With her peek-a-boo blond hairdo and sultry looks, Veronica Lake was the "it-girl" of the 1940s silver screen. When she died penniless three decades later, her ashes sat anonymously in a funeral ...

It was 1970 and the longtime TV columnist for The Hollywood Reporter was meeting former ‘40s star Veronica Lake at Musso and Frank’s restaurant in Hollywood to discuss her new tell-all.

t Meet this week’s va-va voom vintage vixen, Veronica Lake, the sexy screen siren of the 1940s whose iconic roles include movies such as Blue Dahlia, Sullivan’s Travels and I Married A Witch.

With her peek-a-boo blond hairdo and sultry looks, Veronica Lake was the “it-girl” of the 1940s silver screen. When she died penniless three decades later, her ashes sat anonymously in a funeral home ...