Veronica Lake

1922-1973

Biography: life and films

Veronica Lake was an American actress whose birth name was Constance Frances Marie Ockelman. She was born in Brooklyn, New York City, USA on 14th November 1922 and died in Burlington, Vermont, U.S. on 7th July 1973, aged 50.

Her best films as an actor include Preston Sturges's Sullivan's Travels (1941), René Clair's comedy I Married a Witch (1942), Stuart Heisler's crime-thriller The Glass Key (1942), Frank Tuttle's This Gun for Hire (1942) and George Marshall's The Blue Dahlia (1946).

Veronica Lake appeared in 26 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: George Marshall (3 films), Hal Walker (2), Frank Tuttle (2) and André De Toth (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (10 films), comedy (8), Thriller (6), romance (5), crime-thriller (4), comedy-romance (3), War (3) and comedy-drama (2).

Our average rating for Veronica Lake over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: a = actor

All Women Have Secrets (1939) [a]

Sorority House (1939) [a]

I Wanted Wings (1941) [a]

Sullivan's Travels (1941) [a]

I Married a Witch (1942) [a]

Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) [a]

The Glass Key (1942) [a]

This Gun for Hire (1942) [a]

So Proudly We Hail! (1943) [a]

The Hour Before the Dawn (1944) [a]

Bring on the Girls (1945) [a]

Duffy's Tavern (1945) [a]

Hold That Blonde (1945) [a]

Out of This World (1945) [a]

Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) [a]

The Blue Dahlia (1946) [a]

Ramrod (1947) [a]

Isn't It Romantic? (1948) [a]

Saigon (1948) [a]

The Sainted Sisters (1948) [a]

Slattery's Hurricane (1949) [a]

Stronghold (1951) [a]

Footsteps in the Snow (1966) [a]

Flesh Feast (1970) [a]

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) [a]

Congratulations (2012) [a]



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