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Inventor, actress and LIFE legend Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler) was born 103 years ago today, Nov. 9, 1914 in Vienna. Lamarr’s beauty made it difficult to get much recognition for her brains. Along with the composer George Antheil, she invented and patented a frequency-hopping technology that allowed missiles to go undetected. Though not implemented in time for use during WWII, it did play a role in the Cold War, even contributing to the deescalation of the Cuban Missile Crisis. She is pictured here in 1938 taken by one of the 4 original LIFE photographers, Alfred Eisenstaedt. (Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #LIFElegends #HedyLamarr #TBT
