But some people commented that she was "just a vase". After more than ten years in Hollywood, her acting skills are as poor as ever, leaving no valuable works.
However, if we study Heidi's life carefully, we will find that this may not be her own will. Because of her beauty, she unfortunately became a victim of the Hollywood star-making system.
Today, 20 years after her death, the most objective evaluation we can give her is that "no one smarter than her is as beautiful as her, and no one prettier than her is as smart as her". Yes, she is such a legendary woman.
Hedy lamarr 19 14 was born in Viana, and his father was a famous Jewish banker. The rich family environment enabled little Heidi to receive the best education at that time: piano and ballet ... Over time, Heidi cultivated her artistic talent.
Heidi's beauty was revealed when she was in her prime. Legend has it that at a banquet, every time she walked into a room, everyone in the room immediately stopped talking and stared at her. Yes, her beauty is so dazzling.
/kloc-at the age of 0/6, Heidi joined the show business regardless of her parents' opposition, and soon got the opportunity to perform in succession. Among them, a film called "Fascination" caught Heidi's attention, and the filmmaker boasted and promised to promote the film to the whole world. However, they have one request-Heidi must leave the country naked. Of course, they will make sure to shoot only vague shadows, not real exposure. After hesitation, Heidi agreed.
However, the films didn't keep their promises-more accurately, they only kept half of them. They did push the film to the world, however, they shot a close-up of Heidi naked.
Heidi became popular, but she was also pushed to the forefront. People were distracted by her beauty, but at the same time they scolded her for her indiscretion. Not to be outdone, the Vatican Pope publicly condemned the film. Hitler even banned the film from being shown in Germany. But what saddens Heidi most is her father's performance. The conservative father could not accept his daughter's bold behavior and cut off contact with her angrily.
Perhaps tired of these public opinions, Heidi soon married Austrian arms tycoon Fritz Mandel. Naive Heidi thought that the other party really loved her, but Mandel just regarded Heidi as his beautiful ornament-such a beautiful wife was enough for Mandel to show off when he was in contact with the official upper class.
Heidi lived in this vase for four years. Until 1937, the sky over Europe was overcast with war clouds, and the control over Jews became increasingly strict. Heidi's father died of a heart attack under heavy pressure. This was a great blow to Heidi, who decided to run away from her husband.
At a dinner party, Heidi seized the opportunity. She secretly drugged the maid with sleeping pills, then put on the maid's clothes and slipped away. Heidi left by train overnight and went to London to find an old friend of her parents.
In London, Heidi met the person who influenced her life-Louis Meyer, the agent of MGM Film Company. Meyer was impressed by Heidi's beauty and realized that she had to sign Heidi, so she offered a sky-high weekly salary of $500. Heidi jumped at it and went to Hollywood.
Heidi thought she would have a bright future from now on, but in Zweig's words, "she was too young at that time to know that all the gifts given by fate had been priced in the dark." She didn't know that her tragedy began gradually.
Heidi is very popular in Hollywood. After starring in Algiers with charles boyer, she appeared on the cover of almost all movies and magazines, and her admirers were countless.
Perhaps the most famous of her admirers is Kennedy, who has not yet become president. At that time, Kennedy would eagerly call her and let her concentrate. "Dear Heidi, what can I bring you?" . Heidi never took such praise to heart. She just smiled and said, "Maybe you can bring me some oranges. I am a little short of vitamin C recently. "
In the eyes of many people, Heidi's reply is undoubtedly inappropriate and naive. Yes, she has never been a woman who "understands the world and understands human feelings" as the world hopes. Facing the complicated world, she always has a clear heart.
And this has become a weapon to destroy her.
At that time, the work in Hollywood was much heavier than it is now, and some people even called it "slavery". Work six days a week, from morning till night. When the actors show fatigue, the staff will give the actors medicine to keep them awake. As a popular actress, Heidi made one movie after another and almost never rested.
However, the quality of the script she got was not satisfactory. Heidi went to question the filmmaker, but the answer chilled her. The other party thinks that she is just a vase, as long as she manages her beauty, there is no need for any artistic pursuit. Later Heidi sneered and said, "Every girl can be charming-as long as you are stupid enough".
If Heidi did anything wrong in her life, it was here that she made the worst mistake: when the world treated her as a vase, she accepted it regardless of her dissatisfaction.
1940, the war soon spread to the United States. At that time, Germany had far more advanced military technology than its allies and could always sink British submarines in a mysterious way, while British torpedoes could never correctly locate German ships. Seeing all this, Heidi decided to do something-she decided to invent a new technology to help the torpedo locate better.
Yes, don't be surprised. Heidi has always loved inventing. When she was a child, she liked to take apart her music box and reassemble it. When she was in a private school, she always liked to try all kinds of chemical reagents. She once suggested that the famous pilot howard hughes change the shape of the wing of an airplane, and tried to invent a concentrated cola tablet, which can generate bubbles when put into water to make cola.
This time, she had a brainwave and thought of a good idea-why not change the radio frequency often, so that the enemy can't decode the information transmitted between the torpedo and the ship, so that the torpedo can be better positioned? She called this method "frequency modulation". With the help of their friend George Antell, they took the automatic piano as the imitation object and designed a feasible FM mechanism.
Out of love for peace, Heidi applied for a patent for this mechanism and donated it to the National Invention Council of the United States. However, all she got was the cynicism of the military. The other party suggested that instead of sitting at home inventing new things, she might as well go out and sell war bonds with her beauty. In the eyes of these arrogant officials, a beautiful woman like Heidi must be empty-headed.
Heidi was heartbroken. Plus, she was tired of MGM's constant squeezing, so she decided to leave and start her own business. However, her attempt failed, and the movie Love of the Three Empresses, which she shot with all her investment, was a dismal box office.
She was forced to marry Howard Lee, an oil tycoon, and once again played the role of a vase wife. This marriage did not have a happy ending. Then she had several marriages and failed.
Those men seem to be fascinated by her appearance, but no one wants to see her heart.
Heidi became addicted to drugs. Under the influence of drugs, Heidi changed from a lively woman who could easily joke with Kennedy to a "freak" with uncertain personality. She was even caught stealing from a department store.
What's more, with the passage of time, Heidi's face is getting older. She is crazy about plastic surgery, trying to delay all this, but there is always the risk of failure. Besides, can we really resist time? Part of the operation failed, so the entertainment tabloids began to laugh at Heidi's aging.
Because of fear of others' eyes, Heidi began to stay at home, relying only on the margin of the Actors Protection Association to maintain a basic living every month. The world has gradually forgotten her.
Until 1985, a small company was established in San Diego. They realized the importance of FM technology and successfully developed a CDMA wireless digital communication system. This system has made this little-known laughing company famous.
Yes, this company is Qualcomm as we know it today.
With the popularity of CDMA wireless digital communication system, the scientific community began to look at this woman hidden behind CDMA. 1997, Heidi was awarded the honorary technical medal by the American Electronic Frontier Foundation in recognition of her contribution. The world began to call her "the mother of CDMA", and with the invention of WiFi technology based on CDMA technology, she has a new title-"the mother of WiFi".
I wonder if the officer who despised Heidi was still alive. If he were still alive, I wonder how he would feel about all this-would he be a little sorry for his rude behavior?
Heidi died suddenly at home in 2000. Her life is both brilliant and bleak. She once stood at the peak of Hollywood and struggled in the quagmire of life. Her beauty is her blessing, but it also brings her disaster, making her live in the shadow of the name "vase" all her life. Fortunately, she is a smart woman after all, so times have changed and the world finally recognized her value.
Hedy lamarr, who is smarter than her, is not as beautiful as her, nor are people who are more beautiful than her. She is such a legendary woman.