Talk:Veronica Lake
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[edit] Birthyear
Veronica's death certificate at findadeath.com lists her birthyear as 1922. Wikipedia, as well as IMDB list the year as 1919. So, my question : can a legal document contain false information? Which is the correct year? — Hotwine8 21:35, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
She is listed on the 1930 Census in Brooklyn, New York as being 7 years old; therefore, she was born in 1922. — Stutzey 21:35, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- A death certificate is a legal document as to facts pertaining to the death, not to the birth. As a genealogist I frequently come across death certificates containing incorrect information about the date of birth. However, in the case of Veronica Lake's death certificate, it appears to have her correct year of birth: 1922. — Walloon 14:19, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
The first sentence of the bio says: Veronica Lake was born .... on November 22, 1919, and not 1919 as some biographies have previously stated. It is clear this is a typo. I suggest changing "not 1919" to "not 1922". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.191.176.194 (talk) 02:51, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Veronica was born in 1922, and not in 1919. The 1930 Census supports her birth year, her death certificate show 1919 as her birth year, and even her mother stated in the 1983 biography that she had to add on 3 years to Veronica's age so that she could get work in Hollywood. Hence, she was a minor. In her obituary, it says that she added on three years so that she could get work. On the 1920 Census, her father is SINGLE and living in Pennsylvania. What more information does one need? Her parents were married in 1921 too. It says that on the 1930 Census that they have been married for 9 years. stutzey23:07, 1 June 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stutzey (talk • contribs)
[edit] 1930 U.S. Census
The information about Veronica Lake in the 1930 U.S. Census is already in the endnotes to the article. I have also included the name of her mother (Veronica) in the body of the article. — Walloon 16:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I am a genealogist myself. — Stutzey 14:46, 8 August 2006) (UTC)
Someone keeps putting 1919 back in the sentence so that made it a typo. It was correct before all the changes. Stutzey (talk) 23:09, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Mislink
The link to "The Hour Before Dawn" leads to a 2000 music album, not the '40s movie.
- I created the album page with no idea that there even was a movie of the same name. I only found out when I looked at the "what links here" for the album. I'll change the link and see if I can figure out how to put a disambig at the top of the album page. — AnnaKucsma (Talk to me!) 15:20, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 50 or 53 when she died?
There is some uncertainty as to her birthdate, alright; but there is inconsistency in the article where, by the dates in the beginning and the chart, it is said that she died at 50, and later, on the section of her final days it is stated that she was 53. Someone must correct this and give a uniform age, or explain the uncertainty over her age and birthdate. Nazroon 06:29, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Veronica was born in 1922, because on the 1920 Census for Pennsylvania her parents are not even married yet. Therefore, 1922 is her correct birth year. Her 1973 obituary states that she was born in 1922, because she had to lie about her age and say that her birth year was 1919 because she was a minor during that time and she would not be able to work in Hollywood. It states that in a biography about her when her mother was interviewed. stutzeyStutzey (talk) 23:54, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
- Every now and then, someone comes to this article and changes Lake's year of birth from 1922 to the erroneous 1919. The IMDb continues to carry 1919, which probably leads to the tampering here. — Walloon (talk) 06:26, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Imdb.com is incorrect. Someone is going to have to get a copy of Lake's birth certificate to prove the site is wrong if that is possible. StutzeyStutzey (talk) 20:52, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Trivia Section
Would it be possible to incorporate this line from the trivia section: She reportedly worked as a waitress in a White Coffee Pot restaurant in Baltimore during the early 1960s.
into this paragraph: A reporter found her working as a barmaid at the all women's Martha Washington Hotel in Manhattan...In 1966, she had a brief stint as a TV hostess in Baltimore, Maryland, along with a largely ignored film role in Footsteps in the Snow.
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Veronicalake3.jpg
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[edit] flags missing
There are flags next to the birth and death places in the infobox missing. 83.9.70.228 17:16, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Trivia Section
[edit] Trivia
Trivia section moved to talk page per WP:TRIV. Other statements were left as pop culture references. If any of the statements below can be added to the article and cited properly, please feel free to add them. Pinkadelica 10:59, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
===Trivia=== (Moved from Main Article)
- She was of Danish and Irish descent.
- She was reportedly only 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m) tall (although some accounts place her height two or three inches higher). According to Celebrity Sleuth magazine, Lake said her "measurements" were 33C - 21 1/2 - 33 1/2.
- She learned to fly in 1946 and piloted her small plane from Los Angeles to New York in 1948.
- She reportedly worked as a waitress in a White Coffee Pot restaurant in Baltimore during the early 1960s.
- She appeared as herself in Variety Girl (1947), Duffy's Tavern (1945), Up in Arms (1944) (uncredited, in pin-up photo), Star Spangled Rhythm ("Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang" number) (1942), The Eyes Have It (1942), and Hold Back the Dawn (1941).
[edit] Danish?
Something doesn't add up here. According to IMDB her father was Danish but according to the article he wasn't. Assuming that we are more accurate than IMDB she should be removed the category of Danish-Americans. EconomicsGuy (talk) 09:19, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
- Disregard that. I'm an idiot who didn't read the footnote properly. I'll just go stand in the corner now... EconomicsGuy (talk) 05:51, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Veronicalake3.jpg
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