Veronica Lake: Style Evolution (PHOTOS)

Stylelist | By Jada Wong | Become a fan | Posted: 11/11/11 05:22 PM ET | Updated: 11/14/11 08:44 AM ET

From her seductive figure and luscious locks, Veronica Lake (born Constance Frances Marie Ockelman on November 14, 1922) was a symbol of what was sexy and beautiful in the 1940s -- and her look still resonates today.

Check out the gallery below for Lake’s pin-up styles and bodacious hair in honor of what would have been the late actress’ birthday this Monday.

Meanwhile, learn how to master an updated take on Veronica Lake's iconic waves.

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ervnwlff

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07:40 PM on 11/14/2011

It would be nicer if the photos actually showed up -- in place of that rotating bug. I played two hands of solitaire waiting for somewhat to happen. Nothing ever did. Cheez! AOL strikes again!

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madison1234

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07:36 PM on 11/14/2011

She is so classy and pretty! But she did have that certain look, The devil made me do it. Now being a woman, I'll take Clark!!!!!!! lol

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dav0001

I can't believe you people

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07:22 PM on 11/14/2011

One of the things that brought down her popularity was when she changed her hair style. During WW2 alot of women who worked in the factories wore her hairstyle which sometimes led to injuries from the hair getting caught in machinery. She was asked to change her hair in hopes the women would do the same. Her career was never the same after that because so many people identified her by that look.

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itacurubi

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04:11 PM on 11/14/2011

And she didn't even make a sex tape.

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kvkop

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03:20 PM on 11/14/2011

Hot hot hot!! I especially love pic #14!

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bjamebon3

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01:51 PM on 11/14/2011

Wasn t that Clark Gable s wife ,and she went to entertain the troops during world war 2 ,and died in a plane crash .Clarke Gable was never the same .I know he lost his wife in a plane crash ,and it might of been the great Veronca Lake .Wow she had a special style , one of a kind they threw away the cast when she died .We will never see her likes again

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debdora

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02:17 PM on 11/14/2011

No that was Carole Lombard.

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bjamebon3

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12:05 PM on 11/15/2011

to debdora, i looked in my Clark Gable star book ,and you are so right it was Carol Lombard ,Those stars were so good ,i always get Veronica mixed up with her

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debdora

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12:58 PM on 11/17/2011

They were all so beautiful then...

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cpattythepisces

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03:11 PM on 11/14/2011

Hi..No, it was Carol Lombard that "Gable" married and inseparable from all I read, and you are right, he was never the same when his beloved Carol was killed in a plane crash. There is something so intriguing about the Hollywood moguels from the early years. Thank you...Patty

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madison1234

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07:39 PM on 11/14/2011

I read that is why he joined the service, to honor Carol's committment to the war effort. Also, even though he was remarried at the time, he requested and was buried next to Carol, Ah.......

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bjamebon3

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12:12 PM on 11/15/2011

To Cpatty, yes you are so right .It is so true that there is someone really great for each of us ,and if we never give up will find that person .you know what you will know right away when that person comes ,as it will all become so easy ( Remember, I once had a true love myself she passed away ,so i know)

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attillahun1

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01:36 PM on 11/14/2011

Hard to see a classy woman like her any more.

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djtonyr

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01:19 PM on 11/14/2011

The epitome of seductive beauty. The jerk that said she had no body must be blind. All you have to do is look at the pictures.

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vikki2832

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02:12 PM on 11/15/2011

ditto, she had a beautiful body!

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robertstone1robert

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12:39 PM on 11/14/2011

Come on, the look and clothes may have been in style nearly 70 yrs. ago. Not today. Really, who cares?

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vikki2832

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02:19 PM on 11/15/2011

I do! I enjoy looking at all 1900's, 1920's (love the clothes and hats) 1940's and some of the 50's but they were alittle boring, I think...after that, the 60's weren't as romantic......and as feminine as those era's were...though the 70's loved their styles.

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robertstone1robert

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02:38 PM on 11/15/2011

Enjoy the sights. I doubt if you'll be able to buy anything.

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seavet1

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12:09 PM on 11/14/2011

she died a very sad and psychologically disturbed person. hollywood distroyed a lot of those so called glamor women

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vikki2832

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02:20 PM on 11/15/2011

They did, it was tragic

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LeslieTS1

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11:34 AM on 11/14/2011

A very pretty woman who like so many in the Entertainment world end up in an early grave over drugs and or alcohol.

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furtura1

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11:20 AM on 11/14/2011

i'll take a dip in that lake

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reste0123

Tramps like US..

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02:10 PM on 11/14/2011

You couldn't get a woman if YOU were the Warden in a Woman's Prison and YOU were holding a fist full of Pardon's....LOL

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kvkop

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03:22 PM on 11/14/2011

That's illegal...and pretty repugnant!!!!

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furtura1

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03:27 PM on 11/14/2011

what the hell are you talking about, that is some hot fluff, not like some else did not stab it

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hollywoody5000

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10:48 AM on 11/14/2011

Happy Birthday, yes there really was a Veronica Lake (Nov 14, 1922 - July 7, 1973)

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vikki2832

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12:12 PM on 11/14/2011

Me too, Happy Birthday, Veronica, ...FINALLY, they are giving you credit, you were always an icon with me, as a child and now tooooo....I have always admired you for your class, and styles, in the 1940's and always tried to make the wave with the hair....too bad celebrities of today are not like celebrities of the yesteryear...!!!

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John Truitt

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10:36 AM on 11/14/2011

Once again, a dearth of research here. The 1955 photo is totally wrong. Lake had long since ditched the peek-a-boo hairdo and Paramount had long since ditched her. She was washed up in movies, and the relatively young medium of TV as well.

By 1955 Lake was suffering from depression, mental illness, and alcoholism, and was hospitalized with a heart attack. She was hardly the svelte young blonde in the photo. Why can't this feature EVER get the dates right?

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discoq01

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10:30 AM on 11/14/2011

I love the Veronica Lake mystique. she was a tiny beautiful woman, not a very talented actress and she died very young, allegedly of hepatitis, but in actuality she died of alcoholism. Once the top box office draw then a lonely alcoholic. Very sad.

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rckymtn4

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11:17 AM on 11/14/2011

Yes, not that talented of an actress but she did have good comic timing.

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discoq01

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06:38 PM on 11/14/2011

you are right on the money with that!

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