Hedy Lamarr And The Google Doodle

On Hedy Lamarr’s 101st birthday, she makes it to the Google Doodle.

Born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler on 9 November 1914 in Vienna, Austria, Ms Lemarr got her first leading role aged just 17, in a German film called Geld Auf Der Strase. A subsequent German film, Exstase, brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers, and she soon signed a contract with MGM.

Once in Hollywood, she officially changed her name to Hedy Lamarr and starred in her first Hollywood film, Algiers (1938), opposite Charles Boyer. She continued to land parts opposite the most popular and talented actors of the day, including Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable and Jimmy Stewart.

However, Ms Lamarr was not just a pretty face. In addition to her film accomplishments, she patented an idea called the “Secret Communication System” in 1942, which later became pivotal to both secure military communications and mobile phone technology.

And that Google Doodle is everywhere …except in the UK, which for some reason is really annoying me.