A&E Biography | Hollywood - Historical - Thrilling - Provocative
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Often referred to as one of the most gorgeous and exotic of Hollywood's leading ladies. Hedy Lamar made a number of well received films during the 19 thirties and forties. But in 1942 she and her friend, the composer George Anthiel received a patent for an idea of a radio signaling device to keep enemies from decoding messages. Their system was important to the design of a little device we use to pay attention to film stars of today, the cell phone.