5/15/2023 0 Comments Hedy's Folly by Richard Rhodes![]() She did note that the Navy had used her invention for a sonar buoy system, so she couldn’t file a claim. Heather Massie plays actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr in “Hedy! The Life and Inventions of Hedy Lamarr” at the Sarasota Jewish Theatre.Ī patent was recorded in 1942 but it took until 1997 before Lamarr received any recognition for her creation. Actress overcomes stereotypesĪt the time, no one in Hollywood society would expect that someone who looked and acted like Lamarr could also have a scientific mind. She worked with composer George Antheil on the projects. ![]() But she was also an inventor who created a radio guidance system for torpedoes during World War II and a system to stop frequency jamming by allied enemies. “Her story is very dramatic and interesting and larger than life.” Lamarr became famous in such films as “Samson and Delilah,” “White Cargo,” “Lady of the Tropics” and working opposite Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart and Spencer Tracy. ![]() Somehow, recreating the look of the actress as seen in one of her photos “made me think I could play the most beautiful woman in the world,” Massie said with a laugh during a recent Zoom interview.īut it wasn’t Lamarr’s looks that interested Massie. Heather Massie stars in a one-woman play about film star Hedy Lamarr, who invented technology for guiding torpedoes that later became essential for the development of cell phones. ![]()
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