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• Jean Pierre Aumont:

"That same evening I had dinner at Hedy Lamarr's. Framed by mountains, her woodened house evoked her native Austria. There on her terrace, which seemed to float over the canyon, she appeared, dressed in red, her black hair flowing. She was a vision of sensuality, with the nose upturned just enough to keep her from being too beautiful..."

 

 

 

• George Antheil:

"The Hedy whom we know is not the Hedy you know. You know something which the MGM publicity department has, in all its cunning, dreamed up. There is no such Hedy. They have long ago decided that, in order to give her sufficient sex appeal, they will make her faintly stupid. But Hedy is very, very bright. Compared to most Hollywood actresses we know, Hedy is an intellectual giant. I know I'm crabbing the MGM publicity department's act, but it's true. Hedy is not much interested in acting, in an actress career. She is a good actress, but she is just not interested. She is, like ourselves, a dreamer. She is also a sensitive, wonderful human person, one whom we love very much, as you would too if you really knew her!"

 

 

 

• John Fraser:

"Hedy Lamarr's beauty was like music: it inspired emotions even when, as in my case, it kindled no desire. I imagine she was well into her forties at that time, and considered by Hollywood to be over the hills and on the skids. She was tall, which was unexpected in a woman with so fine-boned a face, and it was hard for anyone to look at anything else when she was around, her features were so perfect and symmetrical."

 

 

 

• Myrna Loy:

"The first time I met Hedy Lamarr, she was with Reggie (Reginald Gardiner). She always said he was the man she should have married. She had sprained her ankle and Reggie was sort of hauling her around, but you didn't miss that beautiful face of hers. Oh, it was fabulous, just fabulous! People assume, apparently because of her beauty, that Hedy is a blank. Not at all. She was always charming when I knew her, with a nice sense of humor. When she married to Gene Markey, they became part of the group that used to come to my house."

 

 

 

• Hope Emerson:

"I'm always the contrast gal; the ugly duckling who makes everyone else look like a graceful swan. But with Hedy and me in the same picture, they ought to call it Beauty and the Beast!"

 

 

 

• Jane Greer:

"I dyed my hair black, parted it in the middle, wore masses of white makeup, and very dark lipstick. I was trying to look exactly like Hedy Lamarr"

 

 

 

• Errol Flynn:

"It chances that I think Hedy to be one of the most underestimated actresses, one who has not been lucky enough to get the most desirable roles. I have seen her do a few brilliant things. I always thought she had great talent, and as far as classical beauty is concerned you could not then, nor perhaps even now, find anyone to top Lamarr. Probably one of the most beautiful women of our day. Naturally, I wanted to meet her — and subsequently I would want her to play the female lead in my Italian fiasco, William Tell."

 

 

 

• Ann Baxter:

(at the premiere of Samson and Delilah and she noticed Hedy didn't talk about the success of the movie): "If I had just seen myself as Delilah, looking as Hedy did, I would still be talking about it."

 

 

 

• John Hodiak:

"I know I should say something about Hedy's beauty. I, like anyone gradually getting to know Hedy, was in for a surprise. There is no doubt at all that Hedy is unreasonably lovely. Black and white photography doesn't do her justice; color almost catches her spectacular vividness. In daily life, she appears to be utterly unaware of her own looks"

 

 

 

• Ed Sullivan:

"The most beautiful girl of the century"

 

 

 

• Angela Lansbury:

"She had a cloak of intrigue surrounding her, no question about it, to anyone my age - I was only 22 or so when I met her. I watched her carefully, and I was so dazzled and blown away by her beauty. That in itself kept you riveted. Forget about anything else, she really was a stunning woman with the most extraordinary kind of presence"

 

 

 

• Cecil B. DeMille:

"Hedy Lamarr's talent is more than skin-deep....We argued quite a bit but I respected Hedy. She loves picture-making, it shines out of her. I had no idea Hedy was as good an actress as she turned out to be. She was fiery, yet did everything expected of her. When I was blowing up Hedy remained calm. She had great self-confidence and self-respect. Considering her reputation and beauty, she is a most unaffected person."

 

 

 

• Whitey Schafer - photographer:

"Hedy Lamarr requires no camera tricks or soft music...The moment she steps in front of the camera, she becomes a flexible subject...of rhythm, of lure and depth of expression."

 

 

 

• Victor Mature:

"The name Delilah will be an everlasting curse on the lips of men"

 

 

 

• Claudette Colbert:

"Just try working in the same picture with that beautiful Lamarr face, and just see if you're not ready to commit suicide!"

 

 

 

• George Antheil:

"Most movie queens don't look so good when you see them in the flesh, but this one looked better, infinitely better than on the screen"

 

 

 

• Bob Hope:

"I don't think I've ever used the term ravishing; but in describing the knockout beauty of Hedy Lamarr, star of more than 25 films, it is the only word that seems to fit. All of us who knew her will tell you she had a great sense of humor. And she was smart too. I first met Hedy at the Hollywood Canteen--she was handing out autographs...I was washing dishes. That's not quite true--she was a regular there, and danced and talked with the servicemen, cooked and served the food. My doing the dishes--now, that's true. Not a very good billing then, but I shared equal billing with her in our film My Favorite Spy in 1951. I played two parts, and both of them were Hedy's lovers. How about that for overtime? At the Academy Awards, she was always good material. In 1943 I got laughs with. During the dinner, I gave one of the greatest performances ever seen in Hollywood. I sat next to Hedy Lamarr and had to act as though I was interested in the food. After six marriages (not all at the same time, mind you) and filmmaking, Hedy Lamarr retired to a simple life in Florida. We got her to venture back to California in September 1966 to appear on my special at NBC. She was reserved, smart and beautiful. And to her friends and fans--that's how she'll always be."

 

 

 

• John Loder -husband no.3:

"To my surprise I soon discovered that Hedy had very simple tastes and in fact was a typical hausfrau at heart. She was quite domesticated and preferred to stay at home in the evening rather than go to parties. On the cook's day off she always prepared the meals herself, but when we did go out she proved an excellent conversationalist and could speak intelligently on politics or any other topic. She did not drink and was never ostentatious or out to catch the limelight for herself. I shall always maintain that Hedy's best quality was that she was completely unimpressed by her own outstanding beauty."

 

 

 

• George Sanders:

"When I first met Hedy Lamarr, about twenty years ago, she was so beautiful that everybody would stop talking when she came into a room. Wherever she went she was the cynosure of all eyes. I don't think anyone concerned himself very much about whether or not there was anything behind her beauty, he was too busy gaping at her. Of her conversation I can remember nothing: when she spoke one did not listen, one just watched her mouth moving and marveled at the exquisite shapes made by her lips. She was, in consequence, rather frequently misunderstood ... Beautiful women -- on whom so many words and hours and fortunes are spent, who are painted and pursued, adored and abused, married and abandoned. Each one using this trump card in a different way. Like a joker in canasta, it is a powerful advantage properly played and a heavy load to have left in your hand. Hedy Lamarr found it a load."

 

 

 

• Lana Turner:

"Hedy was at the height of her beauty, with thick, wavy, jet-black hair. With that stunning widow's peak, her face was magnificent. We all looked up and there she was at the top of the stairs. She wore a cape of some kind up to her chin, and it swept down to the floor. I can't even remember the color of the cape, because all I saw was that incredible face, that magnificent hair, and a huge diamond. The most fabulous solitaire diamond on her forehead, just at the tip of her widow's peak. She was enough to make strong men faint."

 

 

 

• Max Reinhardt:

"The most beautiful girl in all Europe"

 

 

 

• Farley Granger:

(At a party at Saul Chaplin's house in 1950,) ..."Saul immediately sat down at the piano, and what was already a good party just got better. A musician friend of Saul's arrived with Hedy Lamarr, whom none of us had ever met. MGM had built up Miss Lamarr as 'The Most Beautiful Woman in the World,' and she was that. She was also so shy and withdrawn that when she sat on the floor against one wall, it seemed as if she wanted to disappear...she almost did. Sometime later Ethyl (Chaplin) joined Saul at the second piano to play and sing Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera. Hedy came immediately to life. She jumped up and hurried to the piano to sing with them. The transformation was amazing. She joined in with complete animated abandon. If she had only been able to bring some of that joy to her screen roles, there would have been no stopping her...It is just too bad that Metro never learned how to use her, because 'The Most Beautiful Woman in the World' was a lot more than an unforgettable face, she was a delightful dame."

 

 

 

• Carl Reiner:

"Her beauty was breathtaking…You were very aware you were sitting next to an icon…After the show my wife and I drove her home…I was taken with her high intelligence. When we got to her home, she asked if we wanted to come in for a cup of coffee. And then there was the shocking surprise of the knowledge and collection of good art that she had in the house. She never talked about it, you know, her art collection. My wife was an artist, and she was stunned by the quality and the depth of her understanding of fine art. Her collection was probably one of the best private collections she had ever seen.""

 

 

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