Veronica Lake was one of the noted critically acclaimed actress. Lake was a Hollywood actress who used to be lapped up by the masses for her femme fatale roles and also earned laurels for her acting prowess from the critics.
Veronica Lake was born on November 14, 1922 and lived till July 7, 1973. She is fondly remembered for her roles with Alan Ladd during 1940s, especially in the noir films. The Archie comics character Veronica Lodge was authored partly on the real life character of Veronica Lake. She was already a rising star in 1942 when the comic strip was first introduced.
In 1997 the movie L.A. Confidential paid tribute to the iconic image of Veronica Lake by portraying Kim Basinger in the same manner and style as Lake. The film won the prestigious Academy Award the same year. The movie also mentioned and projected her photographs in the film and also included a scene from her movie This Gun for Hire as a backdrop.
Veronica Lakes breaking point in films was with I Wanted Wings in 1941. It was a major hit where she played the second lead to the heroine and repeatedly became a scene-stealer. The next to follow was Hold Back the Dawn later the same year. She soon became popular as witty, intelligent and trend-setting actress. She became a Star. Some of the blockbusters that followed were Sullivan's Travels, I Married a Witch, This Gun for Hire, So Proudly We Hail and The Glass Key. Looking back at her golden days she once remarked that to be popular she did not do a cheesecake but just used her hair. A publicity photograph where she had her shoulder-length blonde hair cover one eye immediately became an iconic hairstyle for a generation.
Veronica Lake was born as Constance Frances Marie Ockelman. Her father died young in an industrial explosion in 1932. She was only 9 years old. Her mother married a common friend. Anthony Keane the next year. Veronica started using his surname. She changed schools quite frequently and had a troubled childhood. It has been said that once in adolescence she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
However, Veronica Lake in later life she showed some signs of the past ailment in the sense that her success was short lived and she went through a series of broken marriages. In her later days she had to struggle with mental illness and became alcoholic.
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