Patricia Douras Van Cleve, known as Patricia Lake, was an American actress and radio comedian. Presented as the niece of actress Marion Davies, she was long suspected of being her natural daughter, fa
Arthur William Lake was an American actor known best for bringing Dagwood Bumstead, the bumbling husband of Blondie, to life in film, radio, and television.
Patricia Lake
…that hours before her death in 1993, she confirmed and asked her family to publish the identities of her biological parents. Patricia first met actor Arthur Lake when he was visiting at Marion Davies's beach house. They married in 1937 at Hearst's San Simeon estate. Davies and Hearst jointly gave her away at the…