Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler was born in Austria in 1914. She was a gifted child who studied engineering, but gave it all up to become an actress.

She rose to fame in 1932 because she starred in 'Ecstasy', by Czech director Gustav Machatý. For the first time in the history of cinema, a woman appeared completely naked.

In the same film she appeared having an orgasm. The scandal was huge and the film was even condemned by the Vatican.

When she arrived in Hollywood, she was forced to change her name so that she would not be associated with 'Ecstasy'. She chose Hedy Lammarr.

Her arrival at the mecca of cinema caused a real revolution, she was immediately considered the most beautiful woman in the world and became a big star.

He acted with all the greats of the 30s and 40s: Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, James Stewart, William Powell, Paul Henreid...

Walt Disney was inspired by her to design the character of Snow White in his first animated feature film, released in 1937.

Her greatest success was 'Samson and Delilah' with Victor Mature. In it “the most beautiful woman in the world plays the most beautiful woman in the Bible”.

Hedy Lamarr was the image of Max Factor and marked the aesthetics of her time. Women abandoned platinum blonde for jet black.

Married six times, over the years she became addicted to cosmetic operations and focused on her greatest talent, that of inventor.