I met her 65 years ago. She was sitting at a table in The St. Regis Hotel. I was an autograph hound and I went there to see someone else. I was just on the other side of the table and said, "Hedy Lamarr!
You are so beautiful in person. I've only seen you in black and white! My TV is only this big."
She laughed and was happy to me her autograph.
(It was 1959 and i had never seen her in color. She was breathtaking. I liked her warmth and cheerful disposition. I'm the only to give her a tribute on ancientfaces. She deserves to be admired as an inventor.
I gave her a huge tribute and someone erased it and her photographs.
That must be because she was Jewish and anti-Nazi.
Hedy Lamarr
American actress
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born American actress, inventor, and film producer. She appeared in 30 films over a 28-year career and co-invented an early version of frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication for torpedo guidance.
Born: November 9, 1914, Vienna, Austria
Died: January 19, 2000, Casselberry, FL
Spouse: Lewis J. Boies (m. 1963–1965), MORE
Children: Denise Loder, James Lamarr Markey, Anthony Loder, James Loder
Books: Ecstasy and Me, Ecstasy and me: la folle autobiographie d'Hedy Lamarr
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
For fifty years I have been a Document Examiner and that is how I earn my living.
For over 50 years I have also been a publicist for actors, singers, writers, composers, artists, comedians, and many progressive non-profit organizations.
I am a Librettist-Composer of a Broadway musical called, "Nellie Bly" and I am in the process of making small changes to it.
In addition, I have written over 100 songs that would be considered "popular music" in the genre of THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK. My family consists of four branches. The Norwegians and The Italians and the Norwegian-Americans and the Italian Americans.