{"id":15792,"date":"2026-03-05T16:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/place-network.org\/?p=15792"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:15:17","slug":"hedy-lamarr-the-drawbacks-of-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/place-network.org\/fr\/hedy-lamarr-the-drawbacks-of-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Hedy Lamarr : Les inconv\u00e9nients de la beaut\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u201d1\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 background_image=\u201dhttps:\/\/place-network.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Artboard-2-copy-7a.png\u201d custom_padding=\u201d11px|0px|22px|0px|false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 background_color=\u201d#ffffff\u201d max_width=\u201d900px\u201d custom_margin=\u201d30px||40px||false|false\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||0px||false|false\u201d border_radii=\u201don|10px|10px|10px|10px\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d4_4\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d text_text_color=\u201d#E09900\u2033 text_font_size=\u201d11px\u201d text_line_height=\u201d1.3em\u201d header_font=\u201dMontserrat|800|||||||\u201d header_font_size=\u201d26px\u201d header_3_font=\u201dMontserrat|800|||||||\u201d header_3_text_align=\u201dcentre\u201d header_3_font_size=\u201d24px\u201d header_3_letter_spacing=\u201d1px\u201d header_3_line_height=\u201d1.1em\u201d text_orientation=\u201dcentre\u201d width=\u201d100%\u201d max_width=\u201d100%\u201d module_alignment=\u201dcentre\u201d max_height=\u201d958px\u201d custom_margin=\u201d23px|-28px|13px||false|false\u201d custom_padding=\u201d4px|0px||39px|false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n<h1><b>Hedy Lamarr : Les inconv\u00e9nients de la beaut\u00e9<\/b><\/h1>\n<p>[et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=\u201dTexte\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d header_5_font=\u201dSequel Roman Body|600|||||||\u201d custom_margin=\u201d-17px||||false|false\u201d hover_enabled=\u201d0\u2033 locked=\u201doff\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_enabled=\u201d0\u2033]<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00c9crit par Jos\u00e9phine Coadou<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>[et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 background_color=\u201d#ffffff\u201d max_width=\u201d900px\u201d module_alignment=\u201dcenter\u201d min_height=\u201d1648px\u201d custom_margin=\u201d0px|0px|40px|0px|false|false\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||40px||false|false\u201d border_radii=\u201don|10px|10px|10px|10px\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d4_4\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_blurb image=&quot;https:\/\/place-network.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Hedy-Lamarr-1.webp&quot; 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Et quoi de mieux pour illustrer cela que la vie de\u2026 <strong>Hedy Lamarr<\/strong>, qui seule incarne la mal\u00e9diction qui p\u00e8se sur les femmes : <strong>\u00eatre per\u00e7us avant tout comme un corps, au d\u00e9triment de leur intellect<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quand on \u00e9voque Hedy Lamarr, on pense avant tout \u00e0 l&#039;actrice hollywoodienne dont la beaut\u00e9 \u00e0 couper le souffle a inspir\u00e9 les personnages de Catwoman et de Blanche-Neige\u2026 <strong>Mais on oublie souvent que la m\u00e9thode de transmission par ondes radio qu&#039;elle a mise au point a r\u00e9volutionn\u00e9 l&#039;histoire des communications. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS<\/strong>\u2026\u00e7a vous dit quelque chose\u00a0? Voici une histoire (au sens propre du terme) digne d\u2019un film hollywoodien.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>D\u00e9sir et cage dor\u00e9e<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hedwig Maria Kiesler naquit le 9 novembre 1914 \u00e0 Vienne de parents juifs convertis au catholicisme. Fille d&#039;un banquier et d&#039;une pianiste de concert issue de la bourgeoisie de Budapest, la jeune fille ne manqua de rien et re\u00e7ut une \u00e9ducation raffin\u00e9e. Sa m\u00e8re, en particulier, encouragea son amour de la musique et du cin\u00e9ma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c0 seize ans, Hedwig \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 d\u00e9termin\u00e9e\u00a0: elle s\u00e9cha les cours pour se pr\u00e9senter aux studios Sascha de Vienne. Elle entra dans le monde du cin\u00e9ma gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 Georg Jacoby, qui lui offrit ses deux premiers r\u00f4les. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geld auf der Strasse<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1930) et <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Une temp\u00eate dans un verre d&#039;eau<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1931). Elle fut \u00e9galement engag\u00e9e par le metteur en sc\u00e8ne Max Reinhardt, qui d\u00e9clara \u00e0 la presse qu&#039;elle \u00e9tait \u00ab<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">la plus belle fille du monde<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La jeune femme s&#039;installa ensuite \u00e0 Berlin, alors capitale du cin\u00e9ma europ\u00e9en. <strong>Elle a tourn\u00e9 avec Carl Boese et Alexis Granowsky, attirant m\u00eame l&#039;attention de <\/strong><\/span><strong><i>Le New York Times<\/i>Mais c&#039;\u00e9tait avec Gustav Machat\u00fd <i>Extase<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> (1933) qu&#039;Hedwige est v\u00e9ritablement entr\u00e9e dans la post\u00e9rit\u00e9.<\/strong> Elle y appara\u00eet enti\u00e8rement nue et, surtout, interpr\u00e8te la premi\u00e8re sc\u00e8ne d&#039;orgasme f\u00e9minin de l&#039;histoire du cin\u00e9ma. Pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 \u00e0 la Biennale de Venise, le film conna\u00eet un immense succ\u00e8s, tant pour son innovation que pour son caract\u00e8re scandaleux. Condamn\u00e9 par le pape Pie XII, il vaut \u00e0 la jeune actrice une r\u00e9putation sulfureuse qu&#039;elle conservera toute sa vie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La d\u00e9sapprobation \u00e9tait partag\u00e9e par ses parents, qui quitt\u00e8rent le th\u00e9\u00e2tre pendant la premi\u00e8re et pouss\u00e8rent un soupir de soulagement lorsque, quelques mois plus tard, Hedwig \u00e9pousa l&#039;industriel Friedrich Mandl. C&#039;\u00e9tait une union tr\u00e8s avantageuse\u00a0: Mandl \u00e9tait le plus grand fabricant d&#039;armes d&#039;Autriche et l&#039;un des principaux fournisseurs de Mussolini. <strong>La belle brune a \u00e9t\u00e9 contrainte de mettre fin \u00e0 sa carri\u00e8re<\/strong> \u2014 la l\u00e9gende raconte que son mari a essay\u00e9 d&#039;acheter et de d\u00e9truire tous les exemplaires de <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extase<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elle endossait alors le r\u00f4le de femme-troph\u00e9e lorsque son mari recevait des clients et des dirigeants \u00e9trangers, y compris le F\u00fchrer, si l&#039;on en croit ses m\u00e9moires. Assise tranquillement, un sourire fig\u00e9 sur le visage, elle \u00e9coutait les discussions sur les sous-marins, les torpilles et la strat\u00e9gie. Ce sont ces situations qui lui ont inspir\u00e9 sa c\u00e9l\u00e8bre r\u00e9plique\u00a0: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ab N&#039;importe quelle fille peut \u00eatre glamour. Il suffit de rester immobile et d&#039;avoir l&#039;air stupide. \u00bb<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rapidement, la cage dor\u00e9e dans laquelle Friedrich la retenait prisonni\u00e8re devint insupportable. Il lui interdit de sortir et fit surveiller ses amis\u2026 Le couple divor\u00e7a en 1937. Hedwige raconta plus tard s&#039;\u00eatre \u00e9chapp\u00e9e en droguant une servante et en lui volant son uniforme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De nouveau libre, la jeune femme se rendit \u00e0 Londres, o\u00f9 elle rencontra Louis B. Mayer, vice-pr\u00e9sident de la MGM. Il lui proposa un contrat, qu&#039;elle refusa d&#039;abord. Pers\u00e9v\u00e9rante, elle embarqua \u00e0 bord du <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Normandie<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Elle r\u00e9ussit \u00e0 le convaincre de l&#039;embaucher selon ses propres conditions. Elle arriva \u00e0 New York avec un contrat de sept ans avec le plus grand studio hollywoodien dans sa valise.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Les ann\u00e9es MGM<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mayer a d&#039;abord cherch\u00e9 un nom moins germanique pour elle et a sugg\u00e9r\u00e9 celui d&#039;une actrice r\u00e9cemment d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e : Barbara LaMarr. <strong>Elle a ensuite pass\u00e9 six mois \u00e0 apprendre l&#039;anglais en regardant des films.<\/strong>\u2026et bien que son accent rest\u00e2t prononc\u00e9, tous s\u2019accordaient \u00e0 dire qu\u2019elle poss\u00e9dait une beaut\u00e9 remarquable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aujourd&#039;hui connue sous le nom d&#039;Hedy Lamarr, elle a d\u00e9but\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re hollywoodienne avec <\/span><strong><i>Alger<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> par John Cromwell<\/strong>, un remake de <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u00e9p\u00e9 le Moko<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elle a travaill\u00e9 sous la direction de grands cin\u00e9astes\u00a0: Victor Fleming, Clarence Brown, King Vidor, Jack Conway\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peu \u00e0 peu, ses films ont fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 l&#039;image d&#039;une femme exotique et myst\u00e9rieuse. Elle a jou\u00e9 dans <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dame des Tropiques<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1939), puis a jou\u00e9 le r\u00f4le d&#039;un charmant agent sovi\u00e9tique dans <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camarade X<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1940), avant de s&#039;imposer comme une beaut\u00e9 inaccessible dans <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ziegfeld Girl<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1941) \u2014 l\u2019image d\u2019Hedy descendant l\u2019escalier, son visage encadr\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9toiles, reste inoubliable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u201dhttps:\/\/place-network.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Camhi-Hedy-Lamarr-doc.webp\u201d title_text=\u201dCamhi-Hedy-Lamarr-doc\u201d align=\u201dcenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d width=\u201d78%\u201d min_height=\u201d307px\u201d hover_enabled=\u201d0\u2033 global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_enabled=\u201d0\u2033][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 text_font=\u201dMontserrat||||||||\u201d taille_police_texte=\u201d16px\u201d interligne_texte=\u201d1.6em\u201d marge_personnalis\u00e9e=\u201d0px||||false|false\u201d marge_personnalis\u00e9e_tablette=\u201d0px||||false|false\u201d marge_personnalis\u00e9e_t\u00e9l\u00e9phone=\u201d0px||||false|false\u201d marge_personnalis\u00e9e_derni\u00e8re_modification=\u201don|phone\u201d remplissage_personnalis\u00e9=\u201d2px|40px|40px|40px|false|false\u201d taille_police_texte_tablette=\u201d16px\u201d taille_police_texte_t\u00e9l\u00e9phone=\u201d12px\u201d taille_police_texte_derni\u00e8re_modification=\u201don|phone\u201d polices_en_ligne=\u201dSequel Roman Body,Montserrat,Havelock Solid\u201d informations_couleurs_globales=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"610\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shawgi-ahmed-7b0b5aa3\/\"><strong data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"181\"><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>La \u00ab technique Lamarr \u00bb<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cependant, tout n&#039;\u00e9tait pas rose \u00e0 Los Angeles. Hedy suivait avec anxi\u00e9t\u00e9 l&#039;avanc\u00e9e des nazis et, malgr\u00e9 les apparences, \u00e9vitait les f\u00eates frivoles, pr\u00e9f\u00e9rant organiser des d\u00eeners avec des intellectuels. <strong>Cette belle brune poss\u00e9dait non seulement un visage attrayant, mais aussi un esprit exceptionnellement vif.<\/strong> Le soir, apr\u00e8s son retour des plateaux de tournage, elle bricolait divers gadgets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lors d&#039;un de ces d\u00eeners, elle rencontra George Antheil, un compositeur d&#039;avant-garde connu pour <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ballet m\u00e9canique<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u00e9crite pour \u00eatre jou\u00e9e simultan\u00e9ment par seize pianos automatiques.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ils parlaient de musique\u2026 mais surtout de guerre. S&#039;appuyant sur des conversations qu&#039;elle avait surprises lors des d\u00eeners chez son premier mari, <strong>Hedy expliqua que les torpilles am\u00e9ricaines manquaient syst\u00e9matiquement leurs cibles nazies et que le guidage radio n&#039;\u00e9tait pas envisageable car les signaux seraient intercept\u00e9s.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Au fil de discussions et d&#039;improvisations au piano, Hedy a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 une id\u00e9e : si l&#039;\u00e9metteur et le r\u00e9cepteur changeaient constamment de fr\u00e9quence en synchronisation, le signal ne pourrait plus \u00eatre intercept\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Et le plus \u00e9tonnant\u2026 c\u2019\u00e9tait logique. George a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 affiner et \u00e0 mettre en \u0153uvre l\u2019id\u00e9e. Ils travaillaient ensemble \u00e0 l\u2019automne 1940, <strong>Ils ont d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 le principe de l&#039;\u00e9talement de spectre par saut de fr\u00e9quence.<\/strong> Le mod\u00e8le final utilisait 88 fr\u00e9quences, soit le nombre de touches d&#039;un piano. Hedy d\u00e9posa un brevet, avec l&#039;aide de George pour les formalit\u00e9s administratives, car elle \u00e9crivait principalement de mani\u00e8re phon\u00e9tique \u2014 il faut savoir qu&#039;elle avait quitt\u00e9 l&#039;\u00e9cole \u00e0 seize ans et parlait encore quatre langues\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elle pr\u00e9senta son invention \u00e0 l&#039;arm\u00e9e, qui, intrigu\u00e9e, ne la prit pas au s\u00e9rieux. Sa beaut\u00e9 n&#039;arrangea rien. La Marine mit l&#039;id\u00e9e de c\u00f4t\u00e9 et, par pr\u00e9caution, la classa top secret pendant 17 ans. De plus, gr\u00e2ce au brevet qu&#039;elle avait d\u00e9pos\u00e9, l&#039;invention devint exempte de redevances pour l&#039;arm\u00e9e am\u00e9ricaine, un principe renforc\u00e9 par la loi. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loi sur le secret des inventions<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> de 1951.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L&#039;arm\u00e9e lui sugg\u00e9ra plut\u00f4t de soutenir l&#039;effort de guerre comme il se doit pour une \u00ab jolie fille \u00bb. Hedy remonta le moral des troupes et vendit des bons de guerre \u2013 avec un succ\u00e8s remarquable, r\u00e9coltant 104 000 milliards de dollars. Parall\u00e8lement, elle renfor\u00e7a son image d&#039;h\u00e9ro\u00efne de thriller. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les conspirateurs<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1944), un film d&#039;espionnage de Jean Negulesco, et <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exp\u00e9rience p\u00e9rilleuse<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1944) par Jacques Tourneur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pourtant, la \u00ab technique Lamarr \u00bb fut finalement utilis\u00e9e lors de la crise des missiles de Cuba en 1962, puis pendant la guerre du Vietnam. Une fois d\u00e9classifi\u00e9e, <strong>Le dispositif a \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9 par les fabricants d&#039;\u00e9quipements de transmission<\/strong>Son invention continue de fa\u00e7onner la vie moderne\u00a0: <strong>La technique d&#039;\u00e9talement de spectre par saut de fr\u00e9quence est encore utilis\u00e9e aujourd&#039;hui pour les communications militaires crypt\u00e9es, le positionnement par satellite (notamment le GPS), la t\u00e9l\u00e9phonie mobile, le Bluetooth et le Wi-Fi, entre autres technologies.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comme on pouvait s&#039;y attendre, Hedy n&#039;a pas re\u00e7u un centime. Mais elle a suivi ces d\u00e9veloppements de pr\u00e8s, et avec fiert\u00e9. Elle a re\u00e7u \u00e0 titre r\u00e9troactif le prix de la Fondation Electronic Frontier en 1997 et, avec George Antheil, <strong>a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 \u00e0 titre posthume au National Inventors Hall of Fame en 2014<\/strong>Depuis 2005, son anniversaire, le 9 novembre, est c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 comme la Journ\u00e9e des inventeurs (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tag der Erfinder<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) dans les pays germanophones.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Les ann\u00e9es cr\u00e9pusculaires<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apr\u00e8s la guerre, Hedy devint de plus en plus insatisfaite de sa carri\u00e8re d&#039;actrice, lasse de ne pas \u00eatre prise au s\u00e9rieux et d&#039;\u00eatre cantonn\u00e9e \u00e0 des r\u00f4les de femmes fatales myst\u00e9rieuses et exotiques.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elle a exp\u00e9riment\u00e9 avec <strong>diff\u00e9rents genres et m\u00eame s&#039;est aventur\u00e9 dans la production avec <\/strong><\/span><strong><i>L&#039;\u00e9trange femme<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1946), un drame en costumes qui lui offrit l&#039;un de ses r\u00f4les les plus embl\u00e9matiques\u00a0: Jenny Hager, une criminelle schizophr\u00e8ne. Elle abandonna la production l&#039;ann\u00e9e suivante apr\u00e8s l&#039;\u00e9chec de <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dame d\u00e9shonor\u00e9e<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elle connut un dernier succ\u00e8s dans le l\u00e9gendaire <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samson et Dalila<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1949) par Cecil B. DeMille, cimentant son image de femme fatale inaccessible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La fatigue fut accentu\u00e9e par l&#039;\u00e9volution des crit\u00e8res de beaut\u00e9 \u00e0 Hollywood\u00a0: les blondes pulpeuses comme Marilyn Monroe\u2026 et surtout la jeunesse, devinrent les ma\u00eetres mots. \u00c0 l&#039;approche de la quarantaine, sa beaut\u00e9, son seul atout, commen\u00e7a \u00e0 la trahir. Elle se retira progressivement et quitta les plateaux de cin\u00e9ma en 1958.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entre-temps, <strong>Elle collectionnait les romans d&#039;amour (JFK, Charlie Chaplin, Marlon Brando, Robert Capa, Orson Welles\u2026)<\/strong>Elle s&#039;est mari\u00e9e six fois et a eu trois enfants. Elle a toujours pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 le m\u00eame type d&#039;homme\u00a0: plus \u00e2g\u00e9, \u00e9l\u00e9gant, intelligent et d&#039;un beau brun t\u00e9n\u00e9breux. Selon elle, \u00ab\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avant 35 ans, un homme a encore beaucoup \u00e0 apprendre, et je n&#039;ai pas le temps de le lui enseigner.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Puis vinrent les ann\u00e9es cr\u00e9pusculaires. Deux d\u00e9cennies pass\u00e9es dans les tribunaux entre ses mariages \u00e9puis\u00e8rent ses finances, et ses relations avec ses enfants furent extr\u00eamement conflictuelles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En 1966, Hedy Lamarr publia ses m\u00e9moires. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L&#039;ecstasy et moi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <strong>relatant ses m\u00e9saventures amoureuses, le livre est d\u00e9sormais class\u00e9 parmi les dix biographies les plus \u00e9rotiques de tous les temps par <\/strong><\/span><strong>Playboy<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>. <\/strong>\u00c0 sa sortie, l&#039;ouvrage \u00e9tait m\u00eame pr\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 d&#039;une mise en garde d&#039;un psychiatre contre la libido pathologique d&#039;une femme \u00e0 la vertu douteuse, ce qui \u00e9rodait encore davantage son image de d\u00e9esse intouchable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elle revint bri\u00e8vement sur le devant de la sc\u00e8ne dans les ann\u00e9es 1960 lorsqu&#039;elle fut poursuivie pour vol \u00e0 l&#039;\u00e9talage. Peu \u00e0 peu, elle sombra dans l&#039;anonymat et se retira de la vie publique \u00e0 mesure que sa beaut\u00e9 s&#039;estompait. Obs\u00e9d\u00e9e par son apparence, elle eut recours \u00e0 la chirurgie esth\u00e9tique, avec des r\u00e9sultats peu flatteurs. Lorsque l&#039;Electronic Frontier Foundation la distingua, elle envoya son fils recevoir le prix plut\u00f4t que de se montrer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&quot;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La plus belle fille du monde<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elle est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e \u00e0 Casselberry, en Floride, le 19 janvier 2000. Sa n\u00e9crologie refl\u00e9tait sa vie\u00a0:<strong> Elle mettait l&#039;accent sur son extraordinaire beaut\u00e9 sans faire mention de ses contributions scientifiques ni de son intelligence.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Et c&#039;est avec ces mots que nous disons \u00ab\u00a0couper\u00a0\u00bb. 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