In her last years, Veronica did some acting in summer stock and starred in a horror film. While visiting Vermont in 1973, she entered the hospital for stomach pains.

Veronica Lake, a screen siren who captivated audiences in the 1940s, ... Before Lake left Hollywood for good, she told Cameron she hoped their meeting wouldn’t be the last.

There was no fame in the 1940s quite like Hollywood fame, and Veronica Lake had it. Her career in film rose during that decade, starting in 1941 with William Holden in “I Wanted Wings” and ...

Veronica Lake, a screen siren who captivated audiences in the 1940s, ... Before Lake left Hollywood for good, she told Cameron she hoped their meeting wouldn’t be the last.

Veronica Lake, one of the top actresses of Hollywood during the 1940s, ... Before Lake left Hollywood for good, she told Cameron she hoped their meeting wouldn’t be the last.

Mission accomplished. Or so Bain thought. The years passed, Toman died, Roos fell out of touch with Bain — and then, 28 years later, Lake’s ashes reappeared, along with an odd story of ownership.

"I have no reason not to believe the ashes are Veronica Lake," said Brill, 65, a graphic designer and Lake fan. ... That leaves Bain as the last skeptical voice.

American actor Veronica Lake in the 1941 film Sullivan's Travels. Last year's Fringe Festival hit Drowning in Veronica Lake , about a Hollywood star whose life went into a downward spiral, was so ...

There was no fame in the 1940s quite like Hollywood fame, and Veronica Lake had it. Her career in film rose during that decade, starting in 1941 with William Holden in “I Wanted Wings” and ...

Even more famous than her acting was Veronica Lake’s hair ... That’s where Lake spent her last few days, dying in the Green Mountain State on July 7, 1973.