Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr\xa0(/\u02c8he\u026adi/), born\xa0Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler\xa0(November 9, 1914[a]\xa0\u2013 January 19, 2000), was an\xa0Austrian-American\xa0actress, inventor, and film producer. She was part of 30 films in an acting career spanning 28 years, and co-invented an early version of\xa0frequency-hopping spread spectrum.[1][2]