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Veronica Lake

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Actress

The Resume

    (November 14, 1919-July 7, 1973)
    Birth name is Constance Frances Marie Ockleman
    Acted in 'Sullivan's Travels (1942),' 'This Gun for Hire (1942),' 'I Married a Witch (1942),' 'So Proudly We Hail! (1943),' 'Hold That Blonde (1945),' 'The Blue Dahlia (1946),' 'Ramrod (1947),' 'Saigon (1948),' 'Isn't It Romantic? (1948),' 'Slattery's Hurricane (1949),' and 'Flesh Feast (1970)'

Why she might be annoying:

    She smoked.
    She divorced four times.
    She was an alcoholic.
    She was extremely tiny, standing at 4'11 and weighing 90 lbs.
    She was selected Miss Florida, but was later disqualified because she lied about her age.
    The U.S. government asked her to cut her hair. A number of female munition workers emulating her hair style, got their hair caught in the machinery.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She originally worked under the name Connie Keane (her stepfather's last name).
    Her surname was changed to Lake because she has a 'calm coolness.'
    Her trademark was the 'Peekaboo' hairstyle, covering the right side of her forehead and sometimes partly over her right eye.
    Kim Basinger emulated this look for the 1997 movie 'LA Confidential.'
    In the 60's, Veronica was found working in a hotel as a barmaid, after being declared bankrupt. She made a comeback soon after.
    She was one of the most popular WW II pin-up girls.
    She is an icon of the 1940s'.

Credit: Cosmic Princess


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 85 Votes: 62.35% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 100 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 199 Votes: 54.77% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 157 Votes: 42.04% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 233 Votes: 63.95% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 100 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 19 Votes: 89.47% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 10.53% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 36 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 130 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 28 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 346 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 38 Votes: 39.47% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 191 Votes: 36.65% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 89 Votes: 33.71% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 505 Votes: 43.56% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 378 Votes: 40.21% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 407 Votes: 42.75% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1160 Votes: 45.34% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1592 Votes: 41.52% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2323 Votes: 35.13% Annoying