Veronica Lake

Veronica Lake died of hepatitis in Burlington, Vermont at the age of 53. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6777 Hollywood Blvd. She also co-produced and starred in 1970's Flesh Feast, an infamous low-budget horror film that was to be her swan song. She made a small comeback in the 1980s with roles in Ragtime and in Reds. After the early 1950s, she rarely appeared on screen. Her career came to a quick halt soon after that, however, and she moved to the United Kingdom, where she had very small roles in several films. Her noted movies included Sullivan's Travels, This Gun for Hire, and The Blue Dahlia. She was able to successfully transition to talkies, and in 1929 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Broadway Melody.

During World War II she changed her trademark hairstyle to get her hair out of her eyes as a publicity move to encourage women working at war industries to adopt more practical hairstyles. She performed the Charleston in the movie The King on Main Street in 1925. Lake popularized an iconic hairstyle, with one of her eyes always obscured by her blonde hair. As her roles got larger, so did her popularity. She was born in Brooklyn, New York with the name Constance Frances Marie Ockleman. She was selected one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1922. Veronica Lake (14 November 1919 - 7 July 1973) was a popular American film actress, most famous during the 1940s. Griffith, who gave her a small part in Intolerance in 1916.

When the family needed money, her mother sent her to Biograph Studios, where she met D.W. Born Juanita Horton in Midland, Texas, she moved with her family to Hollywood when she was young. Bessie Love (September 10, 1898 - April 26, 1986) was an American actress.