Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner was originally from South Carolina and had a southern accent which apparently MGM studios originally considered incomprehensible! But that didn’t deter her from achieving her goals. She persevered until they signed her, and after five years of doing minor roles, she finally got her big break with the noir film The Killers. This was the beginning of 50 years of stardom for Gardner. Her heavy smoking habit eventually caught up with her in the 1980s, and in 1986 she suffered from emphysema and a stroke that left her paralyzed, and in 1990 she contracted pneumonia which led to her death.
Ava Gardner
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr is another example of a beautiful woman who is truly fascinating for reasons way beyond her outer beauty! During WWII she started working on “frequency hopping”, a technique used to stop radio signal jamming that sabotaged the ability of submarines to control torpedoes. After she got in patented it was actually unused for a while, but it eventually was very useful in contributing to the invention of various military and civilian devices using similar technology. Lamarr was also the iconic actress who depicted the first woman having an orgasm on the big screen.
Hedy Lamarr
