Ecstasy and Me: My Life as a Woman is the alleged tell-all style autobiography of Austrian-born actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr, ghostwritten by Leo Guild and Cy Rice and first published in 1966. The book spent four weeks at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in 1966.[1]
In 1966 Lamarr's lawsuit to overturn the book was refused by a Los Angeles judge.[2] When the book was published, she filed for $21 million in damages.[3] Lamarr condemned the book's contents as "fictional, false, vulgar, scandalous, libelous and obscene".[4][5] During a 1969 appearance on The Merv Griffin Show, she responded to a comment from host Merv Griffin regarding Ecstasy and Me by stating "Don't talk about that, that's not my book" and mentioned writing a book of her own called Hedy.[6]
In a 1970 interview with The New York Times, Lamarr noted that her material was "misused and distorted" and that she did not receive any funds from the book.[7]
When the book was published, it was reviewed in The New Republic by Larry L. King,[8] where King noted "If there is a sexual experience Miss Lamarr has not partaken of, it belongs in the future tense".[9]
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^Kakutcad, Michiko (1979-03-18). "It Pays to Be A Ghost". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
^"The Merv Griffin Show S01:E13 – Episode 13 (August 18, 1969)". Tubi. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
^Birmingham, Stephen (1970-08-23). "'Would You Believe I Was Once a Famous Star? It's the Truth!'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
^King, Larry L. (1999). Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye. TCU Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 978-0-87565-203-0.
^Morris, Willie (1993-09-12). "Heady Days, Hedy Nights". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
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