Florence Lake
Born
November 27, 1904
Died
April 11, 1980 (75 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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.
Known For
Long Way Home
Grandma Boggs
1975
The Day of the Locust
Lee Sister #2
1975
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Mrs. Foster
1974
The Rockford Files
Old Woman · (1 episode)
1974
Police Woman
Mrs. Farrell · (1 episode)
1974
Welcome to Arrow Beach
Landlady
1974
Live Again, Die Again
Old Friend
1974
The Girl Most Likely To...
Clerk
1973
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Old Woman on Porch
1973
Time to Run
1973
Banyon
Taffy · (1 episode)
1972
Emergency!
Martha Wilson · (1 episode)
1972
Emergency!
Maggie · (1 episode)
1972
Nichols
Mrs. Prine · (1 episode)
1971
Nichols
Old Lady · (1 episode)
1971
Banyon
Elderly Waitress
1971
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Martha Dudley · (1 episode)
1970
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Woman Exiting Elevator (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1970
Hollywood Horror House
Mildred
1970
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Lizzy · (1 episode)
1969
The Doris Day Show
Adelaide Lindsay · (1 episode)
1968
Here's Lucy
Trixie · (1 episode)
1968
Here's Lucy
Little Old Lady · (1 episode)
1968
Adam-12
Mrs. Frieda Pine · (1 episode)
1968
Adam-12
Millicent Anderson · (1 episode)
1968
Adam-12
Woman · (1 episode)
1968
The Big Mouth
Assaulted Lady (uncredited)
1967
Mr. Terrific
Maw · (1 episode)
1967
Petticoat Junction
Emily Simpson · (1 episode)
1963
Petticoat Junction
Mrs. Latimer · (1 episode)
1963
Lock-Up
Penny Jackson · (1 episode)
1959
Lassie
Jenny · (1 episode)
1954
The Desperado
Mrs. Cameron
1954
She Couldn't Say No
Mrs. Gruman
1954
The Flaming Urge
Mrs. Binger
1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre
(1 episode)
1953
The Maverick
Grandma Watson
1952
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Clara Randolph · (1 episode)
1952
Fargo
Maggie
1952
Man from the Black Hills
Martha
1952
As We Forgive
1952
The Red Skelton Show
Senior Citizen · (1 episode)
1951
The Red Skelton Show
Tessie · (1 episode)
1951
The Red Skelton Show
Madame President · (1 episode)
1951
Contest Crazy
Florence Kennedy
1948
Dig That Gold
Florence Kennedy
1948
Brother Knows Best
Florence Kennedy
1948
Do or Diet
Florence - Edgar's Wife
1947
I'll Build It Myself
Florence
1946
Motor Maniacs
Florence Kennedy
1946
Little Giant
Housewife (uncredited)
1946
Riverboat Rhythm
Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
1946
Trouble or Nothing
Florence, Edgar's Wife
1946
The Big Beef
Florence Kennedy
1945
You Drive Me Crazy
Florence Kennedy
1945
It's Your Move
Mrs. Florence Kennedy
1945
What, No Cigarettes
Florence Kennedy
1945
Hi, Beautiful
Mrs. Bisbee
1944
Feather Your Nest
Florence
1944
San Diego I Love You
Miss Lake
1944
Goin' to Town
Abigail
1944
Her Primitive Man
Miss Crims
1944
Radio Rampage
Florence
1944
Crash Dive
Doris - Jean's Roommate
1943
Duck Soup
Florence
1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Phoebe Quentin
1942
Four Jacks and a Jill
Counter Girl (uncredited)
1942
Fifth Avenue Girl
Slavey (uncredited)
1939
Bachelor Mother
Oliver's Wife (uncredited)
1939
Union Pacific
Woman (uncredited)
1939
Stagecoach
Nancy Whitney (uncredited)
1939
Pacific Liner
Miss Smith - Dancing with Crusher (uncredited)
1939
Convicts at Large
Hattie
1938
Next Time I Marry
Justice of the Peace's Wife
1938
Rebellious Daughters
Dizzy
1938
Law of the Underworld
Mrs. Billy Winters
1938
Condemned Women
Prisoner
1938
Ears of Experience
Florence
1938
I Met My Love Again
Carol Towner
1938
Edgar & Goliath
Florence, Edgar's wife
1937
Love in a Bungalow
The 'Ga-Ga' Prospect
1937
Quality Street
Henrietta Turnbull
1937
To Mary - with Love
Salesgirl
1936
Women Are Trouble
Clara
1936
Dummy Ache
Florence
1936
Will Power
Florence Kennedy
1936
Muss 'em Up
Tony's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1936
Gasoloons
Florence Kennedy
1936
Two-Fisted
Doris Pritchard
1935
In Love at 40
Florence Kennedy
1935
Edgar Hamlet
Florence
1935
Brick-a-Brac
Florence
1935
Shivers
1934
Poisoned Ivory
Florence Kennedy
1934
A Blasted Event
Florence
1934
The Winnah!
Florence
1934
Wrong Direction
Florence, Edgar's Wife
1934
Love on a Ladder
Florence
1934
What Fur
Florence
1933
Only Yesterday
One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
1933
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Dizzy
1933
Midshipman Jack
Sally Withers
1933
Quiet Please!
Florence Kennedy
1933
Art in the Raw
1933
Fish Feathers
Florence Kennedy
1932
Giggle Water
Florence
1932
Westward Passage
Elmer's Wife
1932
Night World
Ms. Smith (uncredited)
1932
Ladies of the Jury
Mrs. Dace (uncredited)
1932
Running Hollywood
Autograph Seeker
1932
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
Secret Service
Caroline Mitford
1931
The Drums of Jeopardy
Anya Karlov
1931
Romance
Susan Van Tuyl
1930
The Rogue Song
Nadja
1930
Waltzing Around
George's Wife
1929
Thru Different Eyes
Myrtle
1929
New Year's Eve
Pearl
1929