The brilliant mind of Hollywood legend Hedy Lamarr

The actress Hedy Lamarr captivated audiences during the 1930s and 1940s in films like "Algiers" and "Ziegfeld Girl," and became known as an iconic beauty. "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story,"...

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>> Sreenivasan: HEDY LAMARR WASONE OF THE MOST ICONIC ACTRESSESOF HER DAY, KNOWN FOR HER GREATBEAUTY AND SAID TO BE THEINSPIRATION FOR CATWOMAN ANDSNOW WHITE.BUT THERE WAS A PART OF HER LIFETHAT ALMOST NO ONE KNEW ABOUT.IT TURNS OUT, HEDY LAMARR WASALSO A BRILLIANT INVENTOR.A NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT HERLIFE OPENED WIDELY IN THEATERSACROSS THE NATION THIS WEEK ANDWILL AIR MAY 18 ON "AMERICANMASTERS" ON PBS.NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S MEGANTHOMPSON SPOKE RECENTLY TOALEXANDRA DEAN, THE DIRECTOR OF"BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARRSTORY.">> Reporter: TELL US, WHO WASHEDY LAMARR?>> HEDY LAMARR WAS A JEWISHCHILD WHO WAS BORN IN AUSTRIA INTHE SHADOW OF THE FIRST WORLDWAR.AND THEN, SHE BECAMEEXTRAORDINARI...