Hedy Lamarr - Marriages and Relationships

Marriages and Relationships

She was briefly engaged to German actor Fred Doederlein, and later to actor George Montgomery in 1942.

Lamarr was married six times:

1. Friedrich Mandl (1900–1977), married 1933–1937; chairman of Hirtenberger Patronen-Fabrik.
2. Gene Markey (1895–1980), screenwriter and producer, married 1939–1941.
3. John Loder (born John Muir Lowe, 1898–1988), actor, married 1943–47;
4. Ernest "Ted" Stauffer (1909–1991), nightclub owner, restaurateur, and former bandleader, married 1951–1952.
5. W. Howard Lee (1909–1981), a Texas oilman, married 1953–1960. He later married film star Gene Tierney.
6. Lewis J. Boies (b. 1920), a lawyer (her divorce lawyer), married 1963–1965.

These marriages produced 3 children, one of whom was adopted:

From husband Gene Markey

• James Lamarr Markey
  (1939-01-09) January 9, 1939 (age 73) in Los Angeles - was adopted on June 12, 1939. James was later adopted again by Hedy's next husband, John Loder, who then changed his name to James Lamarr Markey Loder.

From John Loder

• Denise Loder
  (1945-01-19) January 19, 1945 (age 67) in Holmby Hills
• Antony Loder
  (1947-02-01) February 1, 1947 (age 65) in Holmby Hills. Anthony, is featured in the European documentary film Calling Hedy Lamarr (2004).