Veronica Lake

Biography

Veronica Lake (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973) was an American film actress and pin-up model. She received both popular and critical acclaim, most notably for her role in Sullivan's Travels and her femme fatale roles in film noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s, and was well-known for her peek-a-boo hairstyle. Her success did not last; she had a string of broken marriages and long struggles with mental illness and alcoholism until she died of hepatitis. Description above from the Wikipedia article Veronica Lake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Sullivan's Travels

as The Girl

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

I Married a Witch

as Jennifer

This Gun for Hire

as Ellen Graham

The Blue Dahlia

as Joyce Harwood

The Glass Key

as Janet Henry

Ramrod

as Connie Dickason

Hold Back the Dawn

as Movie Actress (uncredited)

What's My Line?

as Self

So Proudly We Hail

as Lt. Olivia D'Arcy