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Despite being one of the most important inventors of the 20th century, she lived her last days in solitude, far from the Hollywood glare, in a three-bedroom home in Casselberry, 20 minutes outside Orlando. Described as a recluse during her last years, Lamarr died at the age of 85 in January, 2000, never having been fully recognized for her invention that helped change the world. It was an unexpecting ending to a woman who defied every expectation of women at the time, helping to create the technology behind the telephone and wireless internet in an effort to help the allies during World War II .

BRIAN VINER: If I compiled my list again today, I still wouldn't have space for The Italian Job, Forrest Gump, The Great Escape, or Titanic, which all of which encouraged readers to write in. By the way, that doesn't mean I don't like or even love those photos (although not Titanic), which makes me wish the iceberg would strike a bit sooner). Here is a list of the Top 20 movies you should have included in my Top 100 list, as well as your reasons for... The Shawshank Redemption (left), Mary Poppins (right), and Saving Private Ryan (inset).

Noen Nash, a silver screen actor who spent two decades in Hollywood's glamorous studio era, died on Tuesday at the age of 99 from natural causes. Lee Siegel Jr., the beauty's eldest son, reported the sad news to the Hollywood Reporter on Thursday.

Hedy Lamarr, an Austrian-born Jewish-American actress (seen left with co-star Victor Mature in 1949 film Samson and Delilah), left her domineering husband behind in the early 1930s and fled to London, where she was first recognized by the American chief of MGM studios in London. In what was to be a glittering career, the beauty, who had been married six times, emigrated to the United States and went on to star in films with Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, and Clark Gable. In response to the Nazis' repeated jamming of radio signals used to direct torpedoes to their targets in the Second World War, Lamarr helped devise the technology she became most famous for. She developed a system with composer and colleague George Antheil that made radio broadcasting more difficult to detect and enabled the missiles to reach their target. In 1941, the pair based the system on a piano's 88 keys and submitted a patent for the idea. A patent was issued the following year, but the US Navy decided against using the technology in combat.

Samantha Lewis of MailOnline Travel checks in to the Mews Pavilion suite at the famously chic London hotel. The Art Deco interiors, the 'confident' private steam room in the bathroom, and a deeply indulgent dinner in The Foyer restaurant, which features lobster wellington and decadent desserts are all blown away by her. For more information about her dazzling five-star stay, visit www.google.com.

Dame Angela Lansbury will appear on the screen for one last time in the forthcoming film 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,'. She died on October 12 at the age of 96, only five days before her 97th birthday.