John S. Detlie
Visual Artist
1908 – 2005
Who was John S. Detlie?
John Stewart Detlie was an American motion picture art director/set designer in Hollywood from 1937 thru 1942.
He was the first husband of actress Veronica Lake, although 14 years older than she; they had two children, one of whom died shortly after birth. They divorced in 1943.
Detlie earned degrees in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1941 for Best Art Direction for the film Bitter Sweet.
Detlie went on to serve in the Army in World War II, including directing the camouflage of Boeing Plant 2 in Seattle. He went on to a career in architecture, designing Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle and a number of large churches and parts of downtown Honolulu. He was an accomplished artist in water colors, acrylics and oils.
His brother, Stanley Detlie, was a set designer in the 1930s and 1940s. John Detlie and his second wife, Virginia, lived in La Quinta, California, for 48 years, until his death from lung cancer several weeks before his 97th birthday.
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- Born
- Dec 23, 1908
Sioux Falls - Also known as
- John Detlie
- John Stewart Detlie
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Veronica Lake
(1940/09/25 - 1943/12/02) - Virginia Detlie
(1946/10/12 - 2005/11/30)
- Veronica Lake
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Alabama
- Died
- Nov 30, 2005
La Quinta
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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