Hedy Lamarr

American actress Hedy Lamarr, who was born in Austria, is best known for her work in several great films, including Algiers, Samson and Delilah, and Come Live with Me. She is frequently referred to as one of the most gorgeous actors of all time, inspiring well-known animated characters like Catwoman and Snow White. The fact that Lamarr was both a talented engineer and the creator of the technology employed in many modern communications systems makes her contribution to modern science considerably less well-known.

Lamarr, who was mostly self-taught and lacked formal training, experimented with a variety of pastimes and ideas in her free time, including a traffic stoplight and a tablet that would dissolve in water to produce a fizzy beverage. Lamarr admitted that the drink didn't work out since it tasted like Alka-Seltzer. Lamarr developed a technique known as frequency hopping during World War II that may be used to prevent enemy jammers from interfering with radio-controlled torpedoes. Even though it wasn't utilized during the war, the US Navy heavily utilized it in the 1950s, even though she was never.

Born; Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, November 9, 1914, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died: January 19, 2000 (aged 85), Casselberry, Florida, U.S.

Occupation: Actress, inventor