This sultry stage-trained blonde actress began her career in stock and as a model. Lizabeth Scott first earned notice as Tallulah Bankhead’s understudy as Sabina in the 1942 Broadway production of Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth”. Producer Hal Wallis spotted the alluring beauty and brought her to Hollywood. Her first role was an escort assigned to pilots on a war bond tour in the effective “You Came Along” (1945). Promoted as a cross between Veronica Lake and Lauren Bacall, Scott proved effective as femme fatales in several noir films ranging from a wrongfully-accused woman in “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” (1946) to a memorable turn opposite Humphrey Bogart in “Dead Reckoning” (1947). Two of her best roles were the seductive other woman who embarks on an affair with family man Dick Powell in Andre de Toth’s “Pitfall” (1948) and as Victor Mature’s ambitious wife in “Easy Living” (1949). Although she continued to work into the 50s opposite some of Hollywood’s best actors (e.g., Robert Mitchum, Alan Ladd), Scott found herself typecast as the good girl gone bad. “Stolen Face” (1952) offered the actress a dual role as a concert pianist who rejects plastic surgeon Paul Henreid and the convict whose features Henreid refashions into his lost love. Atypical was her turn as an heiress who inherits a Caribbean island that may be haunted in the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis farce “Scared Stiff” (1953).

Despite some rumored romances, no positive records of a relationship exist, and Scott is believed to have never married. She has no children. At least one book has claimed she was a mistress of married film producer Hal Wallis.  In 1955, Scott successfully sued the tabloid magazine CONFIDENTIAL over its allegations regarding her sexual orientation.    Even though she won the suit, the damage to career was done. Scott only appeared in two more features, including co-starring with Elvis Presley in “Loving You” (1957), before she retired from moviemaking. Subsequently, Scott lent her distinctive vocals to occasional TV commercials and made a one-shot return to films as Mickey Rooney’s ex-wife in the underrated crime satire “Pulp” (1972).

Yeah, I think they might, or maybe not.  I guess it doesn’t matter a lot.  It’s a thing that goes a long way past hair.  First great blonde… in my humble opinion was Veronica Lake (or Lizabeth Scott on any given day)  But today is Veronica’s turn.

Veronica Lake (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973) was an American film actress and pin-up model.  She received both popular and critical acclaim, most notably for her role in “Sullivan’s Travels” and for her femme fatale roles in film noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s. She was well-known for her peek-a-boo hairstyle. Lake had a string of broken marriages and, after her career declined, had long struggles with mental illness and alcoholism.  So I guess she did not have fun, or at least not all the time.  But she was attractive and a real icon of her time.   She was the real person behind the character “Jessica Rabbit” although not everyone knows that tidbit.

Norma Talmadge (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen.

A specialist in melodrama, her most famous film was Smilin’ Through (1922), but she also scored artistic triumphs teamed with director Frank Borzage in Secrets (1924) and The Lady (1925). Her younger sisters Constance Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge were also movie stars. Talmadge married millionaire and film producer Joseph Schenck and they successfully created their own production company. After reaching fame in the film studios on the East Coast, she moved to Hollywood in 1922.

Talmadge was one of the most elegant and glamorous film stars of the roaring twenties. However, by the end of the silent film period her popularity with audiences had waned. After her two talkies proved disappointing at the box office, she retired a very wealthy woman. She is little remembered, yet in her day she was hugely popular and the epitome of stardom.