Editing Hedy Lamarr (section)

===Seclusion===
The 1970s was a decade of increasing seclusion for Lamarr. She was offered several scripts, television commercials, and stage projects, but none piqued her interest. In 1974, she filed a $10 million lawsuit against [[Warner Bros.]], claiming that the running parody of her name ("Hedley Lamarr") in the [[Mel Brooks]] comedy ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' infringed her right to privacy. Brooks said he was flattered. The studio settled out of court for an undisclosed nominal sum and an apology to Lamarr for "almost using her name". Brooks said that Lamarr "never got the joke".<ref name="DVD">Interview: Mel Brooks. ''Blazing Saddles'' (DVD). Burbank, California: Warner Brothers Pictures/Warner Home Video, 2004; {{ISBN|0-7907-5735-4}}.</ref>{{sfn|Barton|2010|p=220}} In 1981, with her eyesight failing, Lamarr retreated from public life and settled in [[Miami Beach, Florida]].<ref name="shearer"/>

A large [[Corel]]-drawn image of Lamarr won [[CorelDRAW]]'s yearly software suite cover design contest in 1996. For several years, beginning in 1997, it was featured on boxes of the software suite. Lamarr sued the company for using her image without her permission. Corel countered that she did not own rights to the image. The parties reached an undisclosed settlement in 1998.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hedylamarr.at/news1e.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706092646/http://hedylamarr.at/news1e.html|date=April 7, 1998|title=Hedy Lamarr Sues Corel|archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|work=[[Wired News]]|date=November 30, 1998|title=Corel Caves to Actress Hedy Lamarr|url=https://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1998/11/16544|last=Sprenger|first=Polly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615055123/http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1998/11/16544|archive-date=June 15, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Lamarr has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6247 [[Hollywood Boulevard]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce|title=Hedy Lamarr|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/hedy-lamarr|access-date=November 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111142742/http://www.walkoffame.com/hedy-lamarr|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Los Angeles Times Hollywood Star Project|title=Hedy Lamarr|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/hedy-lamarr|access-date=November 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115011241/http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/hedy-lamarr/|archive-date=November 15, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> adjacent to [[Hollywood and Vine|Vine Street]] where the walk is centered.

Lamarr became estranged from her older son, James Lamarr Loder, when he was 12 years old. Their relationship ended abruptly, and he moved in with another family. They did not speak again for almost 50 years. Lamarr left James Loder out of her will, and he sued for control of the US$3.3 million estate left by Lamarr in 2000.<ref name=jloder>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2000/10/30/court-to-weigh-plea-of-lamarrs-estranged-son/|title=Court To Weigh Plea of Lamarr's Estranged Son|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=October 30, 2000 |access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217211817/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2000-10-30/news/0010300415_1_lamarr-loder-hedy|archive-date=February 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> He eventually settled for US$50,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2001/01/26/hedy-lamarrs-adopted-son-trades-claim-to-estate-for-50000/|title=Hedy Lamarr's Adopted Son Trades Claim To Estate For $50,000|date=January 26, 2001 |access-date=April 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113043350/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2001-01-26/news/0101260305_1_loder-lamarr-hedy|archive-date=November 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the last decades of her life, the telephone became Lamarr's only means of communication with the outside world, even with her children and close friends. She often talked up to six or seven hours a day on the phone, but she spent hardly any time with anyone in person in her final years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hedy Lamarr: The Hollywood starlet who helped invent WiFi |url=https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-life-of-hedy-lamarr-historys-forgotten-hollywood-genius#:~:text=Her%20remaining%20years%20were%20spent%20in%20seclusion,%20often%20only%20communicating%20with%20those%20on%20the%20outside,%20including%20her%20family%20and%20children,%20via%20the%20telephone |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=Sky HISTORY TV channel |language=en}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}