Veronica Lake’s Hairstyle

If you enjoy old Hollywood movies, you probably recognize actress Veronica Lake from movies like The Blue Dahlia and I Married a Witch. Lake was a well-liked femme fatale, and it's possible that her haircut was even more well-liked than she was. It wasn't particularly strange or bizarre, but one side of her long hair did fall over the right side of her face, covering one eye.

The US government forced her to modify her hairstyle since this style was so well-liked that ladies all around the country wore their hair in a similar way. Women at home were employed in the war effort during World War II, but the haircut was viewed as troublesome. It was risky to work in a factory with one eye covered by hair.

It was also a time waster, as a movie created at the time noted. You were wasting time at work if you kept shoving your hair out of the way. According to reports, Lake complied and changed her haircut to the "victory roll," which is said to have had an impact on fewer workplace mishaps.

Born: Constance Frances Marie Ockelman November 14, 1922Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died: July 7, 1973 (aged 50)Burlington, Vermont, U.S.