Hedy Lamarr sued Mel Brooks over the "use" of her name in this 1974 comedy & eventually settled out of court
After an 
early and brief ... Mayer persuaded her to change her name to Hedy Lamarr (she 
had been known .... of her name ("Hedley Lamarr") in the Mel Brooks' comedy 
Blazing Saddles ... Brooks said he was flattered; the studio settled out of court for 
an... [DOC] [TLE] Blazing Saddles (Film) - TV Tropes [PAR] Blazing Saddles, released in 1974, is another comedy masterpiece from Mel ... 
Territorial Attorney General Hedy Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) schemes to .... 
Made even funnier by the fact that she did in fact sue Brooks (they settled out of 
court).