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American Masters

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story - Trailer

Season 32 Episode 2 | 1m 13s

Hedy Lamarr never publicly talked about her life as an inventor and so her family thought her story died when she did. However, in 2016, director Alexandra Dean and producer Adam Haggiag unearthed four never-before-heard audio tapes of Lamarr speaking on the record about her incredible life, finally giving her the chance to tell her own story.

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