Devendra Darda - Google has honoured Hedy Lamarr with a Google Doodle on her 101st birthday.

Nov 10, 2015

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Born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in 1914 in Vienna, Lamarr began acting as a teenager. At the age of 18, she starred in the scandalous 1930s Czech film Ecstasy, in which she goes skinny dipping then, still completely nude, chases a runaway horse. Later on, she simulates an orgasm - the first female actor to do this in a theatrically-released film. <br>She eventually fled the marriage and went to Hollywood, landing a seven-year, $3000-a-week contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An immediate sensation, the hugely popular actor starred in films including Tortilla Flat, Lady of the Tropics, Boom Town, and Samson and Delilah.<br>

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 Born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in 1914 in Vienna, Lamarr began acting as a teenager. At the age of 18, she starred in the scandalous film Ecstasy, in which she goes skinny dipping then, still completely nude, chases a runaway horse. Later on, she simulates an orgasm - the first female actor to do this in a theatrically- released 1930s Czech film.

 She eventually fled the marriage and went to Hollywood, landing a seven- year, $3000-a-week Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An immediate sensation, the hugely popular actor starred in films including Tortilla Flat, Lady of the Town, and Samson and Delilah. contract with Tropics, Boom