[1/2] Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood star and "mother" of Wi-Fi

2023-04-03T13:29:56.989Z

Hear the story of a woman with an incredible story: the story of Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood star and "mother" Wi-Fi, told by historian Virginie Girod, in an unpublished story in two episodes. Born in 1914 in Vienna, Austria, Hedy Lamarr was one of the figures of Hollywood cinema. Did you know? For example, she is the woman who inspired the face of Disney's Snow White. In 1932, she made every effort to join the largest film production company in Europe at the time: UFA in Germany. It was in these studios that Hedy Lamarr shot her first film, Ecstasy. At the age of 18, she became the first actress shown naked on screen in a mainstream film in the history of cinema. A film considered obscene at the time and condemned by the pope. But Hedy Lamarr becomes, in spite of herself, an object of fantasy. " A trophy woman" that wants to control the one who will become her husband, the arms dealer Friedrich Mandl.  Famous actress in her country in Austria, upon her arrival in Los Angeles in the years 1938, Hedy Lamarr will know the joys and torments of the American dream .... Embark on the eccentric world of Hollywood and discover the singular story of Hedy Lamarr. Find Virginie Girod and this new story of an inspiring woman in Madame Figaro on newsstands on February 24. https://madame.lefigaro.fr " At the Heart of History" is a podcast Europe 1 Studio.Topics covered: Hedy Lamarr - Cinema - Hollywood - Femme fatale - Actress - Inventor - Science - GPS - ancestor of Wi-Fi - Second World War - American dream - Los Angeles - women's stories