The Chilling Demise Of Veronica Lake

[@brober]

I met her in Miami when she was staying with a neighbor. She sat by the pool drinking and smoking with a big hat and sunglasses. When I told my mum Veronica Lake was the name of old lady visiting next door Mum got all excited and made an excuse to go vist. I had no idea who she was. I was 8 yo.Never saw Mum so excited.

[@CountryLifeEngland]

My mother was a fan of hers. Mum had a peakaboo hair style trying to look like Lake. She captured the heart of my dad with her peakaboo. In a strange twist of fate, without Lake’s screen presence I may never have been.

[@suesaosa5526]

​@@CountryLifeEngland❤🤗🌟🙏thanks for sharing...✨💞

[@Maldoror200]

@ rober..Excellent..Thx.., Cool story .!!

[@Maldoror200]

​@suesaosa5526 ..Agree.., Strange observation..I LOOVED Her performance in "Blue Dahlia"..Fabulous Film-Noir..w/Alan Ladd..!!🎉❤

[@ryanjordan7268]

Wow!!! ❤

[@sukijay4990]

I’m impressed that she was able to fly from California to NY on her own. That shows there was more to Veronica Lake than Hollywood. Maybe without fame she would have had a more fulfilling life.

[@tigergreg8]

I was thinking the same thing, rather impressive she had a valid license to fly, but to do it solo. She was def a go getter in her time.

[@paulazemeckis7835]

Flying planes back then were difficult. So many controls, instruments, many many parameters to manage! My respect to her. She was born 100 years too early. A lot of intelligent, ambitious women were discouraged to attain career satisfaction.

[@janeaparis]

So true.

[@shadowfilm7980]

She was smart. Talented in other ways too. Love her tenacity.

[@bobboscarato1313]

@@shadowfilm7980 She just could not control her alcohol intake!

[@Richard-or9rt]

Sad, Veronica Lake was probably one of the most beautiful actresses ever to appear on the silver screen.

[@finolaomurchu8217]

She was beautiful. And her mother had the looks, that she inherited. But the mother seemed to push her into the acting. It's a pity she chose lifestyle over her husband and young baby. Motherhood is a real blessing. Losing the second baby very tough. It would highlight the importance of Motherhood to most women.

[@dianatracey6098]

lol are u joking ,,average no talent

[@kenneth9874]

V​@@dianatracey6098awe...jealous?

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

I’m gay and I’m honestly attracted to her! Stunning woman! She makes Margot Robbie look mid.

[@Worldagenda24]

Nothing special really! Audrey Hepburn was beautiful.

[@bbayerit]

In my early teens (during the early sixties) my Mom asked me who my favorite Hollywood starlit was and I answered "Veronica Lake". She asked me how I came to that opinion and I told her that the first time I saw a facial profile of her I was "in love". Ah, such are the fantasies of a prepubescent lad. She was a beauty with such a voice ... melted my soul. I hope that Ms. Lake is peacefully at rest. Thank you for such an informative and direct video. 👍

[@XX-qd6ke]

I fell in love with her the first time I ever laid eyes on her as a kid. I'm now 62, and she still makes my heart skip a beat....

[@GoldenAgeCelebrities-jb6hu]

What she left behind is truly a legacy

[@dwightjohn1014]

To this day, everytime I see her face, I fall in love all over again...

[@JE4-1]

Veronica had that classic beauty. So sad about her young son passing away. Alcohol was her solace. RIP

[@finolaomurchu8217]

Very sad. I was wondering if the baby boy lived for several days after premature birth, would he have lived now.

[@carl6352]

With sob stories, you can be sure booze and drugs were involved!

[@michaellinner7772]

Alcohol is no one's solace. It's a bottomless pit of illusion.

[@mariameere5807]

@@carl6352 addiction isn’t a choice though bc if it was people would “choose” to stop when it makes life hell for them and their loved ones! But they can’t as it doesn’t work that way! But I understand your viewpoint and your lucky that you have never been through the hell of it. I have and died from an overdose which showed me the best high ever…. Spiritually awakening! After 3 days in a coma it was hell being back in my body and the doctors were telling me that I would loose my legs from injecting and I knew differently but I had been healed during my time in the light but it took all the strength I had to go through cold turkey bc I was too ill for methadone to stay in my system and I was in hospital for a year but a year after coming out of hospital I had gotten away from the pimp that had injected me in my sleep and I had a beautiful Japanese spitz dog and was jogging with her on the leg’s that needed 17 surgeries to get all the infection out of my bones so I would like to say to anyone with a serious diagnosis that they shouldn’t take the white coat’s of the doctor as the big part we are brought up to take so seriously when it comes to our attitude’s about whether or not we are going to live or die and I recommend a ted talk by a doctor on whether the mind can heal the body from terminal illness here on KZbin! Blessings to you 🙏 🌺🕊🤍🕊🌺

[@bigredc222]

Alcohol took out so many actors of her generation. Sullivan's travels is a great movie.

[@Swelte]

She was so beautiful. Wow.

[@Factinate]

She really was.

[@oldschool3484]

She took off from Hollywood and you call her damaged ? NO, she was smart..

[@pamelafrye4667]

AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@whiteyfisk9769]

Cool it with the anti-semitic remarks

[@anonymoususer1008]

@@whiteyfisk9769do you actually know what anti-semitism is because there’s none of that here except in your weird imagination.

[@anonymoususer1008]

She actually left because her husband had ruined her career by turning down movie roles for her without telling her. She had a pilots license and used the plane she had bought for him to fly from LA to NY. Despite what you are hearing she says she was happy with her life in NY and was paying $1900 a month rent which is like $4,000 in today’s money.

[@pamelafrye4667]

@@anonymoususer1008 NONE of US actually KNOW any of the TRUTH behind her life in Hollyweird that she LEFT BEHIND because WE WEREN'T THERE!!!!!!! BUT, I guarantee 💯 she was much BETTER OFF LEAVING Hollyweird rather than staying in that CESS POOL!!!!!!!!

[@crankyoldperson6871]

She was a child when her mother peddled her into the industry. How was she supposed to behave without anyone trustworthy to guide her? So beautiful but exploited.

[@sandranorman5469]

Reminds me of the scene from The Godfather, where the stage mother glares at Tom Hagen as she tries to wipe her daughter’s face off. 15:20

[@bobboscarato1313]

During the depression many youngsters were pushed to Hollywood for fame, glory and money!

[@JobyJoby-iw2wr]

Sex trafficked.....

[@muffs55mercury61]

Yep same for Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Rita Hayworth & others. Parents wanting to make money off their children.

[@michaelsix9684]

it happens a lot, stage moms still exist

[@shahineali5858]

No one knows the inner working of a family. It sounds far more plausible that her very cruel mother inflicted so much psychological trauma that she literally drove her mad. This is re-enforced by the mother discussing her mental state as though she herself had nothing to do with it.

[@mrnelsonius5631]

Exactly. Veronica’s mother sounds like a narcissist that left Veronica damaged. Veronica’s behavior doesn’t sound “schizophrenic” it sounds more like complex PTSD/personality disorder (and alcoholism of course) which can both be induced by severe childhood trauma.

[@americasariesson1862]

Way before the condition of cptsd from repetitive trauma and chronic psychological stress was identified. A cruel pathologically critical parent who lives through their kid demanding perfection really does a life long number

[@americasariesson1862]

@@mrnelsonius5631Guess we were thinking alike 👍🏻

[@hrheachafin6657]

A very well-done video, covering the major points of Miss Lake's life without sensationalizing her sorrows.

[@JoeKoOhNo]

Terrible video Terrible narration.

[@garysmith1863]

good enough to make the viewer forgive the clickbait title

[@Bittersweet.Symphony.]

'without sensationalizing her sorrows' 🤣you're kidding right.100% clickbait nonsense

[@lindasue263]

Half of what was said were lies!

[@rongendron8705]

In the early 1960's, my sister's friend's father, was a bartender for a posh NYC bar He said that Veronica Lake would come in, almost nightly, to drink alone! She would then walk back home, to her hotel! He said that she was nearly unrecognizable, from her former self. This 'shocked' me as a fan, because we still remembered her, in her 'heyday'! Until I saw this video, I had no idea that she was still a teenager, during that time! R,.I.P.

[@janetbransdon3742]

One eye covered can also be a Satanic sign.

[@FallenAngel9979]

@@janetbransdon3742What a load of rubbish

[@mrsthursday]

​@@janetbransdon3742silly😁

[@kathierouse6046]

​@@janetbransdon3742 That is so true! I thought of that like you. I have grown aware of Hellywood for ten years now. TinselTown has always been full of corruption. My paternal grandmother told me that her father predicted that the movie industry would be America's undoing. He was so right!

[@timebot000]

​@@janetbransdon3742 ........she might have signed off to lucifer and been to a 'party' or two, barely escaping.

[@natilyfe]

She flew solo from LA to NY in 1952? That's actually pretty impressive.

[@dylanconnolly9942]

Things simpletons say.

[@natilyfe]

@@dylanconnolly9942 I'm not a simpleton. It's impressive because she was an actress, not a professional pilot. There was no gps and inertial navigation was still being developed in the early 50s. So she would have only had radio navigation, visual cues, and celestial navigation while flying solo. You probably can't even make your way across your own state without a phone/Google maps lol.

[@angenequenash5180]

@@natilyfeYes I agree

[@Lisa-pl6gv]

I thought so too. Getting a pilot's license takes courage and dedication.

[@normatible9795]

What simpletons u talking about? Veronica knew aviation ,geography and science ​@@dylanconnolly9942

[@DaughterofTheLord-Yeshua]

I think saying "Veronica wasnt beautiful anymore" once she aged and suffered through addiction is pretty awful. I think she was beautiful to the end. She aged, it doesn't mean she was haggard and ugly.

[@leslieannvanhumbeck7630]

I watched some of her movies. She was gorgeous and I couldn't take my eyes off her. She had a beautiful voice. It's so sad about her self-esteem issues. 😢

[@ZarpSterr]

It's hard to be beautiful, surrounded by dark, ugly hearts. She never met the right man, who she could lean on.

[@leslieannvanhumbeck7630]

@@ZarpSterr true

[@memphisward]

Beautiful talking voice

[@hardrock1826]

Veronica was talented and Stunningly Beautiful. Good actress that was versatile, able to do Drama and Comedic roles. I had a great crush on her and was always keen to see her movies. By the time I started watching them her career was already over. I didn't know that as a kid. But it explained why I didn't see her any longer in newer movies. Her Face, Hair and Physique was awesome. She was one of the Hollywood Female Stars that demonstrated to me the image of what a Woman truly was. Absolutely Loved her. So sorry to hear of her challenges in life. May She Rest In Peace.

[@scoutman]

im 76 now remembering Veronica's movies..her flawless complexion,beautiful features, and smooth way like sade gliding across tthe stage showin her beauty&grace.lookin at todays female actors im certain we will never see anything like her again❤

[@pamelafrye4667]

AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 I miss those days of the grace & being more wholesome...Being more of a young lady with charm & elegance 🙏 ❤...

[@scoutman]

@@pamelafrye4667 we had bonnie n clyde too pam...now we have the xiew🤣their collective IQ

[@skylarsartnphotography3450]

​@@scoutmanI never pay any attention to the modern stuff, but I do feel sorry for the babies being born today and children growing up. They will never even know what all they have missed out on in their growing years

[@scoutman]

@skylarsartnphotography3450 left america 7years ago.just finished building self sustaing home in jungle,solar,deep well..2brother 1st cavalry vietnam vets.2lovely sweet filipinas look after us.we ARE 2of the luckiest guys on the planet.we spend our days training,the beach 20 minute drive...VIRTUALLY NO HUMANS IN SIGHT..,watching you tube old movies n looney tunes,5dogs5cats....so what's missing?nuthin...we are 2jersey homeboys livin the dream.. today's kids are lost..the values,we grew up gettin in fights,not gettin guns n killin classmates cause our feelings got hurt.we had CYO dances,slow songs we held our girls tight..lemon ice,pizza,burgers off the grill,n dogs all the way..no BKs,no micky Ds,no domino's or pizza hut,no fast food joints...time to get up n make barako our filipino brand roast in my expesso pot..grind my beans livin the dream

[@scoutman]

@skylarsartnphotography3450 hi sky..I left america almost 8yrs ago.im a half hr from the south china sea.we aren't hooked up to electric or water..solar& well..paradise or the next best thing to not bein in the country I almost died for not countin the KIAs n wounded we loaded onto choppers in ponchos.america I grew up in gone 4ever.a fkin tragedy ..puttin biden out of commission won't do it..whoever is pullin that geezers rip cord is americas enemy in charge

[@michaelshaw1182]

Nice job. Truly one of Hollywood's saddest stories.

[@wa1ufo]

Yes, I think she was extremely intelligent having been an acomplished pilot, probably out of her element in Hollywood back then.

[@oldfartatplay]

I'm 80. When I was 8 years old, I had a huge crush on Veronica Lake.😍

[@j.l.hughes-bailey2401]

Poor Veronica... Everyone putting such harsh veiws on her social life, however being a 16 year old being forced into very adult situations- acting, marriage, children-when other girls her age- then as well as now- would be at clibs, parties, or at least their friends house, enjoying the youth she apparently never was allowed to take part in.

[@Goldsrevenge]

She was great in "I Married A Witch" one of the best screwball comedies out there.

[@rongendron8705]

The impetus for t.v.'s "Bewitched"!

[@hollyegee2199]

One of my fave fun movies!

[@marknewton6984]

Love that film!

[@Anne--Marie]

Yes she was!

[@nihilioellipsis]

Totally. It really ceeated a fantasy world where she was credible as a unique whimsical witch.

[@bretthess6376]

This reminds me of Dorothy Lamore. She was one of the most famous actresses in the world and helped raise $millions in War Bonds. While Hope & Crosby and the studio got rich, she was paid a few thousand a film, and when the Road series was ended she wound up working as a waitress. Hope saw her there one day and said, "Dottie, what are you doing here?" She told him she had to eat. Hope was enraged and supported her for the rest of her life. They say Bob was one guy you didn't want to cross. Good for him. If more people had a fully functional spine it would be a better world. 🇺🇲

[@SlimKeith11]

This is NOT the same, Lake couldn't work in Hollywood because of her alcoholism and a very bad reputation on set , that's FAR different than Dorothy Lamore. You can't watch a 5 minute video and pretend you know diddly squat about these people. It's creepy, did you go to school???

[@jontalbot1]

This omits one even more bizarre turn. She moved to the UK and settled in Ipswich. She married a naval captain there in 1972 but the marriage barely lasted a year. She moved back to the US in 1973 and died the same year.

[@laurids2007]

Thank you!

[@marygoodson4920]

She was absolutely, naturally gorgeous and she was talented. Very sad.

[@ezsmith3765]

Not as sad as ugly and no talent. But many of those type of common folk have a peace of mind that the celebrities often lack. Isn’t that strange?

[@vialogan]

These stars always have such tragic back stories. I wonder if there exists even one star from this time period who had a happy career and family?! Good memories watching this, as my Mom was a big fan of Lake's. She really was stunning.

[@andrewthornhill7042]

@vialogan James Stewart perhaps?

[@shimmerwave5784]

Google it

[@mattskustomkreations]

That’s exactly who I was going to say.

[@marygoodson4920]

Jimmy Stewart and Gary Cooper come to mind for happy, supportive childhoods.

[@JuhiSRK]

​@@andrewthornhill7042Actually, he was an alcoholic. My Father was a police officer who was a guard on the set of the movie "Fool's Parade". It was a hard drinking group. Stewart's drink of choice, according to my Father, was Wild Turkey. A lot of it.

[@ellentorres6314]

My grandmother always told me I looked like Veronica Lake with my hair draped over one eye...now I see why!!! But I've had a much more sedate life!!!

[@sharynkoren2054]

My dad said the same thing about me! I had the same hair cut

[@petersavage5885]

Really? Anywhere I can see your picture? 😍

[@Porsche996driver]

God bless you. ✨

[@scoutman]

wow lucky ladies to have been blessed with good looks..i remember bein a young soldier stationed in korea went on pass to village saw a korean gal with her hair covered half her face..i was smitten😂thinkin she looked like nancy kwan

[@heidibee501]

It reminds me of a movie with Ginger Rogers where the lead character pretends to be a teenager and winds up under the protection of the main male character at a military school. At one point there is a dance between the students of the Academy and a nearby girls school. EVERY ONE OF THE GIRLS is sporting the VERONICA LAKE HAIRDO. The movie is called "The Major and the Minor." I am truly sorry this lovely woman faced so much unhappiness. But she was a survivor. She was able to live a simple life.

[@Roz-y2d]

I’ve got that film on dvd. I loved it. I’m gonna watch it again if I can find it.❤

[@sagbrady8414]

I love that movie

[@marianparoo1544]

Great movie. Saw it on the Early Show. Showing my age!

[@dchaz3.0dacan18]

That clip is on KZbin.

[@patrickryan1515]

Anytime I hear of Veronica Lake I think of that scene.

[@davidlancaster8152]

I've always enjoyed her films. I had no idea she had such a tragic life. Thanks for presenting her story.

[@samanthalake5011]

She was my great aunt. 💜

[@aeonsbeyond]

Nice to meet you I hope you have a less painful tragedy life in your end of the family but Stay away from the booze Samantha

[@samanthalake5011]

@@aeonsbeyond Thank you! I do stay away from it. Alcoholism runs in my family and I want no part of it. 😏

[@skylarsartnphotography3450]

Hollywood seems like one of those things that only looks like it may be glamorous, but not so at all. I remember your great aunt in movies, Samantha and she was beautiful. A good actress too. May she rest in peace ❤

[@thomasmcdonnell4760]

She was so beautiful. ❤

[@mariarohmer2374]

Don't you find this video extremely rude? I'm appalled.

[@goldeneagle2976]

Ppl and especially Hollywood can be too cruel, she was a beauty even in her older years. She had something rare, intelligence, charisma, beauty and wits.

[@veronicacarmody115]

My father was smitten with her and named me Veronica. It’s interesting to learn more about her. Thanks!

[@andrewbrendan1579]

Great video! A tragic, sad, yet fascinating story. Seeing the photos from early in Veronica Lake's acting career you can see that she's very young, maybe too young. I saw her interview with Dick Cavett which is also on You Tube and Miss Lake came across as an intelligent, articulate woman. Too I think that in most of the photos from her later years she was quite attractive. --- The way Veronica Lake was found working in a hotel reminds me of Frances Farmer who went into obscurity after Hollywood. As I recall she worked in a hotel laundry and also worked in a small-town photography studio as an assistant. Eventually she was recognized and was back in the public eye, spending her final years work at an Indianapolis TV station and having her own show.

[@maryknight4823]

A well compiled documentary, and good narration. Veronica was certainly a stunner. Thanks for sharing .......

[@mariameere5807]

Beautifully done! Thank you so much ❤

[@Factinate]

Thank you 😊

[@mariameere5807]

@@Factinate you are so welcome 🙏

[@Skr8955-f3c]

@@Factinate You should be ashamed of saying her mother "diagnosed" her as anything!!!! Defamation!

[@tamala521]

I always adored Veronica Lake, she was beautiful. I never realized she had such a crummy life. Poor girl.

[@brennadickinson2920]

Would anyone feel secure if they were valued for just one thing, especially physical beauty, which is notoriously fleeting. Yes she was beautiful but nobody actually seemed to care about who she was inside. Did she feel trapped by her image? I think so. If she could fly solo, there was much more to her than just a glossy surface. A very, very sad story. Great documentary.

[@pamelafrye4667]

AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@mrlukeplease]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@pamelafrye4667]

It also reminds me of my generation & being raised by my parents' generation & being TAUGHT to NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER!!!! Somewhere along the line & with technology i.e. cell phones, social media & with our society & government TURNING AWAY from God & our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ 🙏 🙏, MANY have LOST their WAY & our Country/Nation & World has become WORSE than Sodom & Gomorrah was 😢 🙏...

[@kimberlypoole5325]

I think I would like to know more about Veronica Lake. I'll check out her book if it's still in publication. She was beautiful & tragic. Great video as always. I really enjoy this channel & hearing about all the older stars who are forgotten for the most part. Thank for giving them some recognition.

[@lorihoop3831]

Archive . org. is a good site for reading out of print books for free

[@CarmelitasNannyGoat]

There’s a really good podcast episode about her - it’s called You Must Remember This, episode 96.

[@KnawedOne]

She was stunningly beautiful

[@paulazemeckis7835]

And intelligent and talented just to name a few attributes. We are in 2024 so we no longer judge the talent of actresses that includes looks.

[@kalevala29]

Even if she really was schizophrenic, that doesn't absolve her mother from her actions. I don't think Veronica wanted to be an actress. She even told her parents that at a young age. She did get a pilot's license. Maybe she would have been much happier being employed that way. But her mother pushed her into it and Veronica got sucked into the great cesspool that is Hollywood.

[@bobbys4327]

And like the rest of the beautiful stars of that era, she probably had to warm the casting couch.

[@ZarpSterr]

@@bobbys4327I doubt she did that. Which is why she was seen as "difficult.".....she scorned their leering intentions.

[@chaimomma9198]

Jesus eventually everyone has schizophrenia in Hollywood hasn’t anyone noticed

[@johnlargan6045]

I had no idea Veronica Lake had such a tragic life. I'm glad we can still appreciate her films.

[@Belevaqua]

I worked with a wonderful woman/ artist whose father was Veronica’s first husband. Such a sweet person.

[@Ava-oc1dg]

💚✌🏽Another story where insight,compassion,and understanding may have changed a life.

[@ZarpSterr]

None of those traits exist in Hollywood.

[@pamelafrye4667]

AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@NelsonStJames]

“Chaos came courting” is probably going to become one of my new favorite turns of phrase.

[@MexicoDigDoctor]

Great job on this video! Keep up the good work. You are a great researcher, and you will keep getting better. I can only assume you are young, since you didn't know how to pronounce Joel M's name, as a few people in the comment section were more than happy to point out, LOL. Haters gonna hate, but I love your work. And I can't help but admit that, because I'm older, the same thing went through my mind when I heard you pronounce his name twice 😜. Hey, it happens to the best of us. Don't let it get you down. So many of us appreciate your work!! Hugs from an old California girl. 🤗🇲🇽

[@Factinate]

Thanks for your feedback here 😅

[@rootsiebee]

If she was schizophrenic, it was a very mild case. Possibly bipolar though I’d say she coped well in the male dominated cinema world.

[@claireseyeviewonredbubble]

Yes, I don't know if a schizophrenia diagnosis then meant the same thing as it would today. Being schizophrenic she'd hear voices speaking to her loud and clear that no one else would, and believe them to be real people. It would have been too distracting, interupting her concentration, preventing her working in films.

[@bobboscarato1313]

Schizophrenic/bipolar can fake moods and sometimes they act very normal and other times they fly of the handle so to speak!

[@naturalobserver1322]

Yea, I'm sure she would have been a dream to work with if Hollywood was female dominated. 😁

[@egrogan6482]

According to her mother, she was diagnosed as schizophrenic when she was 15 y.o. People with that condition usually show symptoms in mid to late teens so it sounds about right.

[@naturalobserver1322]

It's absolutely amazing how many comments are blocked by you tube that even mildly disagree with the woke narrative.🙄

[@mikeslipper1779]

Absolutely fascinating insight. Amazing as well.

[@Factinate]

Much appreciated!

[@michael.cschrubbe5879]

Thank you for such a wonderful look at a beautiful and amazing woman! So few moments of happiness and a lifetime of sadness. Hollywood has crushed many if not all!

[@SuzySuziko]

Thank you sooo much for this. She did have a very hard life, not dealt an easy hand, and did the best she could. Now I am going to watch her in "I wanted wings" on youtube :)

[@myronfrobisher]

apparently she worked as a waitress in Galveston Texas for a brief while.

[@deegee8437]

Veronica reminds me of Frances Farmer in many ways.

[@TenderhornH]

I totally agree with you deegee8437

[@ashleywalker1411]

She payed a great witch. 🎬🕯

[@bobboscarato1313]

Yes beauty and alcohol!

[@fernandomaron87]

​@@bobboscarato1313and mental health problems unfortunetly.

[@SlimKeith11]

They were both mentally ill and suffered from alcoholism, they were both HIGHLY self destructive people as well. They weren't saints, they were talented and deeply troubled women. Everyone wants to make them saints.

[@CatherinePerrie]

I always thought she was so beautiful and she was!!! I discovered the V L hairstyle in the 70's I will always remember the great VL zxx❤

[@iorarua3525]

This doco did not mention her metal illness until the last minute or so, which is a massive oversight. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1938 at age 15. There was very little effective treatment for the condition until about the 1960s. Severe cases were instituionalised, but less severe cases like VL's were left to get through life as best they could.

[@indychapman]

Her mother was the one to level that accusation that I personally don’t believe. She was continually manipulated and controlled by her mother. I suspect there was much more going on that what we will ever know.

[@skylarsartnphotography3450]

I wouldn't trust her mother

[@mikeyates7931]

I really feel for her ; my mom never missed an opportunity to hurt me and betray me , and I know I'm really f*cked up from it and I'll never be right - you did the best that you could , Veronica , and I won't condemn you - RIP , Pretty Lady 🙏 ✝️🙏

[@lisamackenzie8821]

Mikey That's a lie from the pit of hell that Satan wants you to keep believing. My parents didn't even care enough to abuse me. Mental/emotional neglect, and having a schizotypal diagnosis and a sister who abandoned me and is helping my Father's 5th wife steal my inheritance from him. And all my health issues. I feel so f'd up that most days I feel like un aliving if it weren't for the Lord Jesus Christ I would have went wackadoodle lol!!! So don't give up. He can help you where noone else can!!! He loves you and is waiting for you to ask him into your heart!!! He has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a SOUND MIND!!!❤

[@angelo8516]

It's such a sad realization that this lovely woman was suffering at such an early age, from a later diagnosed medical condition/schitzophrenia! What an unfortunate ending for such a lovely, beautiful woman. Veronica Lake, RIP!💃🌹

[@mousemd]

TY Now a little bit of my childhood makes sense. I was in the 5th grade in 1970. A girl had a hairstyle that the teacher referred to as Veronica Lake. I never heard of her. The teach did.

[@rootsiebee]

What’s so bazaar about a woman flying a plane? She sounds amazing to me.

[@CJ-jq4lv]

It was back then.

[@bobboscarato1313]

Bizarre!

[@grissomnumber1]

Yeah. Look at Amelia Earhart

[@Life-Row-Toll]

It's more or less the 'why' and 'how' she did it.

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Good text, well done. None of the usual cliches "Life's rich tapestry" etc. Thank you

[@robjones2408]

When Marlon Brando learned of Veronica's financial woes, he sent her a cheque for $1,000. Veronica simply put the cheque in a frame and placed it on her wall. She never forgot his kindness, despite her downward spiral. At the peak of her short-lived acclaim, she was utterly fabulous. "Sullivan's Travels" will always remain a favourite of mine.

[@pamelafrye4667]

I would like for you to TRULY think 🤔 about the amount of money 💰 🤑 that Marlon Brando had & was worth in 1971 to say 1972...And, he ONLY sent her a check for $1,000.00 🤔 🤔...Hmmmm, I wouldn't have cashed his LOUSY check either!!!!!!!! I would have DEFINITELY kept that & FRAMED it as the REMINDER of exactly 💯 WHY I had left Hollyweird...PERIOD!!

[@harveyabel1354]

That's what the video said!

[@ryanjordan7268]

Excellent video 📹!!! Thank you!!!

[@shadowfilm7980]

Good video. Well made. Good narration too. 👍👏

[@melissasaint3283]

I think those appearances of her in her mid 40s still look quite nice. It's just a reflection of the ludicrous expectations of the time. For a woman who went through the stress of two divorced, a serious breakdown and above all the death of a child, years of heavy alcohol use, and who was no longer wealthy and thus had to really work for a living, she looks very good.

[@bluemoon1033]

She appeared to be so amazing. Such a shame Hollywood called her a bitch when there were male actors who behaved worse and were called commanding or ‘overbearing’ at worst. If she had received support and admiration that her male peers had received things would probably have been different.

[@ZarpSterr]

They hated her because she wasn't a blushing violet who could be seduced on the Director's couch. She was WAY ahead of her time, in misogynistic Hollywood.

[@ruthslone2992]

I seem to remember that her pinup photo was very popular among American servicemen during WWII. She was a “looker”.

[@sandranorman5469]

My Dad said she was his favorite actor. He admired her craft. He would look on the tv (daily) and trying to see if the Steubenville channel was running one of her movies.

[@jonowens460]

😮❤very Pretty 😍😍😍

[@andrewstoakes8034]

I read recently that she was the actress with that hairstyle who the government asked to change it because so many women during the war went into factories wearing what is quite frankly a dangerous hairstyle. Amazing how much influence she had but that prompted me to find out more about her.

[@LKMNOP]

You made me cry. This biography really hurt. I totally find disgust for her mother who knew that she was schizophrenic yet pushed her into one of the worst occupations for someone with that diagnosis. She pushed her to be a star in Hollywood. One of the most shaky grounds to put anyone in. I feel so sorry for her. I also hate the reporter who tracked her down when she fled Hollywood. It was as if she didn't have a right to a life outside of that place. She might have led a happy life being a waitress with no pressure of being somebody else. That reporter should be damned.

[@jamesmooney8933]

Schizophrenic is the description of an actor. It is a personality defect. Actor must create another personality, and be that personality.

[@mjrotondi5086]

People are beautiful when young. Getting older is not a disease and with it comes the look of getting older. Alcohol and drugs destroy looks.

[@michaelwolf6424]

Tracking down leads, persons and/or stories is what reporters do. Otherwise, why do they exist? That reporter could have chosen NOT to reveal his discovery but more likely it was never his intentions. For many who find fame and notereity early in life, the downfall of losing one or both hits them harder than the rest of us. Nonetheless, you can't blame reporters for her demise. She did most of her self destruction . . mainly the alcohol abuse. .by herself.

[@memphissommers4171]

EXCELLENT presentation! Thank you. Subscribed with a 'thumb's up'.

[@henrybrowne7248]

I absolutely, gotta see some of her movies now.

[@JJW77]

Good reporting!

[@hangin-in-thereawesome4245]

I was surprised that she had a pilots license. You have to be fairly smart especially to fly from LA to New York!

[@3108frank1]

So sad a story. People are quick to judge people with mental health issues. They tell them "just get over it." Would you tell someone with cancer to "just get over it?" Surely not. Cancer can be seen and treated. Mental health issues can't be seen with an MRI or xray and treated, they are hidden and very hard to find the roots and treated. My we have mercy on those with mental health issues.

[@adriannegrillo8394]

Very beautiful lady. It's a shame another person was damaged by Hollywood.

[@annescamilla1]

This was very well put-together; I have always been a fan of Veronica Lake, and loved her films with Alan Ladd and Joel McCrea.

[@shadowfilm7980]

It’s so easy to insult someone. Out of jealousy or spite. But we don’t really know what’s inside that person. What THEY are going through. Like in her situation she had a very bad psychotic ailment called Schizophrenia! If only people knew. Then no wonder. I have to give her a lot of credit for her extreme level of tenacity. To go through all of that when she did. I think she was smart to leave Hollywood. Even though she also left her family. It must have been SO severe for her to then do that. I hope she is at peace in heaven. No one is perfect. No one. God judges from our hearts. Not what comes out of our mouths. Thank GOD for that!

[@56postoffice]

A woman born out of time. This has made me more interested to look up more about Veronica Lake.

[@raymondgood6555]

I have a close friend who developed schizophrenia at age 19. He takes medication, but also drinks to deal with it. Lake was both talented and gorgeously beautiful.

[@pageribe2399]

I'm always surprised by how short so many of these actresses were! Many of them were so slight and well proportioned that, in the absence of other people around them for comparison, they appeared much taller.

[@Denise-kc8np]

And actors!

[@pinkdaisywigsboutique4717]

✨️. Thank you for this video. Just want to say that it would be good to hear Veronica Lakes side of the story 😊

[@jamesredman1263]

She wrote an autobiography, "Veronica." Amazon has it in both paperback and Kindle format. Also Dick Cavett interviewed her in 1971, and it's on YT.

[@harveyabel1354]

@@jamesredman1263 The book is mentioned in the video.

[@Sammyandbobsdad]

They over-diagnosed schizophrenia in the 30s-50s, and although I do not for a second doubt she had mental health issues, it don’t think it was schizophrenia, although her drinking could have easily been self medicating. I also would not trust her mother as a source.

[@daviddryden8088]

I haven't seen to many Lake movies but what I have seen, she seemed way ahead of her time. She was a lot more contemporary in her acting than other actresses of the time.

[@whoisjohngault3270]

The only thing I ever really knew about her was she was the actress with the great long hair often covering one eye in a sexy way. I loved that she had a different look compared to other actresses of her day - her hair was great and could be considered modern and up to today’s standards.

[@charityplaysgames]

Great video! What a sad story - I never knew how troubled her personal life was. I actually really like I Married a Witch. It’s a charming and quirky film and a great one to watch around Halloween. I like to pair it with Arsenic and Old Lace 🎃🧙‍♀️👻

[@smorgasbroad1132]

Joel McCrea is pronounced McCRAY. Rhymes with Gray. I did not know anything about her troubled mindset. New information to me. Thanks.👍🏻 P.S. Although her mother pushed her into the biz, she didn't safely guide her. Stage mothers are always cruel.

[@petegregory517]

AI, not as great as touted, huh?

[@smorgasbroad1132]

@@petegregory517Actual people are terrible at word/name pronunciation, unfortunately. And so AI will follow suit.

[@marceau425]

I just discovered this channel and it’s quickly become my favorite new channel. Well it’s in the top 6 anyway. Jerry Skinner is a favorite and it’s very similar to this channel. When I was younger older people used to compare me to actress. I didn’t know who she was. But after I found out I was flattered. My photo for my profile doesn’t look like her anymore but I’m 50 now as anyone can see. As Miss M. Monroe once sang in a very iconic song, “we all lose our charms in the end “.

[@craigw.scribner6490]

Thanks!

[@chaindriven61]

I read her book and I love it. I remember reading she became a pilot. I have her picture in my office and since I grew up in SoCal I'd stop by Sunset BLVD and take a picture of her star - which I cut out and placed it in the picture in my office. I always thought she was pretty even later on in her years. 🤙

[@sandradee1579]

That's nice of you to do. I also read her book & took away that Hollywood held nothing for her & she had no regrets in her decision. What I found sad was when she passed her cremation remains went unclaimed for years at a funeral home in NY.

[@lotstodo]

She had to change her hair when women were needed in the work force during WWII. The hair over one eye was dangerous so she created a new trend for a while.

[@KelluyPowell-1985]

wow that is pretty heartbreaking. it's amazing she survived aa long as she did

[@marsh443]

There's a place in Hell for that howling-b---h of a stage mom. Even after the devastating diagnosis, she continued using her daughter until there was nothing left. RIP Ms Lake, I have so much respect for ur stellar ability to survive, yet grief-stricken by your suffered traumas.

[@branchtobranch5607]

I must agree! Your documentary was exceptional! Well done, and thank you! I didn’t realize there really was a Veronica Lake. 😊

[@Derflz58]

It seems like alcohol ruined so many Hollywood stars lives. When you notice in the movies of the 40's and 50's alcohol is always offered no matter what time of day. What will ya have is the greeting at the door.

[@frenchartantiquesparis424]

that and cigarettes, many died from lung cancer

[@ZarpSterr]

Alcohol, the Number One drug of all time.....freely available at most public outlets. Responsible for more crimes than one could count.....but hey, on Lunatic Asylum Island (Planet Earth), it's all good.... "Make it a Double. That's a good man."......hypocrites all. From the President to the Judges to the Cops to the Priests.... Cheers !

[@gforceeatingcorrect]

With a cigarette always a cigarette cigarette cigarette cigarette

[@pneumaticman5927]

That’s no joke. My grandmother was a true society grand dame, and was born in 1896. She always wore a suit or dress - even at 98 years old - and cocktails always greeted guests at the door.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Heavy smoking too was the norm and so many were taken by heart attacks at an early age or lung cancer.

[@pattyfarghaly1821]

Pop met her in World War Two. He had her Autograph on top of his dresser until he passed a few years ago. It said, To Tom with Love then her named signed. He said she was beautiful and nice to them . Now I really look at her Nan looked alot like her.

[@bdr1968]

She is so good in “I Married a witch”, what a great actress.

[@marknewton6984]

Great movie!

[@peach7210]

Very well done. 👍

[@bluetopguitar1104]

It's unfortunate she had such a tough life. She was very beautiful. Just wow.

[@johnsewell6593]

Wow. Finally - A WELL DONE -- Piece on the "net".I'm an authority on classic cinema , and didn't know how bad she became near here death. Definitely worth watching especially if you're a Veronica Lake fan........!

[@davidbrown386]

Veronica Lake did so many great films ( especially the noirs with Alan Ladd). If I would name my personal favorite actresses from the 30’s and 40’s, she is my second favorite, only trailing Myrna Loy.

[@judy9123]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. 😊

[@girlsrule722]

I wish she new how loved she was.

[@Androstarr]

Great info! Thank you

[@tillybobs2]

Dad used to call her Veronica pond,

[@JerichoMile4]

Veronica Lake (1922 - 1973) age 50 David Bowie circa 1971 looked just like Veronica Lake with his hairstyle !!!!

[@eleanorwittering3126]

Regardless of her immaturity and early introduction to Hollywood, it's pretty obvious that there's a lot of male dominance to the trajectory of her life (according to this rendition of her life, even in the narrator's voice, one can hear an immature expectation that she should have just fallen in line!)... It's clear *men wanted to own her, mold her into a sex symbol,* not giving her a chance to grow up then expecting maturity out of her-- She didn't have a chance to grow up, learn who she was, find herself before *men tried to make her into whoever they thought she should be.* Very sad.

[@ArchyDolder]

Thank you for your hard work and loving report. Ms. Lake, even though she could not grasp it, was a brilliant star and what we might call today, an influencer. But there was a certain era of Hollywood where egoists, narcissists, and opportunists exploited with impunity. Not that it is much different now, only that IF there was a #MeToo movement back then, it's likely the industry would have had to shut down completely and we'd all be reading books.