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Florence Lake
Born · November 27, 1904
Died · April 11, 1980 (75 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Bio
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.
Long Way Home
Grandma Boggs
0.0
1975
The Day of the Locust
Lee Sister #2
6.3
1975
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Mrs. Foster
4.8
1974
The Rockford Files
Old Woman · (1 episode)
7.5
1974
Police Woman
Mrs. Farrell · (1 episode)
6.2
1974
Welcome to Arrow Beach
Landlady
5.0
1974
Live Again, Die Again
Old Friend
8.0
1974
The Girl Most Likely To...
Clerk
6.6
1973
Time to Run
4.3
1973
Banyon
Taffy · (1 episode)
7.0
1972
Emergency!
Martha Wilson · (1 episode)
7.8
1972
Emergency!
Maggie · (1 episode)
7.8
1972
Nichols
Mrs. Prine · (1 episode)
5.0
1971
Nichols
Old Lady · (1 episode)
5.0
1971
Banyon
Elderly Waitress
0.0
1971
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Martha Dudley · (1 episode)
7.5
1970
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited) · (1 episode)
3.0
1970
Hollywood Horror House
Mildred
5.4
1970
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Lizzy · (1 episode)
4.0
1969
Here's Lucy
Trixie · (1 episode)
6.7
1968
Here's Lucy
Little Old Lady · (1 episode)
6.7
1968
Adam-12
Mrs. Frieda Pine · (1 episode)
7.1
1968
Adam-12
Millicent Anderson · (1 episode)
7.1
1968
Adam-12
Woman · (1 episode)
7.1
1968
The Big Mouth
Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
5.3
1967
Mr. Terrific
Maw · (1 episode)
7.1
1967
Petticoat Junction
Emily Simpson · (1 episode)
5.8
1963
Petticoat Junction
Mrs. Latimer · (1 episode)
5.8
1963
Lassie
Jenny · (1 episode)
6.1
1954
The Desperado
Mrs. Cameron
6.6
1954
She Couldn't Say No
Mrs. Gruman
5.6
1954
The Flaming Urge
Mrs. Binger
0.0
1953
The Maverick
Grandma Watson
0.0
1952
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Clara Randolph · (1 episode)
5.8
1952
Fargo
Maggie
6.5
1952
Man from the Black Hills
Martha
0.0
1952
The Red Skelton Show
Tessie · (1 episode)
7.3
1951
The Red Skelton Show
Senior Citizen · (1 episode)
7.3
1951
Contest Crazy
Florence Kennedy
0.0
1948
Dig That Gold
Florence Kennedy
9.5
1948
Brother Knows Best
Florence Kennedy
0.0
1948
Do or Diet
Florence - Edgar's Wife
0.0
1947
I'll Build It Myself
Florence
0.0
1946
Motor Maniacs
Florence Kennedy
0.0
1946
Little Giant
Housewife (uncredited)
5.3
1946
Riverboat Rhythm
Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
5.0
1946
Trouble or Nothing
Florence, Edgar's Wife
0.0
1946
The Big Beef
Florence Kennedy
0.0
1945
You Drive Me Crazy
Florence Kennedy
0.0
1945
It's Your Move
Mrs. Florence Kennedy
0.0
1945
What, No Cigarettes
Florence Kennedy
6.0
1945
Feather Your Nest
Florence
0.0
1944
San Diego I Love You
Miss Lake
6.3
1944
Goin' to Town
Abigail
0.0
1944
Her Primitive Man
Miss Crims
6.0
1944
Radio Rampage
Florence
0.0
1944
Crash Dive
Doris - Jean's Roommate
6.2
1943
Duck Soup
Florence
0.0
1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Phoebe Quentin
4.5
1942
Four Jacks and a Jill
Counter Girl (uncredited)
6.0
1942
Fifth Avenue Girl
Slavey (uncredited)
7.0
1939
Bachelor Mother
Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
7.1
1939
Union Pacific
Woman (uncredited)
6.5
1939
Stagecoach
Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
7.6
1939
Pacific Liner
Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
5.2
1939
Convicts at Large
Hattie
0.0
1938
Next Time I Marry
Justice of the Peace's Wife
6.8
1938
Rebellious Daughters
Dizzy
5.0
1938
Law of the Underworld
Mrs. Billy Winters
5.5
1938
Condemned Women
Prisoner
6.3
1938
Ears of Experience
Florence
0.0
1938
I Met My Love Again
Carol Towner
5.5
1938
Edgar & Goliath
Florence, Edgar's wife
0.0
1937
Quality Street
Henrietta Turnbull
5.9
1937
To Mary - with Love
Salesgirl
4.5
1936
Women Are Trouble
Clara
6.0
1936
Dummy Ache
Florence
4.8
1936
Will Power
Florence Kennedy
0.0
1936
Muss 'em Up
Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
5.5
1936
Gasoloons
Florence Kennedy
0.0
1936
Two-Fisted
Doris Pritchard
7.0
1935
In Love at 40
Florence Kennedy
0.0
1935
Edgar Hamlet
Florence
0.0
1935
Brick-a-Brac
Florence
0.0
1935
Shivers
0.0
1934
Poisoned Ivory
Florence Kennedy
0.0
1934
The Winnah!
Florence
0.0
1934
Wrong Direction
Florence, Edgar's Wife
0.0
1934
Love on a Ladder
Florence
1.0
1934
What Fur
Florence
0.0
1933
Only Yesterday
One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
6.8
1933
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Dizzy
4.5
1933
Midshipman Jack
Sally Withers
6.0
1933
Quiet Please!
Florence Kennedy
2.0
1933
Art in the Raw
1.0
1933
Fish Feathers
Florence Kennedy
0.0
1932
Giggle Water
Florence
0.0
1932
Westward Passage
Elmer's Wife
5.8
1932
Night World
Ms. Smith (uncredited)
6.7
1932
Ladies of the Jury
Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
6.4
1932
Running Hollywood
Autograph Seeker
0.0
1932
Hollywood Halfbacks
0.0
1931
Secret Service
Caroline Mitford
6.0
1931
The Drums of Jeopardy
Anya Karlov
5.3
1931
Romance
Susan Van Tuyl
6.3
1930
The Rogue Song
Nadja
5.5
1930
Waltzing Around
George's Wife
0.0
1929
Thru Different Eyes
Myrtle
0.0
1929
New Year's Eve
Pearl
0.0
1929