Peekaboo : The Story of Veronica Lake

One of Hollywood's sultriest sirens of the 1940s, Veronica Lake steamed up movie screens with her fragile beauty and exotic hairstyle. A heartthrob of millions during her heyday, she was the hottest ticket around starring in 27 motion pictures, including such film classics as This Gun for Hire with Alan Ladd and the Preston Sturges comedy, Sullivan's Travels.

Offscreen Lake's life was a disaster—a controlling mother, three failed marriages, extramarital affairs, a secret abortion and downward spiral due to alcoholism and mental illness—ending up broke, destitute and forgotten. Fully authorized, Peekaboo tells why.






Author: Jeff Lenburg
ISBN-13: 9780595192397
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date: 08/08/2001
Edition description: Revised Edition

Meet the Author

Jeff Lenburg is an award-winning celebrity biographer and entertainment historian. He is the author of more of 30 books, including critically-acclaimed biographies of Dustin Hoffman, Steve Martin, Dudley Moore, The Three Stooges, and others. His books have been reprinted in different foreign languages and nominated for several awards, including the American Library Association's "Best Non-Fiction Award" and the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's Gold Medallion Award for "Best Autobiography/Biography."