HedyLamarr, Actress: Samson and Delilah. HedyLamarr, the woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films, was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Gertrud (Lichtwitz), from Buda
Actress, Inventor. Daughter of a prominent Viennese banker, she gained notoriety as a teen for running through the woods nude in the 1933 Czech film Ecstasy. She later married a wealthy arms manufacturer Fritz Mandl. After three years of marriage, and f