FILMOGRAPHY: LAKE SPOTTING

Sometimes an actress is easy to spot and other-times.. not so much. With ensemble movies and early uncredited appearances Veronica wasn’t always easy to find so here I’m trying to list when she first turns up helping you find her in some of her lesser roles.

Sorority House (1939)

Role: a sorority girl.
Credit: Uncredited Speaking Role
At 17:35 with her back to the camera "Oh, I’ve got such bad habits! If I should start pulling my girdle down, slap me!"
24:40 She hops up n down at the back with neck length curly blonde hair

Wrong Room (1939)

Role: The Attorney’s New Bride.
Credit: Connie Keane
Throughout the short 20 minute feature and appears right from the very first scene

All Women Have Secrets (1939)

Role: Jane
Credit: Constance Keane
3 minutes in and a few lines of dialogue at the party
She has some cute curls peeking out from under a little hat

Dancing Co-ed (1939)

Role: Uncredited
A frustrating one.. IMDB says "Woman on Motorcycle" but I can’t spot a it. Other sources indicate she might be in a crowd scene
This photograph of a couple on a rowing machine around the 37 minute mark.. that’s my best guess

Young as You Feel (1940)

Role: Bit Part
Credit: Constance Keane
The one big screen Lake performance I have yet to see. I’m not sure if this is a lost film or just one that no-one cares to make available in any format

Forty Little Mothers (1940)

Role: Granville girl - One of the Little Mothers
Credit: Uncredited
About 36 minutes in she can be seen to the right of screen and in various crowd scenes thereafter

I Wanted Wings (1941)

Role: Sally Vaughn
Credit: Veronica Lake
About 53 minutes in during the nightclub scene and a major supporting character thereafter

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Role: Actress on set tour of I Wanted Wings
Credit: Uncredited
3 minutes in she is seen performing a recreation of the phone-call scene from I Wanted Wings and walking off set, but not seen again after this opening scene

Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

Role: The Girl
Credit: Veronica Lake
23 minutes in, diner scene and main character throughout

This Gun for Hire (1941)

Role: Ellen Graham
Credit: Veronica Lake
13 minutes in, performing a night club magic and song routine

The Glass Key (1941)

Role: Janet Henry
Credit: Veronica Lake
7 minutes in, at the dinner party

I Married a Witch (1942)

Role: Jennifer
Credit: Veronica Lake
8 minutes in but her voice is heard for several minutes before while in ghostly (smoke) spirit form

Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)

Role: Herself
Credit: Veronica Lake
63 minutes in for the "A Sweater, a Sarong and a Peek-a-boo Bang" song

So Proudly we Hail (1943)

Role: Lt. Olivia D’Arcy
Credit: Veronica Lake
20 minutes in, on board the medical ship

Hour Before Dawn (1944)

Role: Dora Bruckmann
Credit: Veronica Lake
7 minutes in as she is introduced to the audience as the nanny

Bring on the Girls (1945)

Role: Teddy Collins
Credit: Veronica Lake
19 minutes in as a cigarette girl at the club

Out of this World (1945)

Role: Dorothy Dodge
Credit: Veronica Lake
5 minutes in, presenting a cheque on stage and then sporadically throughout

Duffy’s Tavern (1945)

Role: Herself
Credit: Veronica Lake
46 minutes in, reading a scene with Alan Ladd in a brief and cliche scene

Hold That Blonde (1945)

Role: Sally Martin
Credit: Veronica Lake
11 minutes in, walking down the street and slipping

Miss Susie Slagle’s (1945)

Role: Nan Rogers
Credit: Veronica Lake
32 minutes in, snow scene with Bill Edwards

The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Role: Joyce Harwood
Credit: Veronica Lake
25 minutes in, driving car in the rain

Ramrod (1947)

Role: Connie Dickason
Credit: Veronica Lake
From the first scene, on the stage coach

Variety Girl (1947)

Role: Herself
Credit: Veronica Lake
92 minutes in, wearing a tall black hat. Unsure if she appeared before the final seconds of the movie but that’s the first time I spotted her between Alan Ladd and William Bendix

Saigon (1948)