Florence Lake
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 27, 1904
- Died
- April 11, 1980 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- 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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Filmography
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
Movie · as Florence
Long Way Home
Movie · as Grandma Boggs
The Day of the Locust
Movie · as Lee Sister #2
Welcome To Arrow Beach
Movie · as Landlady
Live Again, Die Again
Movie · as Old Friend
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Movie · as Mrs. Foster
The Rockford Files
TV · as Old Woman · 1 ep
Police Woman
TV · as Mrs. Farrell · 1 ep
Time to Run
Movie
The Girl Most Likely To...
Movie · as Clerk
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Movie · as Old Woman on Porch
Banyon
TV · as Taffy · 1 ep
Emergency!
TV · as Martha Wilson, Maggie · 1 ep
Banyon
Movie · as Elderly Waitress
Nichols
TV · as Mrs. Prine, Old Lady · 1 ep
Savage Intruder
Movie · as Mildred
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV · as Martha Dudley · 1 ep
The Bold Ones: The Senator
TV · as Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
TV · as Lizzy · 1 ep
Adam-12
TV · as Mrs. Frieda Pine, Millicent Anderson, Woman · 1 ep
Here's Lucy
TV · as Trixie, Little Old Lady · 1 ep
The Doris Day Show
TV · as Adelaide Lindsay · 1 ep
The Big Mouth
Movie · as Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
Mr. Terrific
TV · as Maw · 1 ep
Petticoat Junction
TV · as Emily Simpson, Mrs. Latimer · 1 ep
Lock-Up
TV · as Penny Jackson · 1 ep
The Desperado
Movie · as Mrs. Cameron
She Couldn't Say No
Movie · as Mrs. Gruman
Lassie
TV · as Jenny, Jennie, Jenny (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Flaming Urge
Movie · as Mrs. Binger
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Fargo
Movie · as Maggie
The Maverick
Movie · as Grandma Watson
Man from the Black Hills
Movie · as Martha
As We Forgive
Movie
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV · as Clara Randolph · 1 ep
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Tessie, Senior Citizen, Madame President · 1 ep
Contest Crazy
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
Brother Knows Best
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
Dig That Gold
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
Do or Diet
Movie · as Florence - Edgar's Wife
Riverboat Rhythm
Movie · as Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
Little Giant
Movie · as Housewife (uncredited)
Motor Maniacs
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
Trouble or Nothing
Movie · as Florence, Edgar's Wife
I'll Build It Myself
Movie · as Florence
It's Your Move
Movie · as Mrs. Florence Kennedy
What, No Cigarettes
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
You Drive Me Crazy
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
The Big Beef
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
Her Primitive Man
Movie · as Miss Crims
Feather Your Nest
Movie · as Florence
Radio Rampage
Movie · as Florence
Goin' to Town
Movie · as Abigail
San Diego I Love You
Movie · as Miss Lake
Hi, Beautiful
Movie · as Mrs. Bisbee
Crash Dive
Movie · as Doris - Jean's Roommate
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Movie · as Phoebe Quentin
Four Jacks and a Jill
Movie · as Counter Girl (uncredited)
Duck Soup
Movie · as Florence
Pacific Liner
Movie · as Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
Stagecoach
Movie · as Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Movie · as Woman (uncredited)
Fifth Avenue Girl
Movie · as Slavey (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
Movie · as Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
Movie · as Waitress (uncredited)
Condemned Women
Movie · as Prisoner
Convicts at Large
Movie · as Hattie
Law of the Underworld
Movie · as Mrs. Billy Winters
Rebellious Daughters
Movie · as Dizzy
I Met My Love Again
Movie · as Carol Towner
Next Time I Marry
Movie · as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
Ears of Experience
Movie · as Florence
Edgar & Goliath
Movie · as Florence, Edgar's wife
Quality Street
Movie · as Henrietta Turnbull
Love in a Bungalow
Movie · as The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
Will Power
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
Women Are Trouble
Movie · as Clara
Gasoloons
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
To Mary - with Love
Movie · as Salesgirl
Dummy Ache
Movie · as Florence
Muss 'em Up
Movie · as Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Two-Fisted
Movie · as Doris Pritchard
Edgar Hamlet
Movie · as Florence
In Love at 40
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
Brick-a-Brac
Movie · as Florence
Sock Me to Sleep
Movie · as Florence
Wrong Direction
Movie · as Florence, Edgar's Wife
The Winnah!
Movie · as Florence
Shivers
Movie · as Florence
Poisoned Ivory
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
Love on a Ladder
Movie · as Florence
A Blasted Event
Movie · as Florence
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Movie · as Dizzy
Art in the Raw
Movie
Quiet Please!
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
Midshipman Jack
Movie · as Sally Withers
Only Yesterday
Movie · as One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
What Fur
Movie · as Florence
Giggle Water
Movie · as Florence
Night World
Movie · as Ms. Smith (uncredited)
Running Hollywood
Movie · as Autograph Seeker
Westward Passage
Movie · as Elmer's Wife
Ladies of the Jury
Movie · as Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
Fish Feathers
Movie · as Florence Kennedy
Secret Service
Movie · as Caroline Mitford
The Drums of Jeopardy
Movie · as Anya Karlov
Hollywood Halfbacks
Movie
Romance
Movie · as Susan Van Tuyl
The Rogue Song
Movie · as Nadja
New Year's Eve
Movie · as Pearl
Waltzing Around
Movie · as George's Wife
Thru Different Eyes
Movie · as Myrtle