Veronica Lake (1922-1973) once observed of herself, "I wasn't a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie."
The coolest of cool blondes, peering out mischievously from behind that signature hairstyle, was one of Hollywood's hottest properties through the 1940s.
Setting aside her sorry decline from the 1950s onwards, Veronica Lake was a genuine film star with starring roles in some of the forties classics: Sullivan's Travels (1941), I Married a Witch (1942), The Blue Dahlia (1946). Incidentally, I Married a Witch eventually morphed into Bewitched (TV comedy series and further movie).
During the war, Veronica was asked to alter her hairstyle - apparently too many American women working in munitions factories were putting their lives at risk by getting their VL-mimicking locks caught in the machinery.
Kim Bassinger's role in L.A. Confidential (1997) sees her playing a prostitute much in demand because she has the Veronica Lake look. And clearly Jessica Rabbit had VL genes in her cartoon image.
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