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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).
Lake was tiny – only 4 feet, 11 inches tall, according to her biography on the website for Turner Classic Movies – and gained attention for her blue eyes, long blonde hair and “unique, smoky ...
Ladd and Veronica Lake became a particularly popular pairing because, at 4 ft 11 in (150 cm), she was one of the few Hollywood actresses substantially shorter than he was. [128] In his memoirs, actor/producer John Houseman wrote of Ladd: "Since he himself was extremely short, he had only one standard by which he judged his fellow players: their ...
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).
The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 American crime film and film noir with an original screenplay by Raymond Chandler [3] [4] directed by George Marshall and starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and William Bendix. [5]
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At its height, in 1970, Black residents accounted for nearly 30% of the town’s population. ... Residents told CNN the culture on the East and West sides of Lake Avenue is different too. Veronica ...
So Proudly We Hail! is a 1943 American war film directed and produced by Mark Sandrich from a screenplay by Allan Scott based on the book I Served on Bataan by Lieutenant Colonel Juanita Redmond. [2]