live With Me"
and
"Ziegfield Girls"
.
Lamarr was invited to play opposite
Humphrey Bogart
in
"Casablanca"
, but turned down the offer, which was accepted by
Ingrid Bergman
.  In 1949, she produced a memorable performance as
Delilah,
starring opposite
Victor Mature
in
"Samson and Delilah".
She also became famous as an
inventor and scientist
, most notably inventing the "spread spectrum" radar-jamming technique for altering radio frequencies on torpedoes, for which she received a patent from the U.S. Patent Office in 1942.  The concept has also been used in cell phones, military radios, wireless computer links, and Wi-Fi.
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