Hedy Lamarr, she is the first movie star in the world to leave the country naked, known as "the most beautiful woman in the world", Vivien Leigh of Gone with the Wind is also proud of looking like her, Kennedy became Before becoming president, he even asked her out. In addition to being a beautiful Hollywood actress, she also has a special identity as a scientist. She invented the secure communication system and is the patent holder of frequency hopping technology, which laid the foundation for later CDMA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other technologies, so she is called the "Mother of WiFi".
Hedy Lamarr was born in Vienna, Austria in 1914 to a Jewish family. The family lived a wealthy life. She received a good education and was often taken to the theater to watch operas. Her father is a bank director and a technology enthusiast who invents and creates. When she went for walks with her father, he would tell her how the trams worked and how the wires were connected to the power plants.
Heidi was interested in electronic products when she was five years old and would take apart music boxes and reassemble them. She said, "Inventing is easy for me. I don't need to deliberately think about what to create, the ideas come naturally."
When she was in a private school, Heidi loved chemistry the most. When she was a teenager, she was called a "terrible child" by adults because she was so beautiful. It was then that she began to realize how beautiful she was because as soon as she walked into the house, people would stop chatting and look at her.
At the age of 16, Heidi went to the largest film studio. When he was 19 years old, he was condemned by the Pope for leaving the country naked in the movie "Ecstasy", and Hitler refused to show it. She became famous overnight and became synonymous with scandal.
Soon after, she ushered in her first marriage. Her husband was an Austrian arms tycoon who was 14 years older than her. Her husband's feelings for her were more of a weapon to control and show off. He also suspected that she had a lover outside and asked people to monitor her phone calls. Heidi lost her freedom, like a pet in captivity. This bored her.
Soon, World War II broke out and the Nazis entered Austria. Due to the persecution of Jews, her husband was a supporter of the Nazis and was the main arms supplier to the Nazis in Austria. Shang and other opportunities, she chose to escape. At a dinner party, she gave a servant water mixed with sleeping pills and then jumped out of the window and escaped.
First I went to London, England, and was fascinated by the movie produced by MGM in the cinema, and said, "I want to be that person." So I went to New York and Hollywood.
With the image of a black-haired beauty in Hollywood, she broke the tradition of blonde beauties dominating the screen, and was hailed by Hollywood as "the most beautiful woman in the world" and "the most charming on the screen." Star", many Hollywood stars imitated her makeup and hair. Vivien Leigh of "Gone with the Wind" was proud to look like her. Before Kennedy became president, he even asked her out.
At this time Heidi met her second husband, a fat screenwriter. Many people did not understand how a beautiful woman like Heidi could choose such a life. a husband. Heidi said she chose him because he resembled her father.
The good times did not last long, her husband cheated on her, and Heidi's second marriage quickly came to an end. She was very sad and said: "People love beautiful faces, but you don't know if they really love you."
After a day of shooting, she returned home Making inventions is her hobby, and she has a complete invention workbench at home. At this time, it was World War II. Although she was a movie star, she always wanted to make some contribution to the country.
Based on the wireless communication technology she learned from her first husband and the inspiration she got from the automatic piano, she invented "frequency hopping technology" in 1941. It also applied for a patent for a secure communication system. This technology can control the direction of torpedoes and accurately hit targets.
She donated the patent to the National Council of Inventors. However, when the navy saw a beautiful actor and a musician, they paid no attention to them and refused to use them. They also told her that since you want to serve the country so much and you are so beautiful, you might as well sell bonds. She actually went and achieved remarkable results, raising 340 million yuan.
A person who wants to do practical things has never been recognized because of his beauty and is forced to use beauty as a means of income. This is also unfortunate for Heidi.
Heidi hopes to take on some roles that test her acting skills, but her boss just thinks that she is a vase, so just let her do her job as a vase. At that time, the film system wanted to firmly control movie stars and would not allow a movie star to have autonomy.
At this time, she had a third marriage. Unfortunately, her husband left her two children and she became a single mother. One person has two young children and has to support the family. You can imagine how difficult it is and how stressful it is.
Sometimes life will give you a candy when you are in trouble. In 1949, Hedy Lamarr's "The Enchantress" was this candy. This love film was a huge success at the time and was the second highest-grossing film after "Gone with the Wind". It also became Heidi's masterpiece and she once again entered people's field of vision.
Later, Heidi met her fourth husband, oil businessman Howard Lee, and she became a romantic wife again. Unfortunately, this time the husband was an alcoholic. The day of divorce was the darkest moment in her life. That day, her son was in a car accident and was dying in the hospital. She had to go to court for divorce. She had no choice but to find a substitute to go to the court. This angered the judge. The judge changed the content of the divorce agreement and built the home that was originally hers after negotiation. Her home was awarded to her husband, which symbolized that her home was gone. She said, "This was a huge blow. The pressure was on me. I collapsed. I had a nervous breakdown. I felt like I was dead."
Later, She married twice more, neither of which lasted long.
Heidi has been married 6 times in her life, but her partners seemed to only be attracted by her beauty and did not really love her. Later, her son said in an interview, "My mother has never met a husband who really knows how to love her."
Although she was born into a well-off family and received a good education as a child, as the current situation became turbulent, as a Jew and her beauty, her misfortune seemed to have In the process of strengthening, I have been repeatedly controlled in my acting career, not recognized in my scientific path, and my family and marriage life are unfortunate. I want to do practical things, but I am repeatedly regarded as a vase and not taken seriously. The collision between ideal and reality, the contrast between appearance and heart, all kinds of pressure are constantly piling up on her.
When she was particularly stressed, Heidi went to see a doctor. She told the doctor that she needed to replenish energy, so the doctor injected "feel-good medicine" into her body. She thought it was vitamins, but it was actually drugs.
Just like that, she was addicted.
Later she was caught stealing from a store. She said, I have money and I didn’t steal on purpose. Yes, she is not short of money, and stealing seems to be a way for her to release stress.
In his later years, he became addicted to plastic surgery, and eventually fell into poverty and had to rely on charity to make a living. She also lives in seclusion and lives alone. When her life was difficult, someone asked her, would anyone pay for the patent? She replied, never. Even though this technology is already in use.
In 1985, when Heidi was 71 years old, Qualcomm invented the CDMA wireless digital communication system based on "frequency hopping" technology. It was not until Heidi was 83 years old that the World Communications Association recognized her contribution to computer communications, calling her a person who had made significant contributions to mankind, and posthumously recognizing her as the originator of CDMA technology.
On January 19, 2000, Hedy Lamarr passed away at the age of 86. In 2014, he was elected to the American Inventors Hall of Fame.
Heidi is a Jew, but she dare not admit that she is a Jew. She loved her hometown of Vienna, Austria, but she never went back until her death. Before her death, she watched a performance at the Vienna Opera House on TV, which relieved her homesickness a little.
Seeing Heidi’s life makes people feel sad and helpless. What is comforting is that even though she had a rough life, she finally reconciled with herself.
She said, "People are unreasonable, illogical, self-centered, love them no matter what. If you do well, people will blame you, there are Selfish alternative motives. But do it anyway. The greatest minds can be brought down by the smallest minds. Be ambitious no matter what. What you spend years building can be destroyed overnight, no matter what. Build it no matter what. Give the world your best, and you will be hit hard. Give your best no matter what."
You see, such a peerless beauty was praised for her beauty in that era. People misunderstand that their lives are almost ruined because of a movie. However, thankfully, she left "frequency hopping" technology to mankind, which is a precious legacy of mankind.