Lamarr was often referred to as one of the most beautiful and exotic women of olf Hollywood and made several well received films during the 1930s and 1940s.

Dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world,” Lamarr often bristled at the way her life was shaped by fame, glamor and sex appeal — all attributes that she valued far less than others did.

The new documentary “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story,” from first-time director Alexandra Dean, is too sympathetic toward its subject to serve as a satisfying biography of the actress-inventor.

An Austrian Jew and wife of an abusive Nazi arms dealer. Hollywood’s original bombshell. Hedy Kiesler was so much more than the image of “Hedy Lamarr” the world thrust onto her.

The film tells the story of the 1940s Austrian film star Lamarr who was dubbed the most beautiful in the world and inspired the look for Walt Disney's Snow White as well as Catwoman in the DC Comics.

IN THE 1940s, Austrian-born actress Hedy Lamarr co-invented a communications system intended to make radio-guided torpedoes harder for enemies to detect. The invention was the basis of the ...

Once proclaimed "the most beautiful woman in the world," Hedy Lamarr is remembered as the silver screen siren who scandalized show business in a 1930s nude scene. The raven-haired actress, who ...