American Masters · SEASON 32

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Episode 2 · 2018-05-18

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Episode overview

A profile of Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000), who was known as the world's most beautiful woman. Behind the pretty face, however, was the mind of an ingenious inventor whose pioneering work helped revolutionize modern communication. An Austrian Jewish emigrant, she invented a covert communication system to try to help defeat the Nazis; and it was her concept that is now used as the basis for secure WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth technologies.

90 minutes

Season 32 episodes

1. Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart2018-01-19 2. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story2018-05-18 3. Ted Williams: “The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived”2018-07-23 4. Artists Flight: Eva Hesse2018-08-31 5. Artists Flight: Everybody Knows…Elizabeth Murray2018-09-07 6. Andrew Wyeth2018-09-07 7. Basquiat: Rage to Riches2018-09-14 8. Itzhak Perlman2018-10-14