Maxwell also entertained American troops during the Korean War as part of Bob Hope’s USO tours.
Marilyn Maxwell was an American actress and singer whose glamorous screen presence and versatile talents made her a familiar face in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. Although she never quite achieved the superstar status of some of her contemporaries, she enjoyed a long and successful career in motion pictures, radio, television, and live entertainment.
During World War II she became concerned about the vulnerability of radio-controlled torpedoes to enemy jamming. Working with avant-garde composer George Antheil, she developed a frequency-hopping communications system designed to allow signals to switch rapidly among different frequencies.
Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler on November 9, 1914, in Vienna, then part of Austria-Hungary. She was the only child of Emil Kiesler, a successful bank director, and Gertrud Kiesler, a pianist. Growing up in an intellectually stimulating household, she developed a fascination with both the arts and technology. Her father often explained how machines and mechanical
