Hollywood's Darkest Bombshell

Hedy Lamarr was often called “the most beautiful woman in the world.” Really, she was so much more than just a pretty face. There was her illustrious Hollywood career and her second act as the mastermind behind the groundbreaking technology that led to the invention of Wi-Fi. With all that, you’d hardly think that she would have the time for such a scandalous personal life-but this brilliant bombshell had a dark side, too.
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[@KDSima]

My mother has never liked me. Sent me to live with my grandparents when I was a baby; then took me back when I was seven. Told me I was a miserable child no one could care for. Now, at 85 w/ dementia she is nice, loving mother. Weird trip.

[@diane4537]

Sounds like she should be left in the home. You own her nothing.

[@megbes2193]

Sorry to hear your mom was awful---I hope your grandparents were better.

[@p.g.3419]

My mother also behaves badly towards me, she even hated me, then, guess what... she wasn't my mother, I discovered that that little monster wasn't my mother! Everyone knew!

[@allcatz]

My mom wasn't a demonstrative person. No hugs or words of endearment. A few years after my father died, she started asking for and giving me hugs. She even said she loved me ( words I never dreamed I'd hear from her). Only to find out she had dementia.

[@rhondamcknight2596]

Sorry to hear your mom was awful when you were child and now with dementia is sweet. That's a blessing. My mom was sweet and fun when I was young. As she aged she had dementia and we didn't get along. By her late 60s she had dementia and now Alzheimers. She transition between normal and mean.😢

[@joanmaciel416]

My cousin was raised thinking he was adopted. It turns out he was his dads biological son from an affair. He lived his entire life with that lie. He was only told in his 40s by his moms sister and after his dad was dead..he lived a troubled life..his soul knew

[@yippee8570]

That's so sad 😞

[@logiciskey7]

That is awful 😢

[@Mehki227]

We're black. My aunt had an affair with a white guy and have birth. She married black man. Everyone tried to tell my cousin that this man was his father when physically, everyone could see he wasn't. He looked white. We could all see how messed up it all was and the stepfather was particularly strict with him while indulging his biological son. Finally, later his wife found his father's family. The dad was dead, but the family invited his wife and him to visit and he met his uncles and cousins and finally he was at ease. No idea why people tell these kinds of lies. The kid knows. Everyone knows. You just can't keep those secrets. It's actually cruel. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@user-wj5co6xb4x]

Yes it's cruel very cruel - we are entitled to know who we are

[@clairecolvin6020]

I have a half brother who was to a insanely slightly different story. After the dad died the sisters took him aside and told him, the truth His mom was pregnant and ended up marrying our dad. Everyone said she favored the mom. Carried our dad's name. Then another brother came looked just like our dad. At 40, they told him. Their mom, our dad got divorced [I know my mom knew the truth.] The sisters were from the next man she married, turned out, was his biological father. Yet no one told him. The mom had passed earlier in life. I really believe, they should have told him the truth.

[@user-gs2zl6zb8q]

As a communications engineer for satellite comm, Wifi is Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS). GPS is also DSSS. DSSS methods are highly mathematical, and were invented by a PhD in Electrical Engineering. I am a PhD in Electrical Engineering and worked in both DSSS (GPS) and Frequency Hoping Spread Spectrum for satellite communications. Hedy's invention is Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FHSS. It is brilliant. I love Hedy.

[@raylopez99]

I recall some other spread spectrum patents were kept secret by the US government for a while...I once had the occasion to review the patent application file of one of them after they were declassified. As I recall from memory, the WWII Germans first came up with a form of Spread Spectrum (I almost wrote SS which would have been confused with the Nazi party) using rotating disks. Fascinating stuff and why you can get a signal from WiFi SMS text despite a signal-to-noise ratio of 1000:1 (60 dB). And as you say Lemarr was a pioneer co-inventor for frequency hopping SS as opposed to Time Division SS. Sadly, like most pioneer inventors, she got nothing for it financially except fame (a study by the Columbia economist William Nordhas found that pioneer inventors typically get less than 5% of the market value of their pioneer inventions).

[@andrewmiller4885]

Beauty and brains, a rare combination. Looks like Miss Lamar had them both ,... in spades.

[@TAMIKKOBEASTY]

I received an undergraduate degree in Geospatial Intelligence and have also invented AI technology used in social media platforms. She has highly influenced every aspect of my life. Nobody but inside circles know the inventions I am responsible for... because my entire life was hidden by commercial dance and modeling. I use her as a reference for all of my final papers and case studies. She is legendary. The Strauss Howe Theory predicts that roughly every 80 years there is a great paradigm shift that happens between technology and pop culture. From her introduction of Frequency Hopping to my first AI donation to DARPA...it's literally...80 years. ❤. One day it will be commercialized. 🏆.

[@jegsthewegs]

Yes, but that's old news isn't it, about old Hedwig🤣

[@l.b.3148]

​@@melianna999really? That is your take away? 😒

[@heliotropezzz333]

Sometimes in her younger days she looks rather like Vivien Leigh and when older a bit like Elizabeth Taylor.

[@bluecolor1600]

Nah, she always looked like herself, overrated Lamarr!!

[@heliotropezzz333]

@@bluecolor1600 Overrated in what respect, looks?

[@johnlang1933]

Look up pix of Joan Bennett…

[@heliotropezzz333]

@@johnlang1933 They look so similar. They both look great. I wouldn't be nitpicking about looks like that, and Hedy had brains though I understand that some men don't like women with brains.

[@esmeaddisonauthor]

I was just thinking that. The Vivienne Lee look was very strong.

[@bellyarty]

Her poor children. Especially the first one. What awful deceit.

[@tommoncrieff1154]

They were very different times, especially for women. Illegitimacy would have damaged the boy’s life and summarily ended his mother’s career, and may have also terminated Loder’s. Obviously something went very wrong, but at one point she did get them all three back together and made a family, if only for a moment. It sounds like they were all estranged by the deception to the outer, judgemental world. It was not uncommon. Loretta Young got pregnant by Cary Grant and appeared later with an adopted daughter. Most gave the children up or had risky terminations.

[@kanderson-oo7us]

If you read the comments, there was no deceit - it was the practice to put adoptive parent's names on birth certificates, and DNA proved that James wasn't biologically related to Hedy.

[@rrj3110]

So quick to judge! This is a very small account of her life. We’ll never really know why she had to make that decision. This actually happened more than people realize around that time for many different reasons. Her son holds no ill will towards her and they reconciled before she passed away. He’s been very well taken care of. There are so many things in life that aren’t always understandable. This was a highly complex and beautiful woman, highly sought after and basically invented wifi among other things that weren’t mentioned. May she rest in peace ❤️

[@justtired123]

​@@rrj3110where did you get the info they reconciled? I have never read that. I was also under the impression he was left out of the will

[@diane4537]

@@justtired123 I read Hedy didn't have much money?

[@Tucholsky59]

She lived nearly her whole life in the USA. But when you listen to an interview with Austrian reporters, she still spoke the soft, typical Viennese dialect, without any american accent. Thank you for the very interesting documentation, greetings from Vienna.

[@alexisfrancis8562]

She was Jewish.

[@melianna999]

Ladies name Hadwig are very intelligent. Seems not many these days have this name.

[@Tucholsky59]

@@melianna999 Hedwig was a quite popular name in the German speaking countries between 18 - 19. century. Today nobody names his baby Hedwig. And yes, Hedy Lamarr had a brilliant mind.

[@melianna999]

@@Tucholsky59 Hedwig was also popular in my european country since King Jadwiga. /Yes, she was King in 14 century/ In 1930's this name was very, very popular. Unfortunately not very popular in recent years. Personally I love this name.

[@Tucholsky59]

@@melianna999 I just googled and found the history of Hedwig from Poland (Hedwig from Anjou). youtube enlarges my knowledge 🙂

[@catherinecarella2928]

Her 2nd son did an interview. He said it was always about her. I don't think there was much of an emotional connection from her to her children. You can view this interview on KZbin

[@sarahalbers5555]

Thanks for that. Sounds very interesting.

[@harrymills2770]

Ben Franklin was likewise disengaged from his family. Renaissance man, mover and shaker in the world and history. Just nothing left for family. This happens with people who do great things. Ideally, they marry a great support person.

[@albertmarnell9976]

@@harrymills2770 I remember Ben Franklin very well and used to like him until I found out what you just wrote. So he married a whore! Marriages are SICK!!! What was so great about what he did? Did he cure cancer or stop a war? I'm so sick of show people. My mother used to call them circus freaks.

[@theresamay9481]

Same thing with Barbara Stanwyck and Mary Pickford. Must be an occupational hazard

[@ElizabethRussell144]

What good is beauty or brains if you're a narcissist?

[@billmalone5050]

Human beings are such flawed, imperfect and incredibly complex creatures.

[@jenningscunningham642]

Treating a child like that is a little more than flawed

[@tracy5721]

And sometimes just plain evil.

[@smythharris2635]

The great writers of the past have already explained this.😅

[@sharonpollock9543]

That we are ❤

[@diane4537]

You don't have to be a creep! Straighten out!

[@tarey05]

Across the spectrum, Hedy Lamarr greatly resembled Vivien Leigh and Elizabeth Taylor in her youth and Natalie Wood as she grew older. Her childhood trauma was overwhelming, as her relationship with her mother was very cold, uncommunicative, rigid, and based on jealousy. This may account for her crises as a mother herself.

[@MadonnaGrogan]

Agree did what was done to her, sad

[@fannyissac7398]

This is not true, I ended up being the exact opposite of what my mom was....you can choose to be what you want, what your conscience tells you. Just because you grew up in Hell doesn't ever stop you from creating Heaven for your children

[@AnnaMarianne]

​@@fannyissac7398Sure, but if your childhood causes you to develope a personality disorder, well, you're going to have that peraonality disorder for the rest of your life. A good therapist might help you live with it and guard your behaviour, but the problem still stays. It's like a tree that has grown crooked - it will never straighten up again, even if the conditions change.

[@afquan9211]

I love Hedy Lamarr for her comment about how to look glamourous: "Stand still and look stupid." This is a woman with a wicked sense of humor and intelligence.

[@bluewren2]

That would probably work if you looked like Hedy Lamarr?

[@afquan9211]

@@bluewren2 God yes. Extraordinary face and figure. There's a photo of her with her favorite jewels--a strand of pearls--and it's breathtaking. One book said that "strong men would swoon when Hedy Lamarr walked by." For sure!

[@carolnahigian9518]

love her: Genius!! helped WIN WW2...

[@afquan9211]

@@carolnahigian9518 Isn't it wonderful that she combined such a high degree of beauty AND brains? Her frequency hopping invention was maybe 20 years ahead of its time and then helped make WiFi and cell phones possible.

[@wendytravis6427]

I can’t love anything about a woman who would treat a child the way she treated her eldest.

[@tracyh.8611]

How could someone so smart and talented choose so poorly when choosing husbands?

[@JustMe-uu3bh]

when you feel bad about yourself or feel unworthy.........that's what happens. or you see the inequality of your own parent's relationship and repeat it. all the same............feeling bad about yourself......

[@johnlang1933]

…”lucky at cards…”

[@Echo-tk8pz]

@@johnlang1933Perhaps, that type of man was what was available at that time, in her social circle.😊

[@helenstillman-dk7jm]

Was paid2 marryin an arms dealer is a gd way2 b privy2certain stuff

[@changeintheair9648]

@@JustMe-uu3bh Also film studios would push people together.

[@gregparrott]

Very brief but tastefully constructed biography of an exceptional woman. The discovery about her 'adopted' son was a shocker.

[@caroliner2029]

How could Hedy have been such a genius in some ways, but so obtuse and cruel regarding her precious son James, who was born out of wedlock and lied to his whole life, AND made to feel rejected and unloved? She cared about children overseas, but not her own sweet little boy? I don't understand it. The loving bond we (can) have with our children, and the deep joy we experience with them in our lives, is one of the Lord God's greatest gifts to us. There are few joys in life to equal it.

[@therockbottom5256]

Maybe he stood as a reminder of her misdeeds, and having failed early on in his life, felt even more irrecoverable shame.

[@saturnslipper]

She had all the signs of being completely selfish (a narcissist). One sign: They give their affection quickly, and withdraw it just as fast for the smallest misdeed, often cutting off people permanently. I know this mental disorder well...my mother and sister were both narcissists. 😢

[@thuneeby2092]

@@saturnslipperI came here to say this. Screams Narcissist to me

[@MaternalUnit]

@caroliner2029. Beautifully said. Now I've teared up for James! I hope he had a happy life as an adult. I'm grateful myself to have had a mostly ordinary life with my husband and daughters and now first grandchild. They mean far more than celebrity ever could.

[@elizabethf8078]

Pretty doesn't matter. .She always made my skin crawl.

[@moonlightdancer5495]

She was such a beauty with brains

[@annamossity8879]

Sadly, it sounds like a wounded heart.

[@diane4537]

@@annamossity8879 Sadly, Hedy ended up mostly alone. Very sad.

[@BeeDee05]

Unforgivable treatment of her son James. He grew up without connections to his siblings. Never mentioned in his mother's will. He hurt her feelings? He was only a child. Hedy Lamarr, a beauty that was only skin deep.

[@someone3187]

Another commenter mentioned that the son did a DNA test and in the end it was revealed that he wasn't her biological son. So, this is a bit confusing.

[@BeeDee05]

@someone3187 Whether a child is biological or an adopted child, they are still your child. Imagine the hurt he must have felt.

[@bellabunnell3174]

​@@BeeDee05you have nothing to substantiate your assertions.

[@maryc.dalton1284]

Kids suffer from broken marriages, indifferent parents. The state of our society should be evidence enough.

[@BeeDee05]

@bellabunnell3174 Since watching the video, I have been reading up on this subject. I stand by my comments. A parent is an adult, a child is child.

[@susanc4622]

It seems that Hollywood celebrities have always been pretty mucked up.

[@pohjanakka4992]

That career, and the place, certainly seems to attract a certain type. And then surviving in that place further seems to favor people who either already have or can develop qualities that fit that "certain type". Self centered, willing to do whatever is needed to get what they want, a big part of which seems to be being the center of attention. It's not a healthy type of culture. Before they though at least tended to pretend being more normal, these days it's more like they are trying to make the rest of the world accept their culture as the normal one. And a lot of them these days seem to be raised into it. Have you checked how many of the current movie stars are from families who already were in one way or another connected to that industry?

[@gwae48]

Could double for Vivien Leigh.

[@patkern185]

I see a young Elizabeth Taylor, too. What a handful those three would have been! 😮😊

[@sarahalbers5555]

I think she has a number of different looks. I can see a Vivien Leigh and Liz Taylor for sure. And the dreaded mistake of plastic surgery.

[@caraqueno]

And, a dead ringer for Joan Bennett, who was married to Gene Markey before he married Hedy Lamarr.

[@bluecolor1600]

In your dreams maybe! Vivien is in a league of her own! Lamarr is very overrated!!🙈👎

[@brittalbach416]

Vivien Leigh was a $corpio too and so was Gene Tierney who I also thought resembled Hedy. And Elizabeth Taylor was born with moon in scorpio. This astrological sign is famous for being sultry, secretive and persistent, meaning they dont like to give in to the power of others. Of course every person is influenced by other planets too

[@KevinSanderson]

Some Tabloid Stuff - James' birth certificate was the standard issue with the legal parents listed. Adopted children's birth parents are not listed on certificates from privacy rules and to protect the child. James didn't know that. And seemingly, too, the tabloid press who spread the misinformation. James was adopted, he was born in Los Angeles the weekend Hedy and Gene Markey were married at a palace in Mexico. That marriage was in the New York Times. There were no photos of a pregnant Hedy until 1945 when she was very pregnant with Denise. Later DNA tests proved he was not biologically related to Hedy and John Loder according to sister Denise Loder answering a question in a video here on KZbin. James left of his own will out of his extreme jealousy about his baby sister and brother, to live with a teacher's family in Redondo Beach until he was 18. After his few years of being a troublemaker kid (he was prevented from living at the military boarding school after some trouble he caused), Hedy supported James' education for many years and gave him a trust fund with real estate investments. She tried to stop his leaving but resigned herself that was the only way he'd be happy. He later was in trouble as a police officer in Omaha in 1969 allegedly shooting, without warning, a teen African American girl in the back of the head followed by riots but was set free by a jury in a case disputed by many. He also had falsifying an arrest on his record when he was a security guard in 2000. He died last year at 84 according to a memorial posted by a daughter.

[@iwasanangryyoungman]

I am not surprised. With a mother like that, James couldn’t obviously have become a doctor, lawyer or accountant

[@robbpowell194]

😶

[@rhondasisco-cleveland2665]

Wow

[@robinfitz9508]

Thank you, Kevin. Good to know👍

[@KevinSanderson]

@@robinfitz9508 You're welcome

[@deadwalking100]

Thank you, very interesting. Especially her inventions which were eventually used.

[@Daria_Morgandorfer.]

My cousin was an actress in the 40s and knew Ms.lamar they worked the Hollywood cantine together and did spreads in magazines together..in 44 ..lamar was a pinup along with my cousin Linda Darnell.. and they were both voted most beautiful women in the states by life pretty cool..i think they're both pretty ..😊i was born after my cousin passed but learned about her from my grandpa and his dad...lamar was lucky to escape Germany when she did heddy was Jewish and good for her helping her family and the Ally war effort

[@renb6133]

Your cousin, Linda, was very beautiful & a really good actress. It was incredibly sad how she passed in that house fire. That’s a family lineage to be proud of & she also seemed to be a very nice lady.

[@melianna999]

Linda Darnell had some Cherokee ancestry trough her mother.

[@jamesorkathleenmckee7566]

Hedy's ancestors may have been Jewish, but she was baptized and raised Catholic.

[@user-gs2zl6zb8q]

Actually, Hedy said herself she was not Jewish, but was branded as such. Her features are very delicate.

[@esau5530]

It’s a shame you missed out on knowing your cousin personally, I love her movies.

[@williamandrews4251]

Maybe not so dark,just fragility and humanity.

[@nickelliott1174]

They left all the dark stuff out. Read up on her, it's not good.

[@maxinebaskerville6020]

She was brilliant and used terribly in her lifetime. She should have been a tremendously wealthy woman from what the military STOLE from her. Couldn't possibly give a Woman credit for something that spectacular. SO Damn typical....

[@katherinefitzpatrick446]

She was also a scientist who greatly assisted the Allies. She helped the US Navy to frequency hop to circumvent the German jamming of Allied torpedoes.

[@FaeQueenXII]

This narrator is my favorite one for this channel, his cadence gives the stories a really great feeling. I didn't know anything about any of these people but he makes me want to stay and learn.

[@Rendosian]

It’s reported that he was in fact not her biological son. There are conflicting reports that he did a DNA test and found out he was not hers.

[@albertmarnell9976]

My godbrother was adopted and and was left half the estate along with his non-bloodline sister when the parents died. Their mother was the president of an adoption agency. She understood children fairly well but was homophobic which turned me off at times. Born in 1920, most of the generation older than I was really F-d up. For her time, I loved her but even the elite of most of the generation of most of the 20th century was really F-d in the head!

[@xen7219]

Finally someone said it! I was confused when the creator didn't mention it in the video.

[@quiltgal5444]

He says it at 7:48

[@chas.5009]

Did you hear about the blonde who just found out she was pregnant with twins?? She said doc, are you sure they're mine.. 😅

[@carolmcln5028]

@@xen7219he says she adopted him around the time when she was getting married to her Hollywood husband (#2?).

[@casame]

I heard she was known as one of the most beautiful women in the world, and, judging by this film she was absolutely gorgeous!

[@feleciamorris3197]

No one person can satisfy that description...she, in fact, in that classification of most beautiful among beauties.

[@melianna999]

But...Robert Taylor was called by Film Magazine more beautiful than Hedy Lamarr.

[@francesswenson1763]

O😅

[@JaimeTaylor-lf1dd]

I don't see it, pretty at best to average

[@kirstenkim5011]

​@@JaimeTaylor-lf1ddme too , she's not all that

[@tamra8485]

According to Wikipedia, even though he found documentation that he was their out of wedlock son, a later DNA test proved he was not biologically related. So what happened? Was there a son born out of wedlock? Did they adopt the wrong child? What is the real story here?

[@evelynzlon9492]

The DNA results were probably falsified because she was Hedy Lamarr.

[@Violetbunnyfish]

Someone else said that it was customary for the adoptive parents' names to be on the birth certificate, not the kid's biological parents, so he was not actually her biological son.

[@tinabeard582]

That is true now. When I was adopted, my birth certificate was changed.

[@tamra8485]

@@tinabeard582 thanks for this, that is a logical explanation.

[@annewelch-uk1of]

If not for WiFi, we wouldn't have cell phones. Too bad she never had the patent in her name. The Hollywood men controlled so much back then.

[@ria1636]

It was patented in her name which is mentioned and shown in the video.

[@melianna999]

Can you imagine life without cell phone?

[@vickiepaul8258]

Men period controlled everything back then, those were very different times. If he wasn't head over hills for you, you might be in trouble. 😢

[@nancyvillines4552]

Mel Brooks was trying to get permission to use her name in Blazing Saddles. She held out and finally said, $1,000,000. He said pay whatever she wants. 😊

[@TheNester.]

"It's Hedley!" 😂

[@nancyvillines4552]

@@TheNester. 😂😂 😂 Good one.

[@sarahalbers5555]

What a great line! Love, love, love that movie.​@@TheNester.

[@TheNester.]

Actually @nancyvillines4552 she originally sued Mel Brooks for $10 Million but settled for $100,000 out of court

[@johninlasvegas]

Mel would never willingly offer $1M 😂

[@rogersmith4834]

Hedy & George did achieve their inventions, but controversy continues about them coming first or with what success. Whatever stories prevail today, due to inept management, they failed to get patents, and never saw any true reward. Aside from this, it was often repeated that when Hedy walked into great venues filled with people, entire rooms fell silent, the guests stunned by the presence of her beauty.

[@5Gburn]

Hddy Lamarr and George Anthiels did, in fact, receive a patent for FHSS ("Secret Communication System," US patent 2,292,387A). The patent expired in 1959. It is true that she never received compensation for the invention--she and Antheil donated the patent to the US Navy.

[@user-gs2zl6zb8q]

It is jaw dropping beauty. Her patent is quite good, even more so given a she had no formal training in engineering. I've read her patent, appreciate her cleverness, and actually worked on the FIRST frequency hopping spread spectrum system realized for Milstar satellite communications.

[@cisio64123]

Lana Turner said in her memoir Ciro's nightclub was made for entrances and the most memorable entrance for her was her Ziegfeld Girl co star Hedy Lamarr. She said she was at the popular nightspot when Hedy at the height of her beauty walked in looking like a goddess with that beautiful face framed by thick wavy black hair , a cape draped around her from chin to toe and a fabulous solitaire diamond attached to the middle of her hairline on her forehead. Lana said she was enough to make strong men faint. She later discovered the secret that Hedy's hairdresser secured that very real diamond to her forehead with very fine black wire that was woven into her hair and the diamond secured to the wire in the middle of her forehead with glue.

[@roberttreasure1986]

There are plenty of photos of her and she is attractive, but only goddesses carry such prestige, and she was no goddess.

[@user-xr5sv6ug2d]

The woman did what she could consider the quick twists and turns; but “disfigured” she never was!

[@Dancestar1981]

She was an engineering genius too

[@user-fb5hv2mi9y]

It was Tesla's invention. She stole it.

[@christinaheagy4602]

​@@user-fb5hv2mi9y I thought Edison stole Tesla's inventions???

[@user-dr4mv9wm9r]

She died in Altamonte Springs Florida.. about 22 years ago

[@michaelle8384]

I live 20 minute from altamonte spring

[@user-dr4mv9wm9r]

@@melianna999 gee thanks Mr corrector

[@cristinesaunders2428]

She was so beautiful. I remember Johnny Depps song he played with the late Jeff Beck, called "Hedy Lamarr." It's quite a good song.

[@Gullvivas]

[@kristykewl69]

I love that song.

[@SuperATVC]

He's gross. Can't enjoy anything with him in it anymore.

[@p0llenp0ny]

​@@SuperATVCBecause...

[@luluspeers3110]

Epstein flight logs ​@@p0llenp0ny

[@JAG119]

You do realize that this is mixing up movie scenes of Hedy and Vivian Leigh as Hedy? Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable GWTW scenes were not Hedy. They did resemble each other though - both beautiful.

[@kathywright6853]

Lamar was in a movie with Gable

[@cehaver]

I just feel bad for her. She did so much. She was pressured to be a mother. I’m also sorry for her adoptive son, but holy hell did she go through the worst of anything I can imagine. Poor kid, poor Hedy. This is just horrible.

[@Foxie770]

She wasn’t pressured to be a mother. Women are born to be mothers. She was self possessed and narcissistic and obsessed with being a beautiful star instead of a wife and mom.

[@JuhiSRK]

She lived in Altamonte Springs, FL (near Orlando) for a time. She got arrested for shop lifting "personal care" items in 1991 . I thought it was sad. At least the judge took pity on her.

[@laurinnnn]

She was quite old at the time it was a package of underwear. She took one pair out and went in the bathroom to change them because she had wet her pants, and she had them in her purse and forgot. She had her assistant with her and she said that Heddy totally forgot. I think the drugstore wanted to create something they could’ve easily let her go. I believe it was Alberts /CVS. I live here in Orlando and was here at the time that it happened. It was shameful to do that to her. PS she was living in Casselberry, Florida, close to Altamonte

[@FoundSheep-AN]

Wow That shows that world’ s glory and success and beauty is all fleeting … like dust… only God remains

[@clairelivefreeordie2551]

​@laurinnnn from what you described, the police didn't have to make thst public knowledge...almost like they were intentionally trying to shame her which is quite cold considering her age + no prior record.

[@jamesredman1263]

​@@clairelivefreeordie2551- once in a police report it becomes public record.

[@Mehki227]

​@@FoundSheep-ANit doesn't exist, but yeah youth and beauty are fleeting.

[@billstory8034]

An interesting story well presented.

[@williamandrews4251]

Definitely a beautiful dark angel.

[@lindabrennan4455]

She was absolutely gorgeous but it seems like she had a miserable life and she was cruel to her eldest son. 😢

[@dianawatton7570]

Surely she had her reasons for abandoning her son or whatever it is she was accused of doing.

[@skatefan9495]

@@dianawatton7570 What reason could there be? He was only 10 or 11. It's actually illegal to abandon a child.

[@KevinSanderson]

@@skatefan9495 Hedy did not abandon him. This is a poorly researched sensationalized video. James was a wonderful baby and Hedy fought to keep him when Gene Markey cheated on her and they divorced. The Children's Society wanted him back but Hedy fought them and won. After Hedy marriied John Loder, he enrolled him in Chadwick's a military boarding school and then James changed and turned into a troublemaker and that continued for the next 4 or 5 years according to Hedy's long time chauffeur. Early on when he was about 8 he caused trouble at the school, and Chadwick's would no longer allow him to live there at night and the weekends. He later decided he wanted to live with his teacher and her husband, a coach, and they taught his old friends from when he got in trouble. Hedy fought it but James wouldn't let up. He was 12 by then and Hedy thought he'd be happier. She talked with him and James said it was his choice to leave, he was jealous of young Denise and her little baby brother Anthony. So he moved in with his teacher's family in Redondo Beach. Hedy continued to pay for his education for years, set up a trust fund, and made some good real estate investments for James. He was sure not abandoned. He long benefited from her high dollar MGM years. He stayed with his teacher's family, went on trips with them, and he eventually left them at 18 and joined the Air Force. He went from the Air Force into police work in the midwest and wound up in Omaha. He responded to a call in 1969 and the kids ran. Without giving warning he allegedly shot a teen African American girl in the back of the head. His partner had to wrestle him to the ground to get his gun away. There were riots following. There was a white jury who set him free but the case is still debated in Omaha. In 2000 he was working as a security guard at a casino and he was charged with filing a false report which stayed on his record. He passed away recently at about age 84.

[@Solitude11-11]

@@skatefan9495Do some reading on the situation, it’s not exactly how it is briefly depicted here.

[@priskruger314]

​@@skatefan9495 please read a few comments up about the issues w adopted kids. Normally ofc you r right and heard that her other kids complained about her as well. But apparently he became a crook cop among other bad things.

[@dmcgill9360]

Great narrating. Enjoyed this 😊

[@hanselpollack4075]

Perhaps, you thought it uninteresting, but when Hedy Lamar was in her later fifties, she was arrested for shoplifting at, of all pedestrian places, May Co., now Macy’s.

[@betinablueyes]

I don't know, and don't care. If you can't prove it, don't say it!

[@robiny.4395]

LOL! I worked plain clothes security in Beverly Hills at Robinsons, later Robinsons-May Co. I was stunned how many people we would arrest who were famous or were married to famous people, because they were bored.

[@schoomzer]

The last years of her life were the most tragic. She lived by herself in northern Florida, and she was in poor mental and physical health. She wandered the streets aimlessly and had dementia.

[@betinablueyes]

@@schoomzer that is so 😔 sad

[@truther001]

@@schoomzer Typical of many who had been used up and thrown to the curb by Hollywood.

[@Blgenx]

👑MH I feel your rawness. Thanks so much for sharing. 25k coming soon 🎊 🤞🏼

[@shirleydelehanty3466]

Girls usually are attracted to men that remind them of their fathers. Interesting to know what kind of man her father was. If there was a cold distant relationship, it made sense that she kept on trying to get love from a surrogate that she never got from the real thing. If you haven't ever known love, you can't give it.

[@tarey05]

She had a close, loving relationship with her father. Her mother was very cold, distant and jealous.

[@autodidact537]

She was also known as: "The woman with the perfect face."

[@markstevenson8209]

What a tragic life she lived, every man she married was the wrong man 6 times in a row. It seems every time you hear about the personal life of these famous movie stars it is always tragic and sad.

[@melianna999]

She loved herself only and sometimes ...a new man for a while.

[@number62]

Or was she the wrong woman? Math says yes.

[@tommcfadden5232]

She was common denominator in her six marriages. It’s more likely that she was the problem and they were the ones who chose poorly.

[@AnnaMarianne]

Sounds like she was the problem. Everything I learn suggests she had some kind of cluster b personality disorder, created by her loveless childhood.

[@user-oy1fj6vq8f]

Wonderful channel! Great narration and information!

[@ckaydw]

Very good information video. I really liked it. ❤

[@elisabethmoser4195]

Great story. You have a soothing voice...easy to listen to😊

[@marksstudio]

Is everybody that naive to think that a genius woman growing up in those turbulent times, having to prove herself at every turn would be perfect? And then she discovers ground breaking tech that is literally the basis for everything we use today? Have some compassion for a woman that would leave 95% of us in the technological dust. Really man. Anybody here perfect, without sin? I think not, and I'll be the first to admit it.

[@moebanshee]

Well said

[@carbine5378]

What’s that got to do with her mothering skills?

[@marksstudio]

@@carbine5378 Everything. You don't see that?

[@catcat9582]

If she can mother the other two just fine she could have done the same w her 1st

[@marksstudio]

@@catcat9582 You sure of that? Without knowing anything other that the short?

[@jwalt8019]

Wow! These Golden age Hollywood actors/actresses married and divorced like they were changing their underwear. Geesh!

[@FayeKramer-rl9xz]

So do Angelina Jolie and the Kardashians.

[@ey67]

What underwear?

[@debraperkins4448]

😅😂​@@ey67😂😅

[@laylatang6081]

My God. Sure, she married some real losers, I’ll give you that. But it’s clear that one, she was dealing with some pretty extreme trauma that affected her mental health, and two, some of those men were absolutely horrible psychopaths. Should she have stayed and gotten murdered?

[@melianna999]

Like dogs.

[@mslady1592]

Strong, powerful women seemingly have a difficult time finding men to love them and accommodate their aspirations of true love

[@MelodieKate]

Mostly because men do not suffer brilliance and beauty in women - it makes them insecure.

[@user-fb5hv2mi9y]

They all seem to have unreasonable expectations of others and over-inflated opinions of themselves, like most celebrities. Everybody look at me!!!

[@mslady1592]

@@user-fb5hv2mi9y There's delusional and then there's the women I'm referring to who are who they are in their element and unfortunately miss the fact that their expectations of the men they fancy to be worthy of them and their expectations to simply accommodate their wants and needs to love and be loved is the delusion unless they find a real one who is solid and the exception to the rule

[@roberttreasure1986]

Back then, strong men played the provider role, and would not know what to do and lose their sense of purpose, if that was not needed.

[@mslady1592]

@@roberttreasure1986 strong women don't take away from strong men that's the misconception. In fact the right man makes a strong woman comfortable in her femininity and out of respect for him appreciates him being dominant and taking the lead and embracing him doing his manly things. Some men actually like the masculine tendencies of their women and wouldn't allow it to emasculate him or take away from him or his purpose because he's solid within himself and their relationship

[@susanwilliams1575]

I had never heard of her until Johnny Depp wrote a song about her. She was strikingly beautiful. Sometimes, it’s a curse to be so beautiful; especially in a time when women were expected to be silent. Thank you for putting the history of her out for others to hear about.

[@RachelleRoman-yg4xk]

❤

[@kathywright6853]

She was in several very good old movies,if you get TCM you will see them sometime

[@charlieconnelly5514]

Excellent 👍

[@marionavellaneda7547]

Interesante video. Ignoraba esa historia. Muchas gracias por la información.

[@JaniceVineyard-kf6wm]

She was so graceful and beautiful on screen, personal relationships so transient maybe part of her early life?

[@williamandrews4251]

Great video lots of great information.

[@susanstancliff2937]

Thank you!❤

[@nickelliott1174]

She sued them after the movie Blazing Saddles came out, but only got a very small settlement.

[@CJG-bk4bk]

Great videos.

[@wyheadintx]

I went to Jr. High with Hedy’s daughter Denise, when Hedy was married to Houston oilman Howard Lee. Denise seemed nice but we assumed she must be “fast” because her boyfriend had a {Gasp!} tattoo! (This was the 50s).

[@asturiasceltic3183]

Heeheee. I thought tattoos were scandalous even in the mid 80s. I can't imagine in the wholesome 1950s

[@johngalt97]

Hedy Lamarr in 'Come Live with Me', co-starring with a young James Stewart, is absolutely gorgeous. She didn't seem to be able to do much with her hair, but her face was second to none.

[@capoislamort100]

I remember her in Samson and Delilah 1949, also a very intelligent woman. It’s sad what happened to her towards the end!

[@capoislamort100]

@@bluewren2 did you also know that she was an inventor? She contributed a lot to aviation.

[@ninamoores]

Terrible film .Samson with a strong American accent

[@diane4537]

@@ninamoores The film was decent. I enjoyed it.

[@dkirk5814]

Intriguing story, wonderfully narrated.

[@chrisstrawn4108]

I've always wondered about the "radio controlled torpedo" idea. Radio waves travel VERY poorly through water which is why torpedoes of this era were either non-guided or acoustic homing. Frequency hopping however would be very useful for airborne nighttime navigation aids which were then just coming out. (The "world's most beautiful woman" was certainly well-earned. Hedy buries Marilyn Monroe!)

[@ameliab1298]

I’ve always thought she was absolutely stunning just like my favorite, Vivien Leigh, and I heard about her invention. It is so sad she went from man to man and didn’t give her children that attention. It’s a very lonely and empty way to live. Thanks for the story.

[@ericgugi8912]

That's Hedley..

[@gypsygirl9]

Hedwig is a commong german name

[@ericgugi8912]

@@gypsygirl9 I actually knew that.. but no idea why I DID THANKS

[@Cobbmtngirl]

Wow, I didn’t know she was an inventor. Sure couldn’t pick a decent husband. Sad she never told her son the truth about his parentage.

[@maggipetty7047]

I can only imagine how difficult it was for an intelligent, beautiful woman to find a man that would appreciate her many talents.

[@kimberlygilliam6112]

Based on how she treated her first son, I wouldn't be so quick to assume all the blame was on the husbands. Also, she chose these men, again and again. You can be booksmart and dumb about love and relationships.

[@melianna999]

@@kimberlygilliam6112 She was cold woman.

[@KevinSanderson]

​@@kimberlygilliam6112 Hedy had her issues with men (none matched up to the memory of her late father) but she was reportedly wonderful to the adopted son James when he was young and he said so in interviews. His younger sister and brother loved their mother but were typical rich kids. Hedy told a friend she was afraid she hadn't warned them enough about the harder times after MGM. The problems with James all started after he started going to Military schools and Chadwick's kicked him out for his behavior. He became a trouble maker for about 4 or 5 years according to the chauffeur. Then he took a liking to his teacher and her coach husband. If he lived with them he could be with his old friends where they taught. Hedy was against it but James went on about it and finally Hedy gave in. It was his decision to move in with his teacher's family as he had become jealous of his little sister Denise and baby brother Anthony. Hedy continued to pay for his education until he went into the Air Force. He went on trips with his teacher and her family overseas. Hedy set up a trust fund for James and gave him real estate investments. Sadly the people who actually knew them are gone and you have tabloid reporters and worse filling in nonsense. Denise and her late brother Tony didn't know the details but bits and pieces. Hedy had been hurt by James rejection of her. She had fought for him after the split with cheater Gene Markey when the Children's Society wanted James back after the divorce. You have to do a lot of digging to find out what went on. Sadly her longtime friend Patrick Agan didn't get his promising bio of Hedy published before he passed. He was going to get things cleared up. There are a couple articles of his online where he straightens out some things and corrects stuff from her ghost written auto-biography from the late 60s. The producers and narrator of this video should correct the bad attitudes and mistakes.

[@maryleung1425]

​@@kimberlygilliam6112Hedy was 17 years old in her first movie ...and the director was aperv....plus she was married at 18 ...when u were that age ...how mature were you at that age ...yes Hedy did some questionable things ...but her choice in men clearly wasn't good ...she really didn't have good role models of how a husband should treat a wife ...chose the same type of man over and over ...so I wonder how she got along with her father ...they say daughters marry men that have traits like their father ....

[@pianoreigns]

You're not going to find a decent man in that world

[@WhirledPublishing]

Awesome summary of her life.

[@judyrosey]

SO well done

[@douglasturner6153]

That's similar to what Loretta Young did. Had a daughter secretly by Clark Gable. Then after 2 months "Adopted" her.

[@TheNester.]

Her daughter was 19 months old when Loretta adopted her. In Hedy's case that son was NOT her biological son, DNA later done proved that.

[@sarahalbers5555]

That happened more than once. Merle Oberon did the same thing.

[@squarebear619]

Was *sxlly assaulted by Clark Gable. Fixed that for you.

[@betinablueyes]

Times were different then. She would have been crucified

[@lauramcgowan3740]

These stars used children as props (like pets ?)

[@truecynic1270]

Wow, this woman had, and was, EVERYTHING. Beauty and brains.

[@changeintheair9648]

But messed up. Whether biologically or result of Hollyweird.

[@nannem9716]

I have been a huge Hedy Lamarr fan since my childhood. I still am. However, no person "has EVERYTHING" or can be "EVERYTHING". She was a flawed human just like everyone else. In fact, maybe a lot more so than most people. It's also interesting that you define "EVERYTHING" as "beauty and brains" with no mention of heart or soul.

[@hairyape3935]

No heart

[@truecynic1270]

@@nannem9716 Well.........alright...........I should reword my comment........She had what I do not have - beauty and brains....and 'everything else." Thank you for correcting my written intent...And YES, I didn't include heart and soul because YOU'RE RIGHT ! I made an important error!!!!

[@truecynic1270]

@@hairyape3935 Yes, apparently so , SO I stand corrected - my mistake.

[@loricourtland8909]

Love your channel and your videos❤

[@Factinate]

You are so kind

[@user-sp1bt8sx1o]

But they all the same dynamics !

[@loricourtland8909]

'eake

[@ExploreStarZone268]

She is truly beautiful! Mark and Pam's story is like a breath of fresh air in the crazy world of Hollywood! It's cool to see them keeping things so real and private despite the limelight. It just goes to show that some things are more important than fame. 😊

[@shakesalegsometimes9575]

Oh yes, I did enjoy it. Thank you ☺️

[@bcsurvivor4713]

6:12 Barbara La Marr's cause of death, pulmonary tuberculosis and nephritis at age 29.

[@truenokill]

Who is barbara?

[@speakwell.840]

?​@@truenokill

[@sharonjb.y111]

She was brilliant, but should never have been a mother. Not all women are good mothers; especially the narcissistic ones.... She fell for the wrong men, because she idealized them and saw what she wanted to see. When she realised who they really were, she left them. Nonetheless, she kept making the same mistake over and over again expecting a different result. This is what happens when one does not have emotional intelligence; one hopps from one human to another, expecting others to give them what they lack themselves, only to be disapointed over and over again, because no one can give you what you lack.

[@RandomComment6]

This channel and content are extremely interesting.

[@MeganTyler-db2zq]

I highly recommend watching Stephanie Harlow’s video on Hedy. So much was left out of this story. Some of the list most fascinating details too.

[@RosieTime_]

That's Hedly!

[@GGSalve]

John Loder was a Deadbeat Dad who abandoned his biological son James. James was happily raised by a teacher and her husband. Foster parenting is fairly common and is not a monstrous tragedy for a child compared to many other situations. Those who want to demonise an accomplished woman make a big deal of it.

[@MsSlimFace]

So often we learn that superstars have skeletons in their closets, regardless of their intelligence or fame. Who are we to judge, when all we see is what the media tells us? We don't know the backstories that may have led to their seemingly sordid lives. RIP, Heddy. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world. I hope you have found peace in the arms of the angels.

[@ruthietaylor8756]

Stunning

[@voceval1]

When you examine photos of Hedy, as a child, and photos of her son James ("adopted") side-by-side their resemblance to each other is uncanny. The lips, nose and chin makes him look so much more like Hedy than her other children.

[@kanderson-oo7us]

And yet the DNA tests confirmed that he wasn't related to her biologically. It's almost as if appearances aren't proof, and people will see what they want to.

[@voceval1]

@@kanderson-oo7us That's not what's in question here. Have you done and seen the very likeness?

[@kanderson-oo7us]

@@voceval1 No, because I don't care whether their baby pictures happen to look similar when the DNA proves they aren't related. Perhaps that's what made her choose that baby in the first place, but it doesn't change the story.

[@kanderson-oo7us]

@@voceval1 You putting adopted in quotation marks demonstrates your agenda to promote a false narrative.

[@voceval1]

@@kanderson-oo7us No one is disproving anything and a promoting a false narrative. Bloody hell Mary. If you "don't care whether the baby pictures happen to look similar" go jump on another thread, move on and be gone with you.

[@cedartrees131]

It sounds like, against all odds, Hedy Lamarr was a SURVIVOR. She used every opportunity to stay alive and thrive in a man's world. Beauty and brains. Good for her.

[@bernadineward5265]

No. She was a terrible mother. Children should be loved and protected

[@lauraf4176]

She literally abandoned her child

[@gissyb1]

No she neglected and abandoned her child. Horrible unsuccessful woman

[@anonview]

​@@bernadineward5265 You can be beautiful and smart, and still be a horrible mother. Those two things aren't synonymous. Heddy was beautiful. She was also smart. She just wasn't suited to become a mother.

[@cathyyoung3285]

​@@lauraf4176oh come now. Millions of men, famous or not, abandon their kids. How many famous men have done the same? Yet she is vilified and men are not.

[@maryhelen1011]

Wowie. That’s so sad about her first son. Amazing about the wireless invention! I loved this video. Thank you! ❤

[@Tony32]

Great storytelling , I wasn't expecting the plot twist at the end.

[@A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK]

Very intelligent woman !!

[@MegaWillieo]

My Dad said that her invention was used for SONAR

[@christinadoan6251]

Fantastic!

[@stjohnbaby]

I worked with her daughter Denise,in Seattle in the 70s.Shes an artist in LA,I believe currently.

[@kellysouter4381]

Poor James.

[@danielreichert2025]

That’s amazing how her invention is applied in modern times

[@aandrus2169]

I'm very impressed with her inventions.

[@douglastarvestad186]

She was just stunning. Especially in that final scene. I first fell in love with her when I saw the Corel Draw software in the late 90's I believe. And that hair style, they don't make them like they used to.

[@justagirlsd3000]

I like this. I knew nothing about Heddy Lamar. She introduced immigrants from Vietnam to lget certificates in nails. She’s the reason why we have so many Vietnamese salons. I see them reach the American Dream.

[@carolmcln5028]

Actually, that was Tippy Hedren.

[@heythave]

Yes, it was Tippy.

[@annerohrbacker6097]

Wow!

[@alexandramunoz4551]

OMG, that's extremely cruel, what she did to her Son! 😢

[@Bagabonda]

I saw an interview with Hedy Lamarr in which she talked about her conception of frequency hopping on guided torpedoes. Her description does not fit the familiar narrative. The inspiration came from her radio, which had a dial for changing stations (frequencies). She envisioned a submarine transmitter and torpedo receiver changing frequencies simultaneously. She did not come up with a method of doing this--a musician friend of hers did. He worked with player pianos and envisioned using something like a piano roll running simultaneously on the sub and the torpedo. However, the idea was rejected by the navy. It was later on that the electrical engineering people developed the working prototype, but their solution had nothing to do with Hedy and her friend's method. She envisioned the idea, but she did not invent the technology, nor did she invent technology the led to Bluetooth or any electronic device. I was disappointed to learn this, having been long familiar with the popular narrative. This is similar to Arthur C. Clarke claiming to have invented the communications satellite. He envisioned four satellites in geosynchronous orbit relaying information to each other. He did not invent the technology that eventually made it happen. An important distinction.

[@priskruger314]

Thank you

[@deborahhanna9126]

Intellectual property is usually copyrighted. Nothing happens or gets invented without first being an idea. Now if another individual had a patent/copyright from nearly the same time showing a comparable idea that evolved, I would be more willing to believe that Lamarr's idea was just the next logical step instead of something new... But the military gaslighted her and seized the patent! There is more than room to believe it was with intention. Not wanting to pay money or see possible new tech go to the highest bidder in wartime would be motive enough. Swindling a lone woman, not the CEO of a big company, who was not military, who was not even American, who was 'Hollywood' and would not be taken seriously, would be very believable of the leadership of the time. Should we credit DaVinci with inventing the helicopter? Yes and No.

[@PattyDalmau]

I met Heddy’s handsome tall son in Lima, Peru 🇵🇪

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

she had two. ??

[@PattyDalmau]

@@KindCountsDeb3773 I don’t know, my aunt knew someone that knew her…