Name
Florence Lake
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1904-11-27
Deathday
1980-04-11 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia
Florence Lake (born Florence Silverlake, November 27, 1904 – April 11, 1980) was an American actress best known as the leading lady in most of the Edgar Kennedy comedy shorts.
Florence was petite, with a high-pitched speaking voice. She perfected a comical singsong delivery that established her in "dumb" roles. She personified flightiness in the Kennedy shorts, as the scatterbrained Mrs. Kennedy. After the series ended upon Kennedy's death in 1948, she continued to play character roles in films and television. Her best-known TV role was Jenny, the Claverton telephone operator in Lassie. Lake played the role for the entire ten year "farm seasons" of the show (1954–1964), thus becoming the Lassie player with the longest tour of duty on the series.
She played the role of Mama Angel in a 1957 episode of the The Lone Ranger TV series entitled "The Angel and the Outlaw". She also appeared in the first color episode of the TV series Superman in 1957 as a cave woman.
In her later years, Lake appeared as Elvira Norton on an episode of Dragnet entitled "Frauds". She also played a blind date for the character Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode, "Lou's First Date". Her last roles were in the TV series Emergency! and Baretta in 1976.
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- 1942 Scattergood Survives a Murder as Phoebe Quentin
- 1970 Savage Intruder as Mildred
- 1973 Time to Run
- 1929 New Year's Eve as Pearl
- 1932 Giggle Water as Florence
- 1932 Night World as Ms. Smith (uncredited)
- 1930 Romance as Susan Van Tuyl
- 1933 The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi as Dizzy
- 1933 Art in the Raw
- 1953 The Flaming Urge as Mrs. Binger
- 1931 Secret Service as Caroline Mitford
- 1936 Will Power as Florence Kennedy
- 1935 Two-Fisted as Doris Pritchard
- 1934 Wrong Direction as Florence, Edgar's Wife
- 1942 Four Jacks and a Jill as Counter Girl (uncredited)
- 1938 Convicts at Large as Hattie
- 1938 Condemned Women as Prisoner
- 1938 Law of the Underworld as Mrs. Billy Winters
- 1932 Running Hollywood as Autograph Seeker
- 1931 The Drums of Jeopardy as Anya Karlov
- 1938 Rebellious Daughters as Dizzy
- 1946 Riverboat Rhythm as Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
- 1930 The Rogue Song as Nadja
- 1932 Westward Passage as Elmer's Wife
- 1938 I Met My Love Again as Carol Towner
- 1938 Next Time I Marry as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
- 1939 Pacific Liner as Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
- 1936 Women Are Trouble as Clara
- 1939 Stagecoach as Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
- 1939 Union Pacific as Woman (uncredited)
- 1939 Fifth Avenue Girl as Slavey (uncredited)
- 1939 Bachelor Mother as Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
- 1934 The Winnah! as Florence
- 1933 Quiet Please! as Florence Kennedy
- 1936 Gasoloons as Florence Kennedy
- 1933 Midshipman Jack as Sally Withers
- 1967 The Big Mouth as Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
- 1934 Shivers as Florence
- 1945 It's Your Move as Mrs. Florence Kennedy
- 1936 To Mary - with Love as Salesgirl
- 1934 Poisoned Ivory as Florence Kennedy
- 1935 Edgar Hamlet as Florence
- 1935 In Love at 40 as Florence Kennedy
- 1952 Fargo as Maggie
- 1952 The Maverick as Grandma Watson
- 1952 Man from the Black Hills as Martha
- 1974 Welcome to Arrow Beach as Landlady
- 1954 The Desperado as Mrs. Cameron
- 1929 Waltzing Around as George's Wife
- 1932 Ladies of the Jury as Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
- 1929 Thru Different Eyes as Myrtle
- 1936 Dummy Ache as Florence
- 1934 Love on a Ladder as Florence
- 1938 Ears of Experience as Florence
- 1936 Muss 'em Up as Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
- 1944 Her Primitive Man as Miss Crims
- 1954 She Couldn't Say No as Mrs. Gruman
- 1932 Fish Feathers as Florence Kennedy
- 1935 Brick-a-Brac as Florence
- 1974 Live Again, Die Again as Old Friend
- 1942 Duck Soup as Florence
- 1943 Crash Dive as Doris - Jean's Roommate
- 1944 Feather Your Nest as Florence
- 1944 Radio Rampage as Florence
- 1975 Long Way Home as Grandma Boggs
- 1937 Edgar & Goliath as Florence, Edgar's wife
- 1933 Only Yesterday as One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
- 1975 The Day of the Locust as Lee Sister #2
- 1945 What, No Cigarettes as Florence Kennedy
- 1944 Goin' to Town as Abigail
- 1946 Little Giant as Housewife (uncredited)
- 1945 You Drive Me Crazy as Florence Kennedy
- 1945 The Big Beef as Florence Kennedy
- 1944 San Diego I Love You as Miss Lake
- 1937 Quality Street as Henrietta Turnbull
- 1946 Trouble or Nothing as Florence, Edgar's Wife
- 1946 Motor Maniacs as Florence Kennedy
- 1946 I'll Build It Myself as Florence
- 1947 Do or Diet as Florence - Edgar's Wife
- 1973 The Girl Most Likely To... as Clerk
- 1948 Contest Crazy as Florence Kennedy
- 1948 Brother Knows Best as Florence Kennedy
- 1948 Dig That Gold as Florence Kennedy
- 1974 Happy Anniversary and Goodbye as Mrs. Foster
- 1933 What Fur as Florence
- 1971 Banyon as Elderly Waitress
- 1931 Hollywood Halfbacks
- 1973 Frasier, the Sensuous Lion as Old Woman on Porch
- 1934 A Blasted Event as Florence
- 1937 Love in a Bungalow as The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
- 1944 Hi, Beautiful as Mrs. Bisbee
- 1952 As We Forgive
- 1939 When Tomorrow Comes as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1935 Sock Me to Sleep as Florence
- Soon Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath as Florence
- 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1 episode ) as Martha Dudley
- 1952 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ( 1 episode ) as Clara Randolph
- 1967 Mr. Terrific ( 1 episode ) as Maw
- 1971 Nichols ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Prine
- 1971 Nichols ( 1 episode ) as Old Lady
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Frieda Pine
- 1963 Petticoat Junction ( 1 episode ) as Emily Simpson
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Millicent Anderson
- 1963 Petticoat Junction ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Latimer
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Woman
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Trixie
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Little Old Lady
- 1951 The Red Skelton Show ( 1 episode ) as Tessie
- 1951 The Red Skelton Show ( 1 episode ) as Senior Citizen
- 1974 The Rockford Files ( 1 episode ) as Old Woman
- 1972 Banyon ( 1 episode ) as Taffy
- 1954 Lassie ( 1 episode ) as Jenny
- 1972 Emergency! ( 1 episode ) as Martha Wilson
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Farrell
- 1972 Emergency! ( 1 episode ) as Maggie
- 1970 The Bold Ones: The Senator ( 1 episode ) as Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
- 1969 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors ( 1 episode ) as Lizzy
- 1968 The Doris Day Show ( 1 episode ) as Adelaide Lindsay
- 1959 Lock-Up ( 1 episode ) as Penny Jackson
- 1951 The Red Skelton Show ( 1 episode ) as Madame President
- 1953 Revlon Mirror Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1954 Lassie ( 1 episode ) as Jennie
- 1954 Lassie ( 1 episode ) as Jenny (uncredited)
