In the long history of Hollywood heartbreaks, the story of Veronica Lake is still the most tragic. This screen siren became iconic for her icy blonde hair draped mysteriously over one eye, as well as for the frigid femme fatale characters she played on screen. Then, her life exploded in a blaze of infamy. 

Her daughter went on trial for shooting her boyfriend. She lost her house to debts. She had a mental breakdown and piloted a plane solo from Los Angeles to New York in a fit of madness. 

It turned out that inside the placid-looking Lake was a flame burning far too bright, and when her end came, it was quick and brutal.