A beauty who also turned out to be smart and anticipated her time (9 photos)

It is believed that a woman is given to be either beautiful or (which is rare) smart.





And all the smart ones outwardly are usually gray mice that do not deserve attention. But there are exceptions, and Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler is brilliant. proved. The world enjoys the fruits of her mind to this day. And it seems so has always been.



Wartime, the invention is classified. And decades will pass before the world knows that this woman with a seductive smile and with a charming look, she was also endowed with talents in the field of physics.



Hedy was born in 1914 in the family of a Viennese banker. Mother - the actress left the stage and devoted herself to the development of her daughter, opening to her the world of beauty and, when educating, focusing on the possibility free choice.

At the same time, the girl was a typical dad's favorite. father, despite for employment, spent any free minute with Khedi, telling girl fairy tales about financial transactions. Hedwig grew up inquisitive and smart. Together with her parents, she actively traveled, explored the world, greedily absorbing its beauty. As a child, I visited most European capitals.

Formation and deception



Nature endowed the girl with amazing - some kind of unearthly appearance: porcelain skin, thick wavy hair, bottomless eyes, luxurious figure.

The girl easily entered the acting school of Max Reichardt on the course of Alexei Granovsky. The one impressed by the appearance 17-year-old student, gave her the first role in the film "Mr. O.F. The cinema was still black and white and silent, but this was the beginning of success.

But still, Khedi, in fact, was a young, inexperienced debutante. What caused an unpleasant turn in his career. In 1932 the actress was invited to a role in the film "Ecstasy". The director hid that there will be plans with nudity, which will become part of the film.

The picture nevertheless came out and produced a real scandal in society. Kiesler tried to buy the spicy movie before it was released, but she didn't I had enough money (my father had problems by that time). And the whole world I saw a naked actress on the screen. Parents, to somehow hush up scandal, hastily married off their daughter.



Friedrich Mandl was more than 10 years older. And family life he was of little interest: a man needed a beautiful picture, edging for his political career. It is not known exactly, but it was said that Friedrich not only forbade his wife to participate in the filming, but practically locked her within four walls and even raised his hand.

After enduring several years of such an unhappy life, a woman escaped: dressed in a servant's costume and secretly boarded the ship "Normandy", going to New York. The furious husband connected everything his connections, but could not find the fugitive.

Hello Hollywood



However, the big world did not meet the actress who fell out of the cage, yes also with a tarnished reputation, with prostrate. In order to break into Hollywood, she even had to change her name. Lamarr has been selected for a reason: it's also a tribute to silent film actress Barbara La Marr, and a reference to the French la mer - "sea". Because the ocean depths separated Hedy from his homeland Austria.



But perseverance and talent paid off. At the same time, Hedy managed not only successfully shoot, but also devote time to science. In 1940 the woman met the musician George Antheil. But he is a musician was not quite ordinary - avant-garde and used as electric bells, propellers and other similar improvised funds. Which needed to be synchronized with each other. Hedy helped solve the problem. And along the way created a fundamentally new system communication, which involved the use of hopping radio wave frequencies: both transmitter and receiver jumped simultaneously to new frequencies.



Subsequently, the invention was called the "principle frequency hopping or frequency scanning", was patented and classified. And formed the basis of the military system satellite communications, as well asnumber of wireless technologies signal transmission, including Bluetooth, GPS and Wi-Fi.

In addition, Hedy has a unique aircraft wing project, created on the basis of combining the wing of a bird and the fin of a fish. And many little things like a mustard dispenser, a luminous dog collar, effervescent sweet tablets and more.

The woman did not earn money and fame on her invention. Besides the moment when they removed the stamp "secret" and began to use everywhere technology, the patent has expired. And the general public achievements in science were not interested: the public wanted to see in it glamorous fatal beauty, but not a talented inventor.



But Hedy was not too worried: she built her personal life, gave birth children. Only shortly before her death, her scientific achievements were recognized, awarded the Pioneer Award. To which she reacted ironically: “Wow, I suddenly smart."

The woman passed away in 2000 at the age of 85. And in our days, she is much more often remembered precisely as the “mother of the Internet”, rather than as a beautiful actress. After all, there are many, but really talented scientists who managed to get ahead of their time, and even do it between times, units.