Profile
Veronica Lake
Actress
Female
Born
Nov 14, 1922
Died
Jul 7, 1973
Other Names
Ockelman, Constan...
Veronica Lake was an American film actress and pin-up model. She received both popular and critical acclaim, most notably for her role in Sullivan's Travels and for her femme fatale roles in film noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s. She was well known… Read More
Romance
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Robert Carleton-MunroMarried 1972 - 1973
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Joseph A. McCarthyMarried 1955 - 1959
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Jorge GuinleDated
Family
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Veronica Lake
d.1973
parents
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Harry E. OckelmanFather
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Constance Charlotta TrimbleMother
children
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Elaine DetlieDaughter, Age 71
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William DetlieSon, Age 69
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Andre Michael De Toth IIISon, Age 67
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Diana De TothDaughter, Age 64
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1922
Birth
Born on November 14, 1922.
TEENAGE
1938
15 Years Old
In 1938 Lake moved with her mother and stepfather to Beverly Hills, where her mother enrolled her in the Bliss-Hayden School of Acting.
1939
16 Years Old
Her first appearance on screen was for RKO, playing a small role among several coeds in the 1939 film, Sorority House.
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1940
17 Years Old
RKO subsequently dropped her contract. She married art director John S. Detlie, 14 years her senior, in 1940.
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In 1941 she was signed to a long-term contract with Paramount Pictures.
TWENTIES
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She recovered, but her second child, William, was born prematurely on July 8, 1943, dying a week later from uremic poisoning.
1944
21 Years Old
She married film director Andre De Toth in 1944 and had a son, Andre Anthony Michael De Toth, known as Michael De Toth (October 25, 1945 – February 24, 1991), and a daughter, Diana De Toth (born October 16, 1948).
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1946
23 Years Old
Lake earned her pilot's license in 1946 and was able to fly solo between Los Angeles and New York.
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THIRTIES
1955
32 Years Old
Lake turned to television and stage work and in 1955 married songwriter Joseph A. McCarthy.
1959
36 Years Old
After breaking her ankle in 1959, Lake was unable to continue working as an actress.
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FIFTIES
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She then moved to the UK, where she had a short-lived marriage with an "English sea captain", Robert Carleton-Munro, before returning to the U.S. in 1973, having filed for divorce.
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