Elaine Detlie is the daughter of American film and stage actress Veronica Lake, whose acting career was active between 1939 and 1970. Elaine’s mother, Veronica Lake, was widely known for her charming roles in many crime dramas during her active days. She is mostly remembered for her roles in Sullivan’s Travels (1941), and I Married A Witch (1942).

How old is Elaine Detlie, Veronica Lakes’s daughter?

Elaine Detlie was born on August 21, 1941, in the United States of America. She is currently 81 years old. She is the daughter of Veronica Lake and her husband, John S. Detlie. She is the granddaughter of Harry E. Ockelman and Constance Charlotta Trimble. She has an uncle from her father’s side named Stanley Detlie.

Elaine Detlie is an American citizen and belongs to the white race. She had a brother who died in infancy. He was called William Detlie. The death of William made Elaine the only child of her parents.

Elaine Detlie’s mother was a renowned actress in the 1940s

As stated above, Elaine is the daughter Veronica Lake had with her husband, John S. Detlie. It was also indicated that she was not the only child they had. Their second child, William Detlie, died as a baby.

Veronica Lake was born on November 14, 1922, and passed away on July 7, 1973, at 50. She was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to an oil company worker named Harry Eugene Ockelman and a woman of Irish descent, Constance Frances Charlotta. Veronica’s father died when she was a little girl, and her mother remarried.

Veronica’s acting career started in 1938 when she moved from her birth town, Brooklyn, to New York City. She signed a contract with an agency called MGM, which helped her to secure movie roles. She became famous in 1941 when a movie she featured became a major hit. The movie was titled I Wanted Wings (1941).

She became an overnight star through the movie. This opened the way for other bigger movie roles. Some of her top movies include This Gun For Hire (1941), So Proudly We Hail (1943), Ramrod (1947), Bring On The Girls (1945), Flesh Feast (1970), and many others.

Elaine Detlie’s father: John S. Detlie

Elaine’s father, John Detlie, was born on December 23, 1908, in South Dakota, United States. He was a motion picture art director and worked as a set designer in Hollywood between 1937 and 1942. His work as an art director got him an Academy Award nomination in 1941. He was nominated in the category of Best Art Direction for his film titled Bitter Sweet.

Some of John’s credited movies, according to his IMBd profile, include Strike Up The Band (1940), Lady Be Good (1941), and I Married An Angel (1942).

John was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. Before pursuing a career in architecture, he served in the United States Army during World War 2. According to his Wikipedia page, he was the one who directed the camouflage of a factory plant called Boeing Plant 2.

Later in John’s life, he went into architecture full-time and is known to have designed many buildings in downtown Honolulu, including major churches and schools. On November 30, 2005, he died of lung cancer at age 96. He died a few days before his 97th birthday.

Elaine Detlie’s father, John, married twice in his lifetime. He was first married to Elaine’s mother, Veronica Lake. Interestingly, Veronica was fourteen years older than John, but they still managed to get married. They were married for three years and divorced in 1943 due to undisclosed reasons.

He went on to get married for the second time to Virginia Crowell Detlie. The couple lived together until John’s demise. They were married for 48 years and had two children together.

Where is Elaine Detlie now?

Though Elaine is the daughter of two famous personalities, she was kept away from the public. Even at the time when both her parents were alive, she was rarely seen.

She has been away from the limelight since the demise of both her parents. There is no information to confirm whether she is married or single.

Elaine’s mother, Veronica Lake died at a very young age of 50, due to alcohol addiction and other personal issues.