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- Hedy Lamarr, a prominent Hollywood actress, was found dead at her home in Orlando, Florida, at age 86.
- Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Marie Kiesler in Vienna.
- She gained fame for the controversial 1933 film Ecstasy.
- Film historian David Thomson noted that Lamarr tried to embody exotic femme fatales, but she often appeared worried.
- This obituary, originally published in 2000, is being republished for Women’s History Month.
