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Constance Frances Marie Ockelman (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973), 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).
Beeken checked on Lake the evening of July 6, “when acute renal failure had set in,” according to the findadeath.com article. “Early on the morning of July 7, 1973, she passed away at age 50.”
I Married a Witch is a 1942 American romantic comedy fantasy film, directed by René Clair, and starring Veronica Lake as a witch whose plan for revenge goes comically awry, with Fredric March as her foil.
This Gun for Hire is a 1942 American film noir crime film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, and Alan Ladd.It is based on the 1936 novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene (published in the United States with the same title as the film).
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The novel was published in 1942. [1] Film rights were bought by Paramount while the project was in galley form, prior to Pearl Harbor. [2] When the book was published, it became a best seller, but Paramount were reluctant to make a film based on it because it was about a conscientious objector - something that was felt to be palatable to the American public while the USA was neutral, but not ...