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Got her own joke name in Blazing Saddles. No greater honour.

• blipvert 3y ago
  And, in her gratitude, sued Mel Brooks for $10m!
  • IndySun 3y ago
    "What the hell are you worried about? This is 1874. You'll be able to sue her!"
  • kadoban 3y ago
    Did she really? That's pretty hilarious tbh...
    • satori99 3y ago
      She did indeed. Brooks didn't even fight it. He just paid because he admired her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEQ3OxYL2Co https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEQ3OxYL2Co
      • DoreenMichele 3y ago
        She actually sued us for using Hedley Lamarr. Too close to Hedy. And they said, ‘This is ridiculous, we’ll go to court, we’ll fight it.’ And I said, ‘No! She’s beautiful. See if you can get a meeting.’” Brooks continued, “I read something about, you know, department store, embarrassment. ‘Give her within reason, pay her. Give her whatever she needs.’ ’You know, because, she’s given us so much wonderful cinematic pleasure for forty years. I think it’s incumbent on us to salute her is some, anyway we can. And send her my love and tell her where I live.’”
• HPsquared 3y ago
  And a reference in Half-Life 2, of course
• sbuk 3y ago
  She is also the vector drawn face from the old CorelDraw marketing. https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/791226228268901432/ https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/791226228268901432/
• virgulino 3y ago
  Mel Brooks explains how he came up with "Hedley" Lamarr https://youtu.be/ZEQ3OxYL2Co https://youtu.be/ZEQ3OxYL2Co