- Name: Veronica Lake
- Date of Birth: November 14, 1919
- Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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About Veronica Lakes Wiki Pages: For a short period of time Veronica became one of the most loved women , and the most recognized. She was glamor at it's finest. She was a difficult actress to work with, But her style in front of the camera was top notch. After she had faded from the silver screen she lived a sad and miserable life till her death. But her trend setting style (The most popular hair styles at the time), And acting will live on in the movies from that time. ~These Wiki pages are and all ways will be under construction. So PLEASE do come back often,leave a message, And add Veronica Lake to your Actors list!~ Thank you! OccamsRazor1 proudly we hail! (1943) |
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successful screen test signed her to a long term contract in 1941. Earlier, in 1940, she had married art director John Detlie, the first of her four husbands. Elaine Detlie, their first child, was born August 21, 1941. With a new baby and a contract at Paramount Studios things appeared to be going well for the rising star. She landed her breakout role as a torch-singing vamp in the film I Wanted Wings (1941), for which producer Arthur Hornblow Jr. changed her professional name to Veronica Lake. The movie was a huge success and was quickly followed by a string of hits, including Hold Back the Dawn (1941) and the comedy classic Sullivan’s Travels (1941), which sported the tagline, “Veronica Lake is on the take.”. She quickly became one of Paramount’s most bankable stars and in 1942 she received top billing for the film-noir classic This Gun for Hire, a movie which teamed her for the first time with her most successful screen partner, Alan Ladd. Their on-screen chemistry didn’t escape the notice of studio executives and the two were quickly reunited that same year in another film-noir classic, The Glass Key.
Veronica Lake was at the height of her popularity during the war years. Her hairstyle was so widely copied by women of the day that the War Womanpower Commission made a formal request that she wear her hair up for the duration of the war, in order to discourage working women from wearing “peek-a-boo” bangs on the job, as they feared the hairstyle would lead to more accidents. She complied, and Paramount released a newsreel in 1943 showing her adopting a new upswept look. The public’s adoration for Veronica Lake wasn’t shared by her colleagues. She had quickly earned a reputation early in her career as someone who was difficult on the set. Despite their on-screen chemistry it’s widely reported that Alan Ladd was anything but fond of her, and Eddie Bracken, her co-star in Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) said of her, “She was known as ‘The Bitch’ and she deserved the title.”. Her personal life was also less than ideal. 
Her final screen appearance was in the dismal low-budget film Flesh Feast (1970), which she co-produced. In 1972 she married her last husband, Robert Carelton-Munro, a British sea captain. They were reportedly undergoing a divorce when Veronica Lake died of hepatitis while visiting friends in Vermont in 1973. 
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gilbert1589posted 151 days ago -
She had her moment in the 40's.. but the stars were not with her.Such a sad story at the end. But I do know she does live on.. even if it was just that moment in time.
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