Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner hailed from South Carolina and spoke with a southern accent. Although MGM apparently thought she was incomprehensible, they still signed her. Five years after she started working, she finally had her big break in the 1946 noir film The Killers. From then one, she continued her rise to stardom, ending up with an impressive career in the entertainment industry that spanned fifty years. However, in the ‘80s, her smoking habit caught up with her and she suffered from emphysema and had a stroke that left her paralyzed in 1986. In 1990, she died of pneumonia.
Ava Gardner
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr is definitely one really fascinating lady. Aside from being iconic for showing female orgasm on the big screen (she was the first actress to do so), she also started working on “frequency hopping” after World War II broke out. This technique was used to solve issues with radio signal jamming which was causing problems for submarines when it comes to controlling torpedoes. When Lamarr got it patented, the technique couldn’t be used for some time, though it did help in the creation of military and civilian devices.
Hedy Lamarr