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Veronica Lake (I) (1922–1973)

Actress | Soundtrack | Producer

Veronica Lake was born in Brooklyn, New York with the birth name of Constance Frances Marie Ockelman. Her father worked for an oil company as a ship employee. While still a child, Veronica's parents moved to Florida when she wasn't quite a year old. By the time she was five, the family had returned to Brooklyn... See full bio »

Born:

Constance Frances Marie Ockelman
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 50) in Burlington, Vermont, USA
Veronica Lake circa 1940 Still of Veronica Lake and Joel McCrea in Sullivan's Travels Still of Veronica Lake and Joel McCrea in Sullivan's Travels Still of Veronica Lake and Claudette Colbert in So Proudly We Hail! Still of Veronica Lake and Joel McCrea in Sullivan's Travels
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Filmography

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1970 Flesh Feast
Dr. Elaine Frederick
 
1966 Footsteps in the Snow
 
1954 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)
Nancy Willard
– The Gramercy Ghost (1954) … Nancy Willard
 
1953 Danger (TV series)
– Inside Straight (1953)
 
1950-1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Beverly / Lou / Stormy Denton
– Thanks for a Lovely Evening (1953) … Beverly
– The Blues Street (1951) … Lou
– Shadow on the Heart (1950) … Stormy Denton
 
1952 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
Judy 'Leni' Howard
– Better Than Walking (1952) … Judy 'Leni' Howard
 
1952 Tales of Tomorrow (TV series)
Paula
– Flight Overdue (1952) … Paula
 
1952 Celanese Theatre (TV series)
Abby Fane
– Brief Moment (1952) … Abby Fane
 
1951 Stronghold
Mary Stevens
 
1951 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (TV series)
Valerie
– The Facts of Life (1951) … Valerie
 
1950 Lights Out (TV series)
Mercy Device
– Beware This Woman (1950) … Mercy Device
 
1949 Slattery's Hurricane
Dolores Grieves
 
1948 Isn't It Romantic?
Candy Cameron
 
1948 The Sainted Sisters
Letty Stanton
 
1948 Saigon
Susan Cleaver
 
1947 Variety Girl
Veronica Lake
 
1947 Ramrod
Connie Dickason
 
1946 The Blue Dahlia
Joyce Harwood
 
1946 Miss Susie Slagle's
Nan Rogers
 
1945 Hold That Blonde
Sally Martin
 
1945 Duffy's Tavern
Veronica Lake
 
1945 Out of This World
Dorothy Dodge
 
1945 Bring on the Girls
Teddy Collins
 
1944 The Hour Before the Dawn
Dora Bruckmann
 
1943 So Proudly We Hail!
Lt. Olivia D'Arcy
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
Veronica Lake- 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number
 
1942 I Married a Witch
Jennifer
 
1942 The Glass Key
Janet Henry
 
1942 This Gun for Hire
Ellen Graham
 
1941 Sullivan's Travels
The Girl
 
1941 Hold Back the Dawn
Movie Actress (uncredited)
 
1941 I Wanted Wings
Sally Vaughn
 
1940 Forty Little Mothers
Granville Girl (uncredited)
 
1940 Young as You Feel
Bit part (as Constance Keane)
 
1939 All Women Have Secrets
Jane (as Constance Keane)
 
1939 Dancing Co-Ed
Woman on Motorcycle (uncredited)
 
1939 The Wrong Room (short)
The Attorney's New Bride (as Connie Keane)
 
1939 Sorority House
Coed (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
1948 Isn't It Romantic? (performer: "Miss Julie July", "Indiana Dinner", "At the Nickolodeon")
 
1942 This Gun for Hire (performer: "I've Got You" 1942 - uncredited, "Now You See It, Now You Don't" 1942 - uncredited)
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm (performer: "A Sweater, a Sarong and a Peek-a-Boo Bang")
 
1941 I Wanted Wings (performer: "Born to Love")
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1970 Flesh Feast (executive producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2002 S1m0ne (Simone wishes to thank the following for their contribution to the making of Simone)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
1971 Today (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 March 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1963 Your First Impression (TV series)
Herself-- Guest
– Episode dated 26 August 1963 (1963) … Herself-- Guest
 
1956 Tonight! (TV series)
Herself-- Guest
– Episode #4.282 (1956) … Herself-- Guest
 
1952 The Paul Winchell Show (TV series)
Herself-- Guest
– Episode #3.12 (1952) … Herself-- Guest
– Episode #3.6 (1952) … Herself-- Guest
 
1952 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest / Herself-- Guest
– Episode #5.6 (1952) … Herself - Guest
– Episode #5.4 (1952) … Herself-- Guest
 
1952 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Herself - Panelist
– Episode dated 18 September 1952 (1952) … Herself - Panelist
 
1952 Hollywood Screen Test (TV series)
Herself - - Guest
– Episode dated 14 April 1952 (1952) … Herself - - Guest
 
1951 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 13 May 1951 (1951) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1951 The Ken Murray Show (TV series)
Herself (guest)
– Episode dated 31 March 1951 (1951) … Herself (guest)
 
1950 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
Herself - Guest Performer
– Episode #2.11 (1950) … Herself - Guest Performer
 
1950 This Is Show Business (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 5 November 1950 (1950) … Herself - Guest
 
1950 The Bert Parks Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 1 November 1950 (1950) … Herself
 
1942 The Eyes Have It (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2007 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
1999 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV series)
 
1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Glass Key")
 
1981 Sixty Years of Seduction (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1951) Radio: Appeared on "Duffy's Tavern". See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | 1 Article  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Connie Keane | Constance Keane

Height:

4' 11½" (1.51 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[1970, reflecting on her career] I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter. I'm no longer interested in doing what's expected of me. I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that. See more »

Trivia:

During World War Two, the rage for her peek-a-boo bangs became a hazard when women in the defense industry would get their bangs caught in machinery. Lake had to take a publicity picture in which she reacted painfully to her hair getting "caught" in a drill press in order to heighten public awareness about the hazard of her hairstyle. See more »

Trademark:

'Peekaboo' hairstyle, covering right side of forehead and sometimes partly over right eye. See more »

Nickname:

The Peek-a-boo Girl See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio