Hedy Lamarr
Birthday: 9 November 1914, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Birth Name: Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler
Height: 170 cm
Hedy Lamarr, the woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films, was born Hedwig Eva Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Gertrud (Lichtwitz), fr ...Show More
I was the highest-priced and most important star in Hollywood, but I was "difficult".
I was the highest-priced and most important star in Hollywood, but I was "difficult".
[on working for Cecil B. DeMille in Samson and Delilah (1949)] I was won over to appearing in the pi Show more
[on working for Cecil B. DeMille in Samson and Delilah (1949)] I was won over to appearing in the picture from the moment I entered his office and saw the extent of the research that he had done on the whole subject. You have no idea how thorough and comprehensive that research is. He has the first suggestion of a script and treatment down to the final shooting script. He has documents and evidence to support everything he does. Hide
To be a star is--to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything els Show more
To be a star is--to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty. Hide
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually agent, actor, director, producer, leading man. And you Show more
The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually agent, actor, director, producer, leading man. And you are a star if you sleep with them in that order. Crude but true. Hide
[1960s] It would be wrong of me to say so, but in this country [USA] money is more important than lo Show more
[1960s] It would be wrong of me to say so, but in this country [USA] money is more important than love. Most people here betray you and that's why there is so much chaos. I want to get away from here. I am homesick for Vienna . . . because my home is Vienna and Austria, not America... never! Hide
My problem is, I'm a hell of a nice dame, The most horrible whores are famous. I did what I did for Show more
My problem is, I'm a hell of a nice dame, The most horrible whores are famous. I did what I did for love. The others did it for money. Hide
I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude, I hope to make you use yo Show more
If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude, I hope to make you use your imagination Hide
[referring to the EFF award for invention frequency hopping] It's about time.
[referring to the EFF award for invention frequency hopping] It's about time.
Hedy Lamarr's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (10)
Hedy Lamarr'S roles