Veronica Lake was a stage name, and a pretty good one. It stood out at the time and stands up today as a unique identifier for an actress.
Of course some people are born with names that just happen to be the same as other famous people or indeed are named precisely because of a parents connection with a star.
David Bowie famously changed his name from David Jones to differentiate him from Davy Jones of the Monkees.
Then there’s the screen actors guild. Guild members must have unique names so people with common names will usually spice them up into something more outstanding and help avoid clashes.
People with my own name come up 9 separate times on IMDB’s list of personnel in various roles!
So to the point.. there are 3 other Veronica Lake’s that I’ve spotted during my research. Two are listed on IMDB and one as an English voice-over artist in Anime!
Are you called Veronica Lake? or are named after her? If so we’d love to hear from you.
