She became a star through her performance in "Algiers" (1938), her first American film. She starred opposite Clark Gable in "Boom Town" and "Comrade X" (both 1940), and James Stewart in "Come Live with Me" and "Ziegfeld Girl" (both 1941). Her other MGM films include "Lady of the Tropics" (1939), "H.M. Pulham, Esq." (1941), as well as "Crossroads" and "White Cargo" (both 1942); she was also borrowed by Warner Bros. for "The Conspirators", and by RKO for "Experiment Perilous" (both 1944). Dismayed by being typecast, Lamarr co-founded a new production studio and starred in its films: "The Strange Woman" (1946), and "Dishonored Lady" (1947). Her greatest success was as Delilah in Cecil B. DeMille's "Samson and Delilah" (1949). She also acted on television before the release of her final film, "The Female Animal" (1958). She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.