Veronica Lake
American actress (1922-1973) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 50
Constance Frances Marie Ockelman, known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in films noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s, her peek-a-boo hairstyle, and films such as Sullivan's Travels (1941) and I Married a Witch (1942).
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Flesh FeastFilm, Producer1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1966
Footsteps in the SnowFilm, Henrietta's Aunt1951
Tales of TomorrowSeries
StrongholdFilm, 1951Mary Stevens1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Stormy Denton
What's My Line?Series, 1950
Your Show of ShowsSeries, 19501949
Lights OutSeries
Slattery's HurricaneFilm, 1949Dolores Grieves1948
Isn't It Romantic?Film, Candy Cameron1947
RamrodFilm, Connie Dickason1945
Bring on the GirlsFilm, Teddy Collins1944
The Hour Before the DawnFilm, Dora Bruckmann1943
So Proudly We HailFilm, Lt. Olivia D'Arcy1942
I Married a WitchFilm, Jennifer1941
Hold Back the DawnFilm, Movie Actress (uncredited)1940
Forty Little MothersFilm, Granville Girl1939
All Women Have SecretsFilm, Jane1922Born14 November 1922Known for
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Sullivan's Travels 1941
This Gun for Hire 1942
I Married a Witch 1942
The Blue Dahlia 1946
The Glass Key 1942
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James Millican Also in The Blue Dahlia and I Married a Witch
Paulette Goddard Also in Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Alan Ladd Also in The Blue Dahlia and This Gun for Hire
Walter Abel Also in Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
William Bendix Also in The Glass Key and Variety Girl
Richard Webb Also in Hold Back the Dawn and This Gun for Hire
Sonny Tufts Also in So Proudly We Hail! and Variety Girl
Eddie Bracken Also in Star Spangled Rhythm and Duffy's Tavern
Mitchell Leisen Directed Hold Back the Dawn and I Wanted Wings
Cyril Ring Also in Sullivan's Travels and I Married a Witch
Buddy DeSylva Produced Sullivan's Travels (1942)
Preston Sturges Directed Sullivan's Travels (1942)
Ray Milland Also in Sullivan's Travels and I Wanted Wings
John Houseman Produced The Blue Dahlia and Miss Susie Slagle's
Cecil Kellaway Also in Variety Girl and Star Spangled Rhythm
Diana Lynn Also in Variety Girl and Star Spangled Rhythm- Victor Young Wrote The Blue Dahlia and Hold Back the Dawn
Brian Donlevy Also in Hold Back the Dawn and The Glass Key
Norma Varden Also in The Glass Key and Hold That Blonde
Frank Tuttle Directed This Gun for Hire (1942)
Hal Walker Directed Duffy's Tavern and Out of This World
Billy De Wolfe Also in Variety Girl and Duffy's Tavern
Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Produced Hold Back the Dawn and I Wanted Wings- Harry Hayden Also in Sullivan's Travels and The Blue Dahlia
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Filmography 31
40 credits on file
Television 6
Media & music
Photos 9
Publicity photo for I Wanted Wings (1941)
Lake with Joel McCrea in Sullivan's Travels (1941). As seen, she is sporting her peek-a-boo hairstyle, with her hair covering one of her eyes.
Lake and Alan Ladd in trailer for The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Lake in Flesh Feast (1970), her final film
Lake outside the gates of Paramount Pictures in 1971, two years prior to her death
Lake, c. 1940s
Lake sporting a different hairstyle to the peek-a-boo one in So Proudly We Hail (1943)Awards
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By the late 1940s, Lake's career began to decline, in part because of alcoholism. She made only one film in the 1950s, but had several guest appearances on television. She returned to the big screen in the film Footsteps in the Snow (1966), but the role failed to revitalize her career.
