Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr (1914 - 2000)
a.k.a. Hedy Kiesler
Inventor of WWII radio system
== Film Deaths ==
* Lady of the Tropics (1939) [Manon de Vargnes Carey a.k.a. Kira Kim]: Commits suicide by shooting herself after killing Joseph Schildkraut; she dies in Robert Taylor’s arms shortly after he discovers her.
* White Cargo (1942) [Tondelayo]: Poisoned when Walter Pidgeon forces her to drink the “medicine” she had been using on Richard Carlson.
* The Strange Woman (1946) [Jenny Hager]: Fatally injured when she’s thrown from her carriage and rolls down the hill; she dies shortly afterwards as George Sanders kneels by her side.
* Samson and Delilah (1949) [Delilah]: Crushed to death, along with everybody else in the temple, when Victor Mature pulls down the support columns.
* The Story of Mankind (1957) [Joan of Arc]: Executed by being burned at the stake. (I don’t know whether the death was depicted on-screen or not.)
== Notable Connections ==
* Ex-wife of Gene Markey
* Ex-wife of John Loder
* Ex-wife of Teddy Stauffer
==Gallery==
Hedy Lamarr in Lady of the Tropics 1.jpg|Hedy Lamarr in Lady of the Tropics 1
Hedy Lamarr in Lady of the Tropics 2.jpg|Hedy Lamarr in Lady of the Tropics 2
File:Temple2.jpg|The temple collapsing in Samon and Delilah 
Category:Actresses
Category:Listed on Original Cinemorgue
Category:Austro-Hungarian actors and actresses
Category:Natural causes victims
Category:1914 Births
Category:2000 Deaths
Category:Brunettes
Category:Death scenes by crushing
Category:Death scenes by shooting
Category:Death scenes by suicide
Category:Death scenes by poison
Category:Death scenes by injuries
Category:Hollywood Walk of Fame Winners
Category:Divorced actors and actresses
Category:Historic Livers
Category:Performers who did nude scenes
Category:Criminals
Category:Shoplifting Survivors
Category:Prisoners