Imagine being so beautiful that no one would let you be smart. That's the sad story of Hedy Lamarr, the subject of Alexandra Dean's debut feature documentary, Bombshell. After causing a splash in ...

In the category of incredible, impossible-to-make-up stories, the real life story of Hedy Lamarr may take the cake. She was one of the most glamorous film stars of the 1930s and '40s, and at the ...

Hedy Lamarr’s early life was the stuff of movies: As a teenage starlet, she became the face of “Ecstasy,” one of the most controversial films of its day. By 18, she was the Jewish trophy wife of a ...

The famously beautiful actress Hedy Lamarr set movie screens ablaze in the 1940s and ’50s, but what few knew was that her true calling was as an inventor: Credit Lamarr with the Wi-Fi technology ...

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story profiles one of the most glamorous stars of Hollywood’s golden age, but it’s not your usual silver-screen documentary. Drawing on several books (most notably Hedy’s ...

Few would dispute that Hedy Lamarr belongs in the pantheon of screen goddesses from Hollywood’s golden age. But recognition has proven far more elusive for her work beyond the realm of movie ...

Director Alexandra Dean shares all of her Hedy Lamarr memorabilia. Director Alexandra Dean shares all the articles, photos and letters stashed away in her home that piece together the true story of ...

Born Hedwig Kiesler in Vienna, the late screen siren known as Hedy Lamarr was famous for two things: her glamorous good looks and a scandalous performance, while still a teenager, in “Ekstase” ...

The most beautiful woman in the world. Inventor of the basis for the technological revolution. An Austrian Jew and wife of an abusive Nazi arms dealer. Hollywood’s original bombshell. Hedy Kiesler was ...

The famously beautiful actress Hedy Lamarr set movie screens ablaze in the 1940s and ’50s, but what few knew was that her true calling was as an inventor: Credit Lamarr with the Wi-Fi technology ...