One director never spoke to me, not even hello in the morning. Mr. Mayer never spoke to me. One day I said, 'Mr. Mayer, why don't you ever say hello to me?' He said, 'Why should I? You're not my wife.' It was only because I wouldn't sleep with him. I didn't know anything filthy went on.
— Hedy Lamarr Modern

Actress and frequency-hopping inventor

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New York Times article 'Would You Believe I Was Once A Famous Star? It's the Truth!'

Date / Period

1970

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Controversial

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https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr

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