Hedy Lamarr
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Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian and American actress and inventor. Regarded as a successful film star, she also co-invented a radio guidance system during World War II.
Lamarr, c. 1944
Lamarr in a 1934 publicity photo with the name "Heddie Kietzler"
Studio publicity still of Lamarr for the film Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Hedy Lamarr, 1944
Gene Markey
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Eugene Willford "Gene" Markey was an American writer, producer, and screenwriter. During World War II, he served in the US Navy, reaching the rank of Rear Admiral and becoming a highly decorated offic
Hedy Lamarr
…Friedrich Mandl (married 1933–1937), chairman of the Hirtenberger Patronen-Fabrik Gene Markey (married 1939–1941), screenwriter and producer. She adopted a boy (however this was later contested by the child, see below) during her marriage with…
Hedy Lamarr and Gene Markey, 1939
Gene Markey and Joan Bennett, 1933