Veronica Lake was born Constance Frances Marie Ockelman in Brooklyn, New York on November 14 or 22, 1922. Her father, Harry E. Ockelman, of Danish-Irish descent, worked for an oil company onboard a ship. When she was about one year old, the family moved to Florida but returned to Brooklyn before she was five. Her father died in an industrial explosion in Philadelphia in 1932 when she was 9. Her mother, née Constance Charlotta Trimble (1902-1992), (listed as "Veronica F." on the 1920 census), married family friend Anthony Keane, a newspaper staff artist, a year later, and Ockelman began using his last name.
Connie was sent to an all-girls Catholic boarding school in Montreal, Canada, which she hated. The Keane family later moved to Miami, Florida. Constance Keane attended high school in Miami, where she was known for her beauty. She had a troubled childhood and was, according to her mother, diagnosed as schizophrenic.
In 1938, Keane moved with her mother and stepfathe
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Veronica Lake (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973) was an American film actress and pin-up model who enjoyed both popular and critical acclaim, most notably for her femme fatale read more...
Veronica Lake was born Constance Frances Marie Ockelman in Brooklyn, New York on November 14 or 22, 1922. Her father, Harry E. Ockelman, of Danish-Irish descent, worked for an oil read more...