| Ecstasy and Me: My Life as a Woman | |
| Author: | Hedy Lamarr (Leo Guild and Cy Rice) |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Autobiography |
| Publisher: | Bartholomew House |
| Pages: | 318 |
| Oclc: | 412157 |
| Release Date: | 1966 |
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]