{"id":53800,"date":"2020-02-27T14:42:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T20:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=53800"},"modified":"2020-02-27T14:43:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T20:43:24","slug":"these-7-jewish-actresses-shaped-hollywood-as-we-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/these-7-jewish-actresses-shaped-hollywood-as-we-know-it\/","title":{"rendered":"These 7 Jewish actresses shaped Hollywood as we know it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By HANNAH STEINKOPF-FRANK<\/p>\n<p>Both on screen and behind the scenes, Jewish directors, producers and writers are credited with developing the Hollywood system as we know it today. These seven pioneering Jewish actresses defied expectations of their gender and many survived religious persecution, fleeing Europe during World War II. Their films are testaments to their talent and prove the power of cinema as both a realm of escapism and a vehicle to explore some of the world\u2019s most pressing issues.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53801\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Elisabeth_Bergner.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53801\" class=\"wp-image-53801 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Elisabeth_Bergner-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Elisabeth_Bergner-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Elisabeth_Bergner-768x735.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Elisabeth_Bergner-1024x980.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Elisabeth_Bergner.jpg 1411w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/287;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53801\" class=\"wp-image-53801 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Elisabeth_Bergner-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Elisabeth_Bergner-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Elisabeth_Bergner-768x735.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Elisabeth_Bergner-1024x980.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Elisabeth_Bergner.jpg 1411w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-53801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elisabeth Bergner (via Wikimedia)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>1. Elisabeth Bergner (1897-1986)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Austrian actress Elisabeth Bergner was nominated for a best actress Oscar in 1935 and even may have helped create the titular character in the film \u201cAll About Eve.\u201d Bergner was one of Germany\u2019s most renowned theater and film actresses, known for her androgynous, pants-wearing roles (something pretty unheard of at the time).<\/p>\n<p>After moving to London, she helped fellow actors escape Nazi Germany. During a screening of her movie \u201cThe Rise of Catherine the Great\u201d in Berlin, Nazis staged a riot as part of their larger campaign to ban Jewish art. Bergner and her husband, director Paul Czinner, soon fled to the U.S., where she starred with Laurence Olivier in \u201cAs You Like It\u201d (1936). She returned to Europe after the war, acting in the 1973 film \u201cDer Fu\u00dfg\u00e4nger\u201d (\u201cThe Pedestrian\u201d), which was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe. A Berlin city park was named for Bergner.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: \u201cElisabeth Bergner,\u201d by Arthur Eloesser<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53802\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Libby-Holman-1930.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53802\" class=\"wp-image-53802 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Libby-Holman-1930-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Libby-Holman-1930-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Libby-Holman-1930-768x926.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Libby-Holman-1930-850x1024.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 249px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 249\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53802\" class=\"wp-image-53802 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Libby-Holman-1930-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Libby-Holman-1930-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Libby-Holman-1930-768x926.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Libby-Holman-1930-850x1024.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-53802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Libby Holman from a magazine ad in 1930.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>2. Libby Holman (1904-1971)<\/strong><br \/>\nAs an openly bisexual American actress who was charged with murdering her husband (inspiring three films), Libby Holman led a controversial life. Even though it was ruled a suicide, the death of Holman\u2019s husband, Zachary Smith Reynolds, tarnished her reputation and coverage of the incident was marred by anti-Semitism. She was also the youngest woman to graduate from the University of Cincinnati and went against social standards by playing shows with African-American musicians. Holman befriended Martin Luther King Jr. and helped pay for his 1959 trip to India to study the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her involvement in the civil rights movement and taking part in the experimental film \u201cDreams That Money Can Buy\u201d (1947), Holman is largely remembered as a stage actress. She has been credited as well for popularizing the strapless dress, which was her signature look.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: \u201cDreams that Money Can Buy: The Tragic Life of Libby Holman,\u201d by Jon Bradshaw<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53803\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/220px-Sulochana_in_the_1920s.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53803\" class=\"wp-image-53803 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/220px-Sulochana_in_the_1920s-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/220px-Sulochana_in_the_1920s-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/220px-Sulochana_in_the_1920s.jpg 220w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 196px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 196\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53803\" class=\"wp-image-53803 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/220px-Sulochana_in_the_1920s-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/220px-Sulochana_in_the_1920s-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/220px-Sulochana_in_the_1920s.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-53803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruby Meyers (aka Sulochana) via Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>3. Ruby Myers (1907-1983)<\/strong><br \/>\nRuby Myers, who went by the stage name Sulochana, was an Indian actress of Middle Eastern origin who defied the social norms of her era by starring in early Hindi silent films. During the late 1700s, Jews from Iraq, Syria, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire came to India, establishing the Baghdadi Jewish community. Some of the first women to act in Indian movies came from this Jewish Diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>Myers, who was working as a telephone operator when she was discovered, was hesitant to pursue acting. But she went on to star in films including \u201cTypist Girl\u201d (1926) and \u201cWildcat of Bombay\u201d (1927), in which she played eight characters. When talkies took over, she learned Hindustani. In the 1930s, Myers opened her own production house, Rubi Pics, and in 1973 was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India\u2019s highest award for cinema.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:&nbsp;\u201cVoices of the Talking Stars: Women of Indian Cinema and Beyond,\u201d edited by Madhuja Mukherjee<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53805\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Sylvia_Sidney.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53805\" class=\"wp-image-53805 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Sylvia_Sidney-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Sylvia_Sidney-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Sylvia_Sidney.jpg 651w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/252;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53805\" class=\"wp-image-53805 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Sylvia_Sidney-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Sylvia_Sidney-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Sylvia_Sidney.jpg 651w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-53805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Sidney (via Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>4. Sylvia Sidney (1910-1999)<\/strong><br \/>\nBorn to Russian-Jewish immigrants, stage and film actress Sylvia Sidney rose to fame in the 1930s for playing the partner of gangsters. Sidney starred alongside the leading actors of her day, including Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy. She also was one of the first American actresses to work with Alfred Hitchcock, appearing in \u201cSabotage\u201d (1936). The character actress also had a strong career in theater and television.<\/p>\n<p>Later in life, Sidney was nominated for an Academy Award for \u201cSummer Wishes, Winter Dreams\u201d (1973). She went on to act in Tim Burton\u2019s \u201cBeetlejuice\u201d and \u201cMars Attacks!,\u201d which was her last movie. On the side, she raised pug dogs for competitive show and wrote two books on needlepoint.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:&nbsp;\u201cSylvia Sidney \u2014 Paid by the Tear,\u201d by Scott O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53807\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Luise_Rainer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53807\" class=\"wp-image-53807 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Luise_Rainer-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Luise_Rainer-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Luise_Rainer.jpg 463w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53807\" class=\"wp-image-53807 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Luise_Rainer-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Luise_Rainer-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Luise_Rainer.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-53807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luise Rainer (1930s publicity shot) (Photo via Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>5. Luise Rainer (1910-2014)<\/strong><br \/>\nLuise Rainer, who was born in Germany, made history as the first actress to win multiple Academy Awards and to win multiple back to back. Despite a burgeoning career on film and stage in Vienna and Berlin, she moved to Hollywood in the 1930s because of Hitler\u2019s rise to power. After only a few years in the U.S., she won her first Oscar for \u201cThe Great Ziegfeld\u201d (1936). She played Anna Held, the common-law wife of theater producer Florenz Ziegfeld, in the movie inspired by true events. After winning a second Academy Award for \u201cThe Good Earth\u201d (1937), her career at MGM faltered and she later described her Oscars success as a curse. But her contributions have been recognized with stars on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Boulevard der Stars in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: \u201cSeen from the Wings: Luise Rainer My Mother, The Journey,\u201d by Francesca Knittel-Bowyer<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53806\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lillian_Roth.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53806\" class=\"wp-image-53806 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lillian_Roth-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lillian_Roth-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lillian_Roth-768x1096.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lillian_Roth-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lillian_Roth.jpg 1169w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 210px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 210\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53806\" class=\"wp-image-53806 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lillian_Roth-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lillian_Roth-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lillian_Roth-768x1096.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lillian_Roth-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lillian_Roth.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-53806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lillian Roth (circa 1930) (Photo via Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>6. Lillian Roth (1910-1980)<\/strong><br \/>\nLillian Roth began her career as a child star, making her Broadway debut in \u201cThe Inner Man\u201d and going on to star in Paramount Pictures films including the Marx Brothers\u2019 \u201cAnimal Crackers\u201d (1930). In her personal life, Roth dealt with alcoholism and lacked autonomy in many of her romantic relationships: She married many times. She detailed her tribulations in the 1954 memoir \u201cI\u2019ll Cry Tomorrow,\u201d which was an international bestseller. While she eventually converted to Catholicism, she said that she could never forget her Jewish heritage and her life was richer because of it. In 1955, \u201cI\u2019ll Cry Tomorrow\u201d was made into a movie of the same name and was nominated for four Academy Awards.<br \/>\nRead more: \u201cI\u2019ll Cry Tomorrow,\u201d by Lillian Roth<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53808\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hedy_Lamarr.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53808\" class=\"wp-image-53808 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hedy_Lamarr-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hedy_Lamarr-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hedy_Lamarr.jpg 671w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 239px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 239\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53808\" class=\"wp-image-53808 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hedy_Lamarr-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hedy_Lamarr-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hedy_Lamarr.jpg 671w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-53808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hedy Lamarr from 1944 (Photo via Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>7. Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000)<\/strong><br \/>\nHedy Lamarr is maybe the only person to both have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Lamarr began her career in European cinema, most notably performing nude in the controversial Czech film \u201cEcstasy\u201d (1933). After leaving Europe, she became a Hollywood star, with her first role in \u201cAlgiers\u201d (1938), followed by a slew of MGM films.<\/p>\n<p>During World War II, the self-taught inventor worked with George Antheil, an avant-garde composer, to create a radio guidance system that would thwart Axis attempts to jam Allied torpedoes. This frequency-hopping transmission method would prove foundational in the development of Bluetooth and other technology. She was also one of the inspirations for Disney\u2019s Snow White and the original Catwoman.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: \u201cHedy\u2019s Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, The Most Beautiful Woman in the World,\u201d by Richard Rhodes<\/p>\n<p><em>(Editor&#8217;s note: &#8220;<strong>Hedy! 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