Veronica Lake November 14 1922 July 7 1973 was an American film actress and pinup model She received both popular and critical acclaim most notably for her role in Sullivans Travels and her femme fatale roles in film noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s and was wellknown for her peekaboo hairstyle Her success did not last she had a string of broken marriages and long struggles with mental illness and alcoholism until she died of hepatitis Description above from the Wikipedia article Veronica Lake licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia