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Hedy Lamarr Trivia
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- Hedy Lamarr, under her married name Hedy Kiesler Markey, was awarded patent #2,292,387, along with co-inventor George Antheil, for a "Secret Communication System". This seminal invention was the first instance of spread-spectrum communications based on frequency-hopping techniques. [11 August 1942]
- Arrested for shoplifting in 1991. One year probation.
- After a screen test, it was Louis B. Mayer who changed her last name to Lamarr in honor of silent film star Barbara La Marr.
- Having died in January of 2000, she has the distinction (of sorts) of being one of the first major entertainers to die in the 21st century.
- She had 2 children and 1 adopted son with John Loder.
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